Recent content by skinpath

It's funny you say that - I actually had to get a new car AND a new dishwasher in the past year. I think I got lucky, since we didn't have to wait too long for either, but I'm sure I paid a premium for the car. I guess I dodged a bullet by not ordering any furniture :). Anyway, thanks for...

Ok. It's good to know that equipment can last that long! I think that one of my concerns is that if the pump does break, given supply chain and workforce issues, I may not be able to get a good replacement for a while.

The pool I have came with the house I purchased about 6 years ago. Not sure when the equipment was installed, but probably close to 10 years prior to my buying the house. Everything seems to runs fine (although I think the pump is a little noisier this year than prior years), but I'm guessing...

As the pictures show - the top part of the skimmer is coming out of the concrete with the cover. Doesn't really affect the functionality of the skimmer, but does anyone have a suggestion for securing this? Thanks!

I used muriatic acid in previous seasons, not this year. The only thing that I'm aware of that changed since previous seasons is the new liner. My TA is 130 and doesn't change noticeably. But I'm also adding Borax every once in a while, which would tend to increase TA a little. I agree...

Thank you everyone for your input - this is one of the reasons I love TFP. I use tap water to fill (I checked and it's pH 7.5), although I’ve barely had to add any because of the relatively wet summer. Could it be due to acidity of the rain water? I chlorinate with liquid chlorine only (pool...

I'm finding that my pH tends to trend downward in general. I know it's generally supposed to trend upward, but it doesn't. The first couple of years it occasionally trended upward, but this year it pretty consistently trends slowly downward. It may be because we don't use the pool as much as...

Every once in a while I need to raise the pool's pH a little, but quickly. Aeration takes a long time and with the size of my pool it doesn't really work well. So I use Borax, which works pretty well, but is cumbersome. Would there be a problem with using a sodium hydroxide solution...