Recent content by redroark

Hi Neighbor. Fellow Montco resident here also doing a reno on an old Sylvan this spring. Who did you end up going with, and were you happy with the work?

This looks incredible. My son is a swimmer and would lose his mind to see something like this in his backyard.

Folks, I have been a devotee of TFP for the last six years of owning my ancient Sylvan pool in the Philly area, but now I need help. My wife and I have finally decided that life is too short for an unheated pool. Our pool is heavily shaded and only gets sun part of the day anyway. As a...

I wasn't able to change the PH before I chlorinated. An hour after chlorination, FC=43 and CC=0. Candidly, I dumped the whole 6th bottle of bleach in, instead of half, so I actually added 6*121=726 oz of 8.25% bleach. I estimated my pool at 30,000 gallons based on measurements, but it's an...

Alright, first TF-100 test results: FC 11.5 CC 0.5 TC 12 Ca 450 TA 110 CYA 65 Ph 7.0 The chart says my target shock level is 26. The calculator says to add 656 oz of my 8.25% bleach, which is about 5.5 jugs. Off to add the bleach. Let me know if you have any thoughts on these...

Hello fellow TFP'ers. I bought a house with an older pool two years ago, but just found this forum. I read through pool school, received my TF-100 and magnetic stirrer yesterday, and am excited to start properly testing and SLAM-ing as I work from home tomorrow. I'll post the results once we...