Recent content by nightnurse613

Not to steal the subject but, back wash or not? It makes sense that too frequent back wash may not be good for filtration but, isn't the goal to get the algae out of the pool? I've been told you can't backwash too much and too much backwashing is not good???

We had a fiberglass pool for years until the gel coat started to wear off. We had the pool renovated this past year and the list of instructions for maintaining the pool includes a recommended 170-180 TA. I have NEVER heard of such a thing but this is the same company that coated my previous...

An old thread but we've had a FG pool for 20+ years. I would contend that ALL pools require proper maintenance but there are fewer places for algae to gather on a FG pool so; less maintenance is a reality. Chemistry is a little different. We love our pool, have had to have it sanded and a new...