Recent content by thecanuck22

I am not saying to use them, I am saying that i use them. yes quick ph, FC and TA tests and the CH as a loose guideline.

You see, complicated. Complicated things are not fun and often dont get done. Compilcation is a relative term I will give that. But here is a classic case. If fastsporty could find a PS with an educated enough employee and a reliable test kit he could use strips and his store for the more...

dude you love to complicate things eh? I wish i had the energy to read that post. Do you just cut and paste from a word file or do you actually spend that much time writing out a very complicated response? i see long replies like this one all the time from you, just wondering.

lol yeah i eat my breakfast on my way into work, I listen to my other industries podcasts when i run, i brush my teeth in the shower often and i Edited for politeness. Butterfly. Its also about efficiency. I am proud of the job i do (except for once last week), the education i provide to...

I guess i never thought that when using the taylor kit that you dont do a full test all the time, sometimes pH sometimes other things. I do understand the difficulties that are there when people first learn about the information from sites like this and doing a complete and very accurate test is...

I personally use test strips. After having done hundreds of strip tests and probably hundreds of drop tests with our Lamotte Colour Q at the store, strips are not as evil as pretty much everyone on here makes them out to be. How much fun is it to use your Taylor test kit everyday, awfully time...

wow, a great help that store has been to you.....frickin amazing. anyways. Shock can be a few things, shocking is a process not a product. first things first, get your pump fixed. next is this 'shock' you speak of a chlorine type? some actual test results would be nice.... in the mean time...

personally i would be getting that stuff out of the pool as soon as possible, using your cleaning equipment with a high chlorine level the few times that it is needed to do so will not hurt it. Hitting the clumps with the broom so that they disperse is not what i would be doing either, just...

having him actually balance your chemicals or him just filling it with water and proving to you that it all works is something you will have to discuss with him, preferably sooner than later. either way you will learn quite quickly once you start doing and reading here. sure you have 'read' pool...

BIG BUMP sorry its monday though, i unfortunatley work sunday.

turn your valve to 'waste' to suck up the really nasty stuff and dispose of it immediatly bypassing filter. i think you are going to want to add some de to the filter before you start to use it as one. not sure though.

60 ish

rv antifreeze to the return lines and skimmer lines and any line that might still have water in it, plug off your return jets and skimmer opening. I use to always add a bottle of algaecide and some sort of stain and scale inhibitor, i still might this year, i am undecided, it certainly doesnt hurt.

I would change steps 2 and 3, remove debris and leaves before you shock. I am not sure you need to actually disconnect and dismantle your equipment, I just pull drain plugs on pump housing and filter and done. Phosphates....thankfully we havent been pitched that stuff yet for our inventory I...

I found it! MicroPure http://www.micropure.ca/products/products-micron.php Its a Canadian Company :-D http://www.poolandspa.com/page1975.htm also available in the USA though :P I am going to try it out, there is a different retailer that is the distributor for them in my area and they...