Recent content by Newdude

It's like closing the fence gate after the neighborhood dogs got in. Too little too late. It might even be worse. And that one is copper based so its a double no no.

Yes to both questions. If you can see the bottom for swimmers safety, you can swim at slam and its less harsh than tap water with 0 CYA and 1 FC. Tap water may have up to 4 FC. Think that through. Maybe don't take a shower. :ROFLMAO: FC loss may be all over the place...

I don't believe the CCs. It takes FC to make CCs and they burn off rather quickly. Have you been adding FC ? Is the cell working yet or is it still too cold ? Are you sure the chemicals above are all the pool guys added to the pool ?

That's a start point. You have a green pool which will be on the higher side of the slam spectrum to clear.

This Irregular shape calculator is cool. Take a bunch of measurements of the pool then go to the calculator. Click the up arrow on the left side of the graph to add as many points as you need to make the basic curves and it'll nail the surface area. The grid layout will help with the...

You want to remain free and clear above minimum at all times. If you touch minimum you may get burned, so treat it like lava and admire it from afar. Give it plenty of leeway just in case today has a bit more UV burnoff then yesterday. On a fresh fill its probably unnecessary. It may...

I think you're our guinea pig here. I have seen considerably different lumens depending on the brand, but don't know how much I believe the generic brands claims. 3 could be obnoxious or not enough depending on said claims.

Google search AI quoted us the other day when looking something up. 'As per this TFP thread' or such. Dang it GOOGLE !!! I was trying to confirm what that thread said, not find it. :laughblue:

Yeah. You know how much that bad boy dances around when being enjoyed to the fullest. If that creased bar lets go, the pool inhabitants will be out in the yard before they know what even happened. The broken/bent bar may impale someone on their way out, or smash them right in the...

Members have had success using closed cell foam backer under the cover perimeter. It adds just a little tension to help keep the cover from billowing in the wind so crud can blow in. Then even if the cover does billow a little, there is a barrier. A 600ft reel of 1 inch foam rope was...

Welcome BACK sis !!!! I saw you pop in the other thread and suddenly today was going to be a better day. :) +3 for structural risks.

When I fired up pool #2, I had 4 small bags from the same new pallet they brought down and opened for me. One of the bags was mostly bricked and took a couple of days to mush up. Moisture must have gotten in there somehow and the other bags did fine. I blame pinholes or condensation...