Recent content by Laurene

The pool company came by today and not only did we have 2 bad grids, but also a bad o-ring and cracked piping in the filter! They are fixing it now. So no wonder it was such a mess. I had been using pucks and shock, but with my chlorine levels so high I've stopped for a while. I will check to...

My Taylor K2006 test kit came. Here are the results I got: Free Chlorine - 20.5 Combined Chlorine - .5 or 1 PH - 7.2 Base Test - 2 drops to 7.4 Alkalinity - 100 Calcium Hardness - 290 Cyanuruc Acid - 200 ppm (approx) Plus last week Thursday Leslie Pool had the phosphates at 1000! The pool...

Unfortunatly my test kit won't be arriving for at least a couple more days, and I have guests coming for a pool party next weekend. Are these levels dangerous to swim in? I did not and will not use the Floc that I bought. I did use some soda ash and I think (from some dip strips I have) that...

We do have a DE filter, and I think we have the same problem that you did, bad grids letting DE enter the pool. I tested by pouring a cup of DE into the simmer and watching the return. Sure enough, a white cloud started coming through right away! I've called the people who open and close my pool...

Thank you for the advice. I hate waiting for the pool test kit to come, I'll waste valuable weekend time, so I'd like to try and fix this sooner than later. I'm including photos. It doesn't seem like algae to me but maybe these photos will help. In the Polaris canister. After it is dried...

I'm new to the forum and could really use some help! Very old Gunite Pool - Probably at least 30 years old or more, freeform shape. I think it may be 40,000 gallons, but I noticed last night that Leslie pool has it in their system at 20,000. DE Filter. Walls haven't been painted in decades...