Recent content by Steve2968

Funny you should mention stains on the surface. I have brown stains on the pool floor and stairs that look like small patches of rust. We did mention it and he told us he would look into what to do to get them removed.

Another though I had was that we are being charged twice a year for stabalizer? Could they be adding twice a year and simple using unstabilized chlorine for weekly maintenance?

I though about the cal-hypo but just figured a service would not use it do to cost.

Sorry for the delay getting back.. My wife watched the pool man this week and asked some questions. He did not use pucks this week at all. He used: Liquid chlorine A granular chlorine he poor into the skimmer basket and some sort of acid. My test result from the later in the day after he...

So you can manage chlorine levels on a once per week maintenance.

How does your service keep chlorine balanced in recommended levels on a weekly service or do you go to a client more than once a week?

I have to ask... I noticed your signature line has a pool service that advertises testing and balancing chemical levels including chlorine on a weekly service? :-D

How does this happen and how would they deal with the ammonia?

I don't argue that CYA is key, I totally believe that. I do test it and actually just went out and tested it to a result of 35. This is the cause of my confusion. Based on what I have read there is no way my pool service can be continually using stabilized tabs every single week all year...

I agree with you completely and in my case a business in the pool industry has convinced me of the exact opposite. The guy is here about 20 minutes one day a week for the last 9 years and no problems with the pool at all. So I start looking around to see if this is something I should / can do...

I understand what you are saying and the only problem I have wrapping my head around it is that being in south florida there are millions of residential pools being maintained on a once a week basis by these service companies. Maybe they are not being maintained by certain standards but, I am...

Thanks for the responses. I will test following the service this coming Tuesday and post the results.

When you say way outside parameters you suggest do you mean chlorine levels on maintenance day to keep the, up all week? I know they CYA levels always seem to be within the range suggested here. I am thinking it might have something to do with pool evaporation we get in south florida during the...

I have never tested directly behind them on service day. Is it possible they are using more unstabilized chlorine and just raising the levels to a point that it will still have enough FC by the next service? I have a feeling they are using unstabilized to raise the level on service day and...

It seems they have been using a combination of liquid and tabs. I do notice tabs in my skimmer and I have also noticed them pouring liquid from the yellow chlorine containers all the pool service guys carry around. The only other liquid I have noticed them putting in the pool is something that...