Recent content by sparcel

Thanks. If it is salt, my other questions still apply as to whether there is a need for me to clean it off, and if so, how.

I have been using a Stenner pump for the last ~year with a 8 gallon buckets as a reservoir for the chlorine. I've noticed white deposits sides of the bucket and am wondering whether I should do anything about it. 1. Are these calcium deposits or something else? 2. If I don't clean it off...

Thanks @mgtfp, nice explanation. Makes sense. And thanks @MSchutzer for the local experience.

Thanks. I guess I've been lucky. I got 3 summers out of my last Sun2Solar 12mil, and 5 years for the one before that. But I was maintaining FC closer to 3 at the time - except for the last 6 months before the last cover started falling apart when I was at an FC of 5 to 6. I don't know if it...

I live in the San Jose CA area and do not have a SWG. Over the winter rains and pumping water out my CYA dropped below 30 and I can now bring it up to whatever I want. I see the commonly recommended range of 30-50, and some on TFP suggesting higher - even without an SWG. For maximum life of...

Though I assume many who want to start following TFPC methods, who already have very high CYA, will likely want to replace much of their water.

Thanks! I see it mentions "Does the pool water have salt in it above 2000 ppm or a Calcium Hardness of 800 ppm or more?". I'm a little unclear how this intended to be interpreted given the exact context where it is mentioned in the article, but I assume it is suggesting that salt above 2000 or...

I have had to lower the pool water level several times. Maybe a total of 12-18 inches. I might not have needed to pump off quite as much if I was not concerned about the keeping the water level not excessively high (but that is another issue). Certainly it would have overflowed if I had not...

Wow, I'm surprised it is such a huge decision tree. For an in-ground, gunite, non-SWG pool like mine, it there still a huge decision tree? For my pool, beyond CYA and Calcium Hardness, (and Sodium if I don't like the taste) what other components of pool water can sometimes force the need to...

I only asked about salt because I have seen posts on TFP that suggest high levels, such as > 5000ppm, can be a reason to replace water. I don't know what my level is, but likely way below that. More broadly, if possible I thought perhaps others on TFP might like to see a summary of the...

What would be a good summary of the levels of CYA, Calcium Hardness, Sodium (for non-salt pool), or other stats, that would suggest need for at least a major water replacement? Not just for me, but for everyone's reference. For me, given the droughts in California, I have not even considered...

Yes! If there was a teenager nearby that we knew we would have tried to hire them.

Thabks for all the well wishes! They gave me a choice of repair or hip replacement but with only minutes to decide. Indeed replacement is a faster recovery. My doctor thinks repair can have benefits if it does not fail but I’m not fully clear on all the pros and cons. I think technically this...

Thanks. They screwed it back together, but there is still a chance that they may need to do a full hip replacement. To the earlier question about why my Stenner was not running, I had turned off the Stenner to do some work on the tubing. Big mistake that I did not turn it back on ASAP. --scott

I broke my hip a month ago and have not been tending to the pool. It got out of control quicker than expected and is completely covered in a brown algae. Worst I've even seen in this pool for 30 years. Unfortunately I cannot do any manual work on it for the next 6-8 weeks beyond testing and...