Recent content by unit335

I'm starting a SLAM and I also have a sand filter. Did the sand filter deep clean work for you in terms of cleaning up cloudiness?

Oh yeah the numbers get pretty stupid at high CYA. Even just regular maintenance requires a lot more chlorine. I'd rather be swimming in my pool right now but since we just got the house we want to get it right from the start and hopefully never have to do all this crazy draining again.

That's a nifty trick for measuring high CYA. I'm low enough now to be on scale but that would have been fun to try

about 1400 gallons. Running a 'for real' no drain setup now. So now I can let it run all night.

Great! I was doing drain and fill like I said, but it so happened a got a small utility pump that is pretty closely rate matched to the output of my water hose, so I have the exact 'No Drain' method running now. Should be under 60 ppm CYA by Sunday morning. I was planning on executing SLAM...

I'm not sure what the diluted test is - so I'll just describe that I used the Taylor kit test comparator test. The only reason I couldn't accurately measure the beginning CYA level is because it was literally off the scale. By a lot. Now that the result is on the scale I guess the biggest...

Thank you I'll try to be patient! As long as it's presentable 3 weeks from now when we will have company

Ok I found the no drain article. Yes, that's essentially exactly what I'm doing Just for fun I'll add some numbers for you haha. For the initial CYA level I measured I estimate I needed to replace 75% of my pool water. Pool is 40k gallons. My water hose fills at 300 gallons an hour.... So yeah...

I asked some local folks about doing a large drain and it was not recommended. One guy's water level went too low one winter and he had to have his pool repaired. So yes, I am working against the inefficiency of doing percentage-wise drains. It's taking a long time...ugh. After 9 more...

I am a new pool owner and inherited a pool with my home purchase. Upon purchase, at pool opening water was CRYSTAL clear. Under my care it started to become cloudy. What was going on? TFP taught us to test the water and we determined that CYA was off the charts. I estimate about 150-180ppm. So...

Just wanted to say 'hello'. I'm a new pool owner who inherited a pool through a new home purchase. I'm currently in the lengthy process of reducing an off-the-charts high CYA level followed by a SLAM. Love this website and the straightforward information presented here.