Recent content by SandyO

On my vinyl liner/vermiculite bottom I see dips here and there but nothing like 6 inches deep! Ours you can barely feel as you walk over them, I only notice because they're the first places dirt will collect. Sorry I don't have that kind of liner lock so don't know if that's normal to be...

We definitely had a lot more worms this year when we opened also. Maybe double the amount we had last year. I'd love to know how to keep them out.

Good to know, thank you!

When opening my pool this year I noticed that the water seems to be drying out my skin must faster than I remember. Just from putting my hands in to scrub the water line I've got to use lotion after. I want to add a little salt to soften things up but not sure how much. My CYA is super low...

We will be gone for one week. Current CYA is 60 All current readings, as of today: FC: 6.0 pH: 7.5 TA: 90 CH: -- CYA: 60

I need some help with my Hayward Chlorinator for while I'm on vacation. I've never used it and have always only added bleach daily since I've owned the pool. The pump is set on a timer for twice daily for 2 hours. The chlorinator has a "setting" 1-2-3-4... how do I know what number to put it...

I logged in today to ask this same question. TexasSplash - are you saying that if you leave for more than a couple days there's not much you can do?

I'll get better. This is the place to land! I was in almost your exact same position two years ago and this place really got my pool to be the best part of our new house. The first night we opened the pool I just sat there and cried at the horrible black swamp. After I found the tools shoved...

1. The first year I had my pool I did not drain it to lower the CYA. I just increased the goal for my Chlorine each day. As the year went on and I had to replenish splashed out water or backwashed water it (very) slowly went down. I did the big drain at the end of the summer when I closed my...

Perfect, thank you!

Pool is open and looking pretty good so far. This is my third year and I've done a SLAM at the start of each year. Of course I'm starting to question myself now on two things I do... 1 - For my CYA level I'm supposed to take the CL up to 10. But I've been taking it to 12 so that it never drops...

The "reasons" I've been hearing about why it turned green have done a great job of proving to me that I know a whole lot more about my pool than I thought I did.

Awesome! Definitely no leak - it has been like this for 2 seasons now (that I know of). Will pick up some Vit C and see where this gets me. Thank you!

We've got these 3 stains on the bottom of our liner which look like a very large alan wrench was left in the pool for a while. This is our second summer in our new-to-us pool. We've only ever used the TFP method to take care of our sparkling oasis with never any problems. The previous owner...

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