Recent content by maf528

Thanks I do have a smaller Taylor kit, but it doesn't test for CYA. I will look into upgrading. As for the chemicals, when I opened this spring I only needed to add some PH Up (sodium carbonate) and some Clorox brand Stabilizer (which says 100% CYA). It wasn't until I got desperate this week I...

I've run out of ideas on my own, so I turn to this forum for some help. Since I opened my pool this spring I have not been able to keep any chorline levels in the pool for even 24 hours. In past seasons, I could keep 3-4 pucks in the floater with some occasional shock and levels would maintain...

Hi all, we have a gunite pool. Somewhere between 20-30 years old. We have a few spots on the steps and floor that look like this. My questions are is there any type of patch job that can be done without draining the pool? And if not, can it be patched or do you think the whole thing needs to be...

I lost the water (3+ feet) between October and April while the pool was covered. Then added about a foot back this week. Bucket test was this week, for 2 days.

I've added about a foot of water, did the bucket test and didn't lose anything. Does that make any sense?

Just opened our pool today and the level is 3 or 4 feet lower than where we left it. Well below any plumbing, aside from the main drain. No visible cracks that I could see either. Is there definitely a leak in the main drain or could that much evap? Is it worth filing a little to see if it holds...

We had some work done in the fall and had to replace some concrete and want to repaint/stain the whole concrete deck around the pool. There's another product currently on there, but we've only been in the house a few years so I don't know what it is. As you can see from the pics, this also goes...