Recent content by kingkev

Sorry that's the pool at my old house. I've since moved and now have a new pool. I think I self corrected by not adding enough DE. I was only running one scoop when I should be running two. Things seem better after 12 hours.

Inground salt water pool 25k gals , DE filter. Just opened for the year, it's slightly cloudy but everything is balanced. Standard running pressure is usually 10, but after 30 mins or so it goes to 15 and the pump basket water level drops by a quarter. When pumping to waste it doesn't...

Last year my diving board cracked so I need to replace it. Is there one standard size for them? Also do you drill the holes to fit the mounts? The slide I have was painted by previous home owners and I can't seem to remove it. It's chipping and peeling but not coming off entirely so I need to...

Had my pool opened for a week now. I found a bucket of trichlor pucks from Lowe's to help raise cya for the season. The pool opened slightly green with a good layer of leaves at the bottom. I've only used about six pucks in the chlorinator and had the pump running 12 hours daily. FC CC and...

So my diving board cracked last year and I'm in the market for a new one. Where would you guys recommend buying one? And should I get any certain type so that it doesn't break again? Also looking to put in a new slide as the paint is chipping in my old one. How do I go about selecting one...

My pool is in full sunlight all day. I usually run the pump over night... But the bleach dumping occurs in the morning or evening, whenever I test. I suppose I need to watch out for these sunny days.

Been doing your method for three years now and it really helped clear up algea and save me cash. I got comfortable this summer and started to reduce test times... And it happened to be on a heat wave for us. I kept adding the same amount of bleach as usual while casually testing. I noticed...

The chlorine routinely dips under the recommended value but I check it daily and add bleach daily.. I also don't have any combined chlorides present on my daily checks. The pool looks great, I just thought I read somewhere that you may want to bump it up to shock level once a week

So I'm pretty comfortable with the pool now thanks to you guys. I have a 33000 gallon vinyl pool and my calcium is only at 80, although from browsing the ABC section it looks like it's irrelevant to vinyl if I read it correctly. Also while maintaining the bleach throughout the week, should I...

So this may have been a bold attempt but no good deed goes unpunished.... I figured out how to close/open my own sand filter pool no problem and have been doing it for years.. However my aunt decided to have me come by and do her DE filter pool which I gave her the disclaimer that I might miss...

I replaced the dome lid and now my filter runs at a constant 20 after a backwash and rinse cycle. I have been adding DE to the filter and after a few hours it spikes to 25 give or take. I've repeated the process a few times already with the same results. The water still seems to be cloudy and...

When I vacuum now, it sometimes looks like the returns are coming out slightly green, although it could just be because the water in the pool has a green tint to it at the moment. Can sand filter out algae without throwing a lot back in to the pool?

Yea the cya reading was on the safe side, I'm still able to see the dot at 30 so I figured I'd round up a bit and add more chlorine. I've been scrubbing every other day as the gunk takes that long to accumulate. Should I try vacuuming to waste instead? Is it possible it's too fine for a sand...

Have been doing your method since last year, got myself that nice $100 test kit from taylor too. Levels at the moment are FC 15 TA 140 CYA 35 PH 7.4 Ive been running the filter (sand) nonstop with the chlorine level this high for about a week now and its still cloudy with a tint of green. I...

Been doing the ABC method on here this summer and love it. Right now my pool is cloudy and I can't figure out why I've started slamming it so my readings are FC 15 CC 0 pH 7.4 Ta 140 Cya 35 I did use tablets for two weeks to bump up the cya as it was well below 30. Could that be why it's...