Recent content by Steve-D

The cell recommends 3600 so I'm spot on based on my own testing. I figure I'm probably good for the season, maybe needing 1 more bag later on if we have a wet Spring/Summer.

I spent this past weekend managing the chemistry of our pool which we had opened for us on Thursday afternoon. We had more debris than we would have liked on the bottom from closing too late last autumn with falling leaves. A lot of pine needles worked their way under the cover over the winter...

Greetings all. This is season 3 of our pool which we just opened last Thursday. So far I've managed the chemistry pretty well and am close to having all levels where we want them. The one thing I have not done well over the last 2 seasons was to track my SWG output setting to define an accurate...

We did something similar last year when opening the pool. At the end of the 2022 season (our first with this pool) it dawned on us that the installers positioned the filter drain so that it was pointed at the heater. On top of it being terribly awkward to access we figured that it probably...

In another SWG related thread I saw a note indicating a particular brand of SWG should be run at the lower range of the recommended salt level... Is there a reference guide here somewhere that goes into recommendations for various SWGs? For my case specifically, what is the optimal salt level...

Installing the pool was my wife's project paid for by her, and she insists on having the pool opened and closed by a local service. My job is to keep it clean and balanced. Opening looks like it would be a good deal less complicated than closing so MAYBE I'll be able to take that on eventually...

Thanks Pat. Yeah, I guess I'm being impatient! I've restocked my test kit and stocking up on Salt, Calcium Chloride, MA and CYA is next. I have a few pounds of dry shock leftover from last year so I'll use that up before I buy any more bleach (or Cal-Hypo). With CYA at zero I'm not concerned...

Greetings all! Our pool is scheduled for opening on 5/2 and I'm looking for advice on what I should and should not do to treat the water between now and then. At closing we drained to below the inflows and with rain and snow melt (mostly rain) this winter I have had to drain 2x to keep the...

Ooops...posted before my comments... Thank you all for the suggestions. So I CAN close off all my intakes...I just need to remember to re-point the valves for the skimmers before proceeding, and of course opening them all up before turning on the pump. I think if I get a spare basket that will...

What tricks do you folks use when you need to clean the pump strainer basket? I just checked mine and it was riddled with pine needles throughout. By the time I had it clean enough to put back in place much of the water had drained from the filter and it took a repeated , extended effort to...