Recent content by SimpleMan

Hey everyone, first time in a long time but here is where I'm at: I've got a very unresponsive builder, who has never let us know when a crew would be by to do any step of our pool renovation. But, the crews were all really nice and the pool finally was coated with StoneScapes Micro Pebble on...

Thanks for all of the input and sorry for such a delayed reply! I don't get much time during the week to check the forums but it seems like worst case, we need to drain, fix and fill... Gonna have someone come check it out in person and we will see what they say... I'm hopeful that they will be...

Hi all, I just finished up with my first (and hopefully last) SLAM, and the water is looking amazing. However, with all of the cleaning, I noticed a small rust spot in the shallow end of the pool. I thought it was just a little stain from some metal that may have been in there at one point...

So my pool and attached spa are irregularly shaped. A big pool cover with a crank to roll it up wouldn't fit with our fence line either. I have been considering using solar lilly pads. Something like this: ThermaSpring Solar Mat We live on top of a hill, and get a lot of wind, and when...

After a second partial drain and refill, then letting the filter run all night, here are my updated numbers: FC - 10 pH - 7.6 TA - 170 CYA - 75 (awesome!) A few observations: With the FC still being so high, but the CYA level drastically reducing over the course of two days, the algae I...

Lowered the pool level quite a bit, but not all the way because of safety concerns. Refilled and let the filter mix the water all night. This morning my CYA is just barely more than the 100 mark, I believe it to be around 115-120. So definitely moving in the right direction, and now that I...

Here are a few pictures of my equipment, The filter in the back and motor in the middle. I believe the backwash or drain motor might be the one on the right, but nothing is labeled. The motor on the left is for the jets in the spa.

Updated CYA using this 1/2 pool and 1/2 tap water method. I get just over 100, about 1 or 2 drops away from 100. So that puts my CYA at just over 200. Pool math says 85% of the water needs to be replaced. Is it safer for me to do about 25% of the water, and do that process a few times until...

So, now that I know I'll need to drain the pool, and pool math says I'll need to get rid of about 80% of the water, do I need to worry about the pool popping out? It is an in-ground plaster pool, built in roughly 1994. Or is this the type of thing where I just have to start draining and then...

Thanks for the reply! In my haste to get things moving, because I don't want the pool to take too long, I went and bought another test kit (the store didn't have the recommended one, but it did test for CYA). I got a HTH 6 WAY TEST KIT. For the Chlorine and Bromine tests, the color chart only...

Hello... First post here, not sure if this should go into the 'just getting started' section or here. Long story short: after using a pool company and then a solo 'pool guy', and being burned by them both, I decided to take over and start caring for my pool myself. I've watched a lot of videos...