Recent content by Lora Karabatsos

Hello, my pool people. Quick question for you. What is the best way to clean the pool tiles along the top of my pool? Thanks, Lora

Those were my thoughts exactly but I have two autoimmune diseases so I wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I did the research but wanted to see if others would be on the same page. Thank you so much for your timely response. Lora

We went out of town last week. Chemicals were in balance when I left. Someone who was house sitting came down with MRSA. We don't think it was from the pool because no one had been in the pool that has been sick and we honestly don't have many people in the pool. He had recently had physical...

I got the PH where it needed to be yesterday late afternoon. I have officially started the SLAM process yesterday. Wish me luck. And yes, this was a good lesson in starting with less than recommended. Thank you so much for all your input. You folks are great!!

I thought it would have too. This is the worse time I've had with this. I have definitely never seen my test water turn hot pink so I'm thinking my ph is way above 8. I will start with 2 quarts and retest in an hour and I guess continue to adjust as changes occur until I get it right. Will all...

I'm using the test kit recommended by TFP when I first started a couple of years ago. That is the amount the pool math app gave me so I followed it. I even double checked to make sure that was the info it gave me and it is. So how much acid should I use? With my ph set at 8 as you suggested and...

I am trying to get my ph to proper levels before slamming. When I did my first test and put into the pool math app my ph was 6 and TA 80. It advised me to put in 380 oz or 24 lbs of soda ash/washing soda. that is what I did and boy it is really messed up now. Now my ph is way above 8 which is...

Yay!!!! Ph finally down to 7.4. I can finally SLAM! Thank you for your assistance.

My current readings are as follows: FC .6 CC .4 CYA 40 TA 90 PH 8 Can I go ahead and SLAM...

My ph is over 8 and I have followed the recommended amount of Muriatic Acid with no success. I have checked the expiration date on my chemicals and reagents which are all fine. Since the testing kit only reads a ph up to 8 I have no idea exactly how high it was so I started treating for ph of 8...

the calcium is 150 and the CYA is below 30. I guess the way I typed it out was confusing. Sorry for the confusion.

here are my latest test numbers - FC 1.0 CC - 2.5 PH - 7.4 TA - 100 CH - 150 CYA - below 30 Salt - 1700 Temp - 66 We usually turn our Fusion 2 down to 0% in order to stop the production. Please let me know what adjustments I need to make. I'm still a little new to this but is...

I live in Gastonia North Carolina and prefer to leave our pool opened. Our coldest month is Jan with avg high around 51 and avg low of 29 and avg snowfall 1". Granted, there are times its way above avg but not many days below avg. The last two winters here were really warm compared to past...

Hello Richard. I'm back from vacation. Had to get rid of some pneumonia before attacking the pool but things are actually pretty good. Here are my current numbers: FC .6 CC - .8 PH - 7.2 TA - 100 CH - 275 CYA - 40 Salt - 3.1 The cell on my salt generator is giving me an error message even...

If he doesnt have time to SLAM then should he just add one jug a day and brush the pool. I will turn on the SWG if he doesnt SLAM.