Recent content by jRom

So how would I go about draining my pool? I want to lower my CYA since it is over a 100. Could I use the faucet to drain the pool a little at a time add more water then drain it again? Or Should I just buy a submersible pump and pump out the water?

Still figuring out my pool equipment. If I wanted to drain my pool/vacuum to waste I would just need to attach a hose to the faucet and run it out to the street? I just filled my pool to raise it up to half the skimmer opening a few days ago. Now it's down again a half inch. Is that normal? It...

So checked my FC the next morning and it was FC 11.0. So only loss 0.8 PPM of chlorine. So I passed the ONCLT? Pool looks great, water is clear. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks RIchard and Donldson. So after reading Richard's advice I measured my FC Level, it was 8.0 at around 10:00 am. So I added 121 oz Clorox bleach 8.2% and turned my filter on to circulate the Chlorine. Measured about 3 hours later at around 1:00 pm and FC 11.2. At around 10 pm I...

I read somewhere that water level should be half of skimmer opening. Mine is about half way from the Lower tile. So I should add more water right? Does water evaporation reduce CYA levels? I pulled my pool sweeper out to clean the bag and there was some green algae on it? Should I be...

Hi Jim, Tried your method of measuring CYA using 50/50 pool water and tap water. 1st time I measured it came out to be 70. (Used the glance method from kimkats. Thanks Kim) Thought wow much lower than I expected. So I made another 50/50 mixture and it came out to be 90. Retested again...

Hi Everyone, New to pools here. Just moved into a home about 1.5 months ago that had a pool. Had no clue how to care for a pool so just hired a pool service until I could figure out what I needed to know. Today I cancelled my pool service after spending a couple weeks researching and reading...