Recent content by vvbrock

Hi guys. I am so glad I found you before I started my first pool venture. Although here in Peru I am not able to get many of the pool chemicals you recommend here, learning the basics from you really got us started off on the right foot. My question is about filters. I have 2 parallel 200...

thanks guys for all of your answers. I have been able to get the dry acid. I pour in 7 pounds and a few hours later I can get a reading of 7.4. In 2 days it is back up to 8.0-8.2. Is it possible that as the pebble finish cures, it is causing the pH to rise? I have not started the salt yet, and...

I do have a plaster pool. Actually we have the stonescapes mini pebble. Not a great DIYer project to try to tackle, but when you have no other option.... So just using trichlor tabs will bring my pH down? Should I not be using liquid chlorine? I have been using 7.5% liquid chlorine. Could this...

GROUNDBREAKING NOW WE HAVE A HOLE READY TO POUR THE FLOOR SECOND CAVE-IN DUE TO RAIN THIRD CAVE-IN DUE TO RAIN SETTING UP FORMS WALLS FORMS FINISHED CLEANING UP CONCRETE FINISHED FINISHING THE STONESCAPES MINI-PEBBLE FILLING THE POOL - TOOK 42 HOURS TO FILL IT...

Thanks for your response. I finally got my test done today. The TA is at 150, and my CH is at 60. Both are way out of whack. According to the pool math site, I need about 15lb of dry acid. and about 110lb of Calcium Chloride. I am trying to see what police permission I need to get for ordering...

Hello All, Just wanting to find out what your advice is. I am continually trying to lower my pH. I bought an HTH product called pH minus but in less than a week, i've used more the whole jug (7lb). I am thinking of buying a 50lb bag of sodium metabisulfite as this HTH is over 20 dollars...

Ok. Got chems. As it is a new pebble pool I am not wanting to put too much chlorine in at once. We just filled it to the brim with water. It took two days. When finished, we can't see the drains. It's very green. These are the readings I am getting FC 1.5 pH 7.4 TA 150 CH 50

Hello all. in the absence of a local pool store, I am wondering what I need to have on hand to start our pool up for the first time. It is 45,000 gallons and will be filled with drinkable well water. I can tell you that the well water is slightly alkaline and reads slightly high on the mineral...

Thanks for your response. I understand your concern with the finish. I talked to a lifelong installer and he said i should be fine. We use flexible tile grout as an adherent behind the pebble, so the flaking off shouldn't be a problem. I read through the pool school thing. Lots of info and...

Hello. My name is Vann. I run a camp/retreat center in the small jungle town of Pucallpa, Peru. We decided to put in a pool as our guests had been swimming in the lake and pond on the property with al kinds of jungle dangers. No one here has modern pool building experience, and as an avid DIY...