Recent content by tcasto

Thanks - keeping my fingers crossed. Who would you call to look at it- somebody at a Leslie’s? Repair guys from the pool builder? An electrician? I ask because I called the pool builder when I was having trouble with the filter pump and his repair guys weren’t going to be available for 10...

Hi! I was so proud that we were able to resurrect our filter pump by replacing the capacitor last weekend.. It felt so good to avoid a costly replacement and a visit by the pool guy. High fives all around. But now our Pentair electric heat pump is useless. It is actually worse than useless...

Thanks ! :d

Hi again guys and gals! You have taught me so much and helped us out so much with our pool. Thank You! Another season about to begin! We took the mesh cover off last week and the pool did not look so bad :) It was a little green but probably the best it has ever been on opening...

Thanks for your reply! :D I usually test at least every other day at the beginning until I get the SWG chlorine output in a groove. The SWG usually handles the everyday Chlorine needs and I just supplement it with the trusty clorox when needed. Now that the water is just warm enough for the...

Good morning! I followed the above directions for determining if there was a conversion to ammonia over the winter and there was not. So I started SLAMing the pool and it turned blue pretty quickly, especially after a good vacuuming. But the chlorine was still disappearing, so the slam...

Thanks a bunch! Will do!

Hello again! We are later with taking the cover off of our pool here in eastern PA and we opened up to a swamp. I bought a bag of salt and a jug of liquid chlorine from the pool store today (yes mother's day!) I checked the numbers using my Taylor kit and I had a couple of surprises: FC 0...

Thanks for your help - I will take care of it once school lets out and try to do it in a way that allows for my kids (and hubby and I of course) to use the pool. I have a fountain somewhere in the garage. I bought it at the end of last season and never used it. Quick question - How much of...

Thanks so much for your help! Twelve days left until I am free... It is not easy to grade essays and final exams while looking at the pool. But I am making sure it is ready for celebrating:party::party::party:

Quick question, I hope. Today's numbers: FC 16.5 CC 0 (Slammed yesterday and it stayed Slammed :) overnight) PH 7.4 CYA 50- 55 ( It has been less than 40 since we opened and I have been skittish about adding too much. But I added stabilizer on Friday in a nylon in front of the return and it...

Hi Just thought I would share some things my hubby overheard today at the pool store: "In my next life I want to be a pool, so I will be catered to." Customer #1 waiting for advice from pool store guy :lol: "In my next life, I want to be a rock, so I don't have to think." Customer #2 waiting...

What a great family! I can't wait to hear how it all comes out!

Thanks so much for your help! :D

Good morning! We have been having some interesting numbers since we started putting the solar cover on the pool. The cover was grimy and hubby covered the pool so we could save some heat.:( Then our FC numbers started dropping. Our CYA is low - less than 30 - I can still see the dot. I...