Recent content by stewmca

Thanks much for your comments. Looks like I need to stock up on acid. The spot is completely black, no brown color.

Hi, my pool was just replastered 2 weeks ago with Finest Finish commercial quartz in white. I am following the OnBalance bicarb startup procedure. The pool looks great and everything seems to be ok except for the following. There is a black 1” spot on the bottom that I noticed a day or two...

Thanks, great solution. Just saw your reply, notifications don’t seem to be working. In the meantime, they delayed the replaster to June 21, water table is under 3 feet after another rain.

Status: we’ve delayed my replastering due to the water table, and they installed a new uncapped pressure relief tube. I have a pump halfway between the deep and shallow ends, leaving 2 feet of water in the deep end, and water is still coming in at about 1.5 gallons per minute. The weep hole in...

OK got it thanks. I'm still thinking if they drain it and fill the weep holes, we need to relieve the pressure with a hydrostatic valve if the water table is still above the bottom by a more than a few inches. There are 3 weep holes, maybe waiting until the water table is at least below the...

Thanks onBalance. Other than missing out on some usage, I have no problem with waiting so I'll check with the plaster company. We're entering the dry season here in northern CA so the water table should start dropping soon. Is there a water table level where I can be comfortable waiting 6...

Thanks, that makes sense especially since we had some rain yesterday and the water level is up another six inches.

I’m in the process of getting our pool replastered and the articles and advice here on TFP have been great. The plan is to follow the recommendation for waiting 6 hours before filling and to use the bicarb startup. The pool has been stripped and waiting for the plaster crew next week. My problem...