Recent content by NewWorldViking

Ah, you're the person I'm looking for! You described my closing procedure exactly. From the Gizmos, plugs, airlocks, antifreeze, everything. Yes, having to drain mid-winter is rare. The same year I had to do that the mountains in the background got 903" of snow. Yes, just over 75 feet. It was...

I've been using a layer of ice (thick enough to walk on) as a pool cover successfully for years now. The downside is a more difficult spring opening. Leaf soup, pine needles, turkey feathers and turkey poop (86 of them use my trees as a winter roost) and to top it off, someone in my area uses...

It is connected to a main drain. Front hole to main drain, back hole to pump. I am definitely not getting the 80/20 distribution with the parts I have. Nor would I get an adequate seal if the float valve is triggered. The guy who installed the skimmer left it like that and I'm sure it isn't right.

I have a Hayward SP1070B skimmer. Everywhere I look I see the float valve for it is SP1070-FV. But the float valve diameter is too small. It just sits on the bottom and doesn't leave enough room for bottom drain suction. I see a channel for an O ring in the bottom of the skimmer that's a larger...

Oops, ignore the floating white stuff. On closer inspection I had some fluffy cotton ball like seeds float in during testing and didn't notice. Didn't come from the test.

@JamesW Got the test and tested. Looks like the Iron Scale Treatment will do the trick. Copper & Scale Solution #2 did 90% of the work with an obviously bubbling reaction. Following up with Iron, Cobalt & Spot Etching Stuff Solution #1 got it just a little bit better. Sol #1 did little on its...

Thanks, didnt know that Stain ID kit existed. That would be really helpful. I have a SS brush and the ID kit on order. It will take a bit to get here so I'll update once I test. I'm stopping the SLAM as I'm passing the OCLT and this doesn't appear to be organic.

Replastered Oct 2021. IDK the exact plaster, invoice doesn't specify. It is a smooth matte finish, basic white no pigment if that helps. I'll have to reach out to the guy for more details. No discoloration when closing, it all happened over winter. I just discovered my pool heater will no...

Nope, Vitamin C tablets have zero effect on the stain. Test kit is Taylor K-2006C.

It's right at the very top of the Taylor test vial. I guesstimated that was 28 as it's a bit above the 30 mark, thinking on log scale. But np rounding up to 30. CYA was lower than that on the first test but I initially supplemented my SLAM heavily with pucks to bring CYA up. They're dissolved...

Hmm. Not the color I'd expect for iron. But I'll get some vit C tomorrow and see what it does.

The vitals: Day 8 of SLAM, FC topped off to 11 morning and dusk. Brushed 3x/day. CYA 28 (very top of Taylor test vial) CC usually 0, sometimes 0.5 OCLT down 3 to 4 ppm Taken pre-SLAM: PH 7.8 TA 60 CH 80 (adjusted to 250 during SLAM but not yet confirmed via test result) Temp 66 I have very...