Recent content by Peterpool

Hi, this site got me through the swimming season famously. Between a couple of my own posts and the archive I had no problems. Thanks to all. Now it's time to close. I drained the pump & filter & using a shop vac blew from the one skimmer line to the pump no problem capped the skimmer and...

Hi a couple of weeks ago I made my first post "I can barely spell pool" and that was , take it from me, not far from the truth. With not a huge amout of effort reading the pool school and selected posts in the boards I set off on the BBB method. My girlfriend thought (knew) I had gone insane...

Excellent advice. Thanks a lot

Hi, Very new pool owner and my first post got me miles. Thanks to all. I have achived shock level with 0 CC and a ph of 7.8. After learning of CYA levels and gaining a 35-40 reading I made the mistake of vacuuming the pool and pinning the filter. The conditioner lable wned not to back wash...

Fantasic..I'm off....to the pool not the laundry although I may have enough to do a wash or two thanks Peter

Thanks for the advice, My test kit is actually a Taylor 20006 sorry about that. I'm heading out now with baking soda, washing soda and bleach. Firrt I'll try the washing soda to raise TA then adjust ph then hit it with bleach. Any hints on the timing od introduction, quantities of each or...

Hi bought a house over the winter with an 18,000-20,000 inground vinal pool, Sand dollar filter and hayward super pump. Pulled the cover off 2 weeks ago to find a brown/green murky mess. Cranked up the filter and added 7 bags of calcium chlorid SHOCK from Wal Mart over a two day period (last...