Recent content by TriangleMan

You've just described my pool exactly. From what I've gathered here, these things are perfectly normal. High TA from my fill water leads to rising pH and weekly additions of about a gallon of MA. CYA does slowly break down over time; I seem to need about 1 puck per week (~5ppm/mo) to keep up...

So the interesting thing is those aren't divots... they're actually raised. In other words, they're the only areas that /didn't/ settle or compress about 3/4" lower over time... You can kind of see the dark line between the groups of raised patches, which is actually the vertical edge of the...

Bump -- Thoughts?

These two points, combined with my own experience (Pool store says CYA=115, reality is CYA=30 to 40), suggest the more likely scenario is that your CYA is actually much lower. In that case, you're flying blind right now without knowing your true FC target until that test kit arrives. I can't...

Also, if you start dosing the pool like it's CYA 150 and it's actually 40, you might end up doing some real damage, especially if you attempt a SLAM. You really need to know, which means you really need to find out for yourself. It's insurance if nothing else.

Happy to. I just recently had to clean up the mess Leslie's left me with after sinking hundreds of dollars into their worth-than-worthless-because-they're-actually-detrimental solutions to non-existent problems. I'm an engineer by trade, so inclined to follow the data and make fact-based...

Ok, here we go. The crack runs the entire length of the back wall (as well as up the "right" slope), although it's mostly straight vertical except for a couple irregular spots where the crack wasn't perfectly in the "seam" and you can see some lumpy parts that push out a couple inches into the...

If you do end up with a house with a septic system, be aware that there are also minimum distance requirements between the pool and the septic equipment/field.