Recent content by Slowrider5

He manages to survive with test strips during the week. I usually pop over once a week or so with my kit. This is a guy who read the strip instructions to dip in water and hold level for 30 seconds as hold the test strip in the water for 30 seconds :) They are moving in a year or two...

One thing I forgot to add, he pays me back in booze and mulching a common area between our houses every year :)

Original case was documented here: Helping neighbor w/ SLAM - ammonia nightmare? I was expecting my neighbor to have troubles this year based on his CYA, which was 100-120. Tried getting him to put poly 60 in every week as an insurance policy but it didn't work. The ammonia nightmare...

After approximately 4-5 weeks it seems chlorine usage has returned to normal. Can’t really explain it, but will definitely take more care next year to minimize antifreeze getting in the pool after opening

Thanks, I have been doing that which is where I got the idea about antifreeze. Unfortunately, can't find any way to test for it (chemgeek apparently shipped bottles of water to be tested). And there is a lot of complicated math and no real definitive answers that I can see. The one thing...

Hi Folks, I learn something new about the pool every year and this year proves to be no exception. I wanted to open early and opened myself this year. I had intended to do a stain treatment with ascorbic acid before swim season started. Chlorine was low and temps were low so thought it...

Final report: chalk up another win for the TFP SLAM method! It took 7+ days for water to get absolutely crystal clear w/ his sand filter. He is getting a lot of sand on the floor so maybe it has issues. The DE trick didn't seem to help speed up the process. The first time I added DE...

FC has been holding quite well last couple days. Average loss per hour has dropped to a point where I can pass OCLT. Went 8-10 hours during the day today covered with less than 1ppm loss. But water isn't crystal clear. He has a sand filter so maybe that is it. Going to try the trick of...

I wouldn't go that far. I've still used him for some mechanical things like replacing heater, adding pump timer, and labor for opening and closing and he can handle that stuff fine. I think it's largely a case of when things go south with water chemistry he is just guessing. His only water...

I put it in off the diving board, then I moved over to the side of the pool which is where I took the picture. Shortly thereafter is when I got hit by the fumes. Needless to say that's as close to experiencing a gas attack as I ever want to have.

Plop plop - fizz fizz. Here is pic when I put in 1 gal LC off the diving board the first night of the SLAM.

Yeah baby! Got neighbors wife to put in couple gallons of LC throughout the day today based on some assumed FC loss rates and just measured FC 10 and CC .5 about 1 hour after her last add. Finally holding some! Water is definitely bluer. Ammonia test came back at .5ppm so making progress.

No real improvement in clarity overnight. I dosed it up to about 35 ppm it before bed. Measured FC at .5 this morning , but the good news was I measured CC at just 1.5. That's down from 11 when I started. Also the FC test didn't turn pink again in less than 10 seconds. That was the first...