Recent content by sentry1

Ok. I’ve done a combo of dichlor and liquid 11% over the past couple of days. CYA is now at 55. Ph is 7.5. And FC is somewhere above high above 5 ppm (my testing kit only goes to 5). I’ll plan on vacuuming and brushing thoroughly over next few days, keeping FC high with liquid and then will...

Thanks for the replies. I’m putting a winter cover over it - not solid. I inherited the cover too and clearly judging by the state of the pool when we got it, it lets lots of debris, insects etc under it. I’ve looked at water filled bags to keep the edges sealed but they are v expensive. Yes -...

Hello! I have a first question for this forum. I need to slam my pool which is 14,000 gallons before I winterise it. Yesterday I got the test kit which allows me to work out my CYA levels and I think they are zero (Not holding FC at all). So I was wondering, could I use the stabilised chlorine...

Hi all. Just inherited a pool. Roughly 50k litres i think. Moved in 4 weeks ago. Pool was a swamp. Frogs etc. Took two weeks to clear and clean enough to swim (using shock granules). I’ve only been testing PH, FC, TC and TA. It hasn’t been holding FC at all. So yesterday I got the Lovi 6-1 test...