Recent content by Khanair

No doubt! This year has been a crazy one for me as a new home owner. There was so much to learn and it was easy to be overwhelmed. When my fiancé and I were looking, we considered looking at homes with pools but so many people cautioned us that it was a hassle and a giant hole in the backyard...

Catanzaro: Thank you sir - I couldn't have done it without you! Thanks for the time you spent writing up your superior closing article and the time you spent talking me through the closing process!

Air locking a main drain without a shut off valve at the equipment pad: After a botched opening by a local pool company leaving me to complete the opening myself and a summer of maintaining my own pool, I decided that closing the pool might be something I could try. I spent countless hours...

I am considering closing my own pool but I have some concerns. I've done quite a bit of reading and have gotten to understand a lot about my system but have a couple glaring concerns. First one is an abandoned Polaris line. When my pool was opened this summer, the company that opened it...

Also wanted to ask what your thoughts were on chlorine tablets in the floater. When we purchased the house, the pool supplies came with a couple floaters and 1/4 buckets of the chlorine tablets from Leslie's. I've just been throwing them in and refilling the floaters with 3-4 tablets whenever...

Just wanted to post an update: I've been playing around with my numbers and here are today's test results: FC: 5 CC: 0 PH: 7.4 TA: 100 CH: 350 CYA: 70 CSI: -0.21 I increased my CYA and resorted to HTH Calcium increaser as I got cold feet with the HomeDepot Excel Ice Melt (the only thing I...

My current CSI is 0.02 - my goal reads at -0.32 based on my current and goal settings. So my next steps are going to be CYA (+10) and calcium chloride to increase my CH. You're like a pool wizard!

OK! I've definitely watched those videos multiple times over the past couple months and feel like I have the tests down (although the CYA test sometimes has me second guessing my self). I am a DIY guy and like to fully educate myself before taking on projects like this but this thread is...

OK! So 4th of July went off without a hitch! Thank you for helping me get my pool back into shape so quickly before the party. I've been testing everyday and once my FC dropped back down to 8, I fired up the SWG generator again. Today I did all of my tests and here's what I'm looking at...

Thanks for the accolades! I feel like I'm starting to the hang of it. Just like anything else - break it, fix it, learn all about it! I have to say (without doing too much self back-patting) that my pool is definitely all of those things. It was a cloudless day here in NJ and the pool looked...

Yes - the SWG generator has been off since I began the SLAM a couple days ago. I ran pool math (but did it for 27K gallons as suggested) and when I tested an hour later it was 23. I would say the water is crystal clear (not sure what would elevate it to mindblowing status) :) I'm happy to do...

OK - I think I did the OCLT correctly (although I didn't quite get to the pool first thing this morning). Last nights test results were FC:16 and CC:0.5. I brought the CC level up to 23 and to my pleasant surprise my latest results are as follows: FC: 23 and CC:0. Home stretch? Thanks!!!

Great advice - I usually just take it out and lay it on the side of the pool so gas build up shouldn't be a problem. So here is my latest update: Last night after coming home I went around and looked for signed of algae and there was nothing to be found. I tested the water and FC has dropped...

OK - so the plot thickens. Last night when I measured FC was at 24 and when I measured this morning it was at around 26. My SWG is definitely off but I have one of those floating chlorine dispensers (shark) in the pool which I have now removed. I checked CC and it went the ever-so...

Ok - so I've got FC up to around 24, shut off my SWG and am going to let my pump run around the clock and test tomorrow morning. We do have people coming over on Saturday (all healthy adults) and we promised them swimming so I'm going to roll the dice and keep my FC high until after the 4th...