Recent content by wpowers

OK! As recommended, I decided to cut my losses and went ahead with draining the pool. Left about 24" in it until i confirmed a water delivery yesterday afternoon to refill it, and then I drained it down to about 3", then began to refill immediately after. Liner is perfectly fine. So I just...

OK. And do we think the floc is the primary contributor to the cloudiness or is it the algae or a combination of the two?

OK... leaving the nuclear option as a last resort, what's my next best set of options?

Yikes, that's a boat I didn't think I'd be in 😫

Thanks and I concur. I guess we'll see what this afternoon's wall brushing and vacuuming to waste does. Also, getting an accurate reading of my CYA levels has always been challenging for me; between the differences in ambient lighting and the existing turbidity of the water, I haven't been able...

Yes, been following the SLAM process but paused on that the last couple of days because I wasn't seeing any progress. The floc didn't seem to have any effect when I used it (my intention was to have it drop everything to the bottom so I could have visibility i.e. see where the leaves were), so I...

I just performed a full water chemistry test— here's the share link from the PoolMath app which looks like it has the latest test results and entire history: https://api.poolmathapp.com/share/WqgYrnQ

Hey all. I've been at this for weeks and now I'm getting desperate— supposed to have my kid's birthday party this weekend and water clarity is still terrible. For context: I have a 24' x 54" above-ground pool with a Hayward S180T sand filter and PoweFlo LX 1.5HP pump. I use liquid chlorine (and...