Recent content by X-PertPool

I did that already. 1159.65 for the boric acid and $412.75 for freight shipping on top of that. That's how I got my 1.06 per pound price. That freight is killing me

That's a good question. For a point of reference I charge 2$/pound for "alkalinity increaser" But most of my pools will be taking about 50 pounds so I think I may offer a bulk discount rate and then have a higher rate for supplementary additions in the future. I'm not happy with the 400...

So the price I got quoted was 1,160 + $413 for freight shipping. Which comes out to about 1.06 per pound of boric acid. How does this price compare to using off the shelf borax and acid?

The home is on city water, not a well and the system is just a superpump and 244t filter. No heater or indication there was ever one. I have a sample of the water and ran a test on iron and it came up negative. Although the test kit is old. MetChek from Lamotte from a while ago since the...

So my friend recently purchased a home. The previous homeowner did not leave any chemicals. The pool was crystal clear but I tested it and it was low on FC. I shocked with 48oz of cal-hypo through the skimmer and it instantly shot out a green cloud from the return that to this day still...

Okay so only a slight decrease in pH not that bad, thanks. Sorry for all the questions. Never messed with borates before but in want to keep my pools in tip top shape. I'm always hesitant when adding large volumes of chemicals

If I have a 20k gallon pool and I add about 50 lbs of boric acid to bring it up to around 50ppm. Assuming the pool was fairly balanced beforehand are there any levels I should specifically watch out for so they don't go out of wack?

Is there any disadvantages to boric acid over borax?

I'm interested in adding borates to my customers pools. My dealers aren't stocking any proteam stuff plus it's pricey. Anyways I have 40 customers that I'd like to start adding to and I don't wanna raid every Walmart for 50 miles. So I'm asking to see if any knows where I can buy bulk "borax"...

http://www.solarsunrings.com/bioactivenow/products.html Want to know people thoughts on this upcoming product

rubber coupling and be done with, find one with nice thick walls also if you want it to look pretty you can go the route of a pvc pipe extender fitting glued into the chopped off elbow.

I tried that snorkel thing when I was a kid. It becomes more difficult as your dive you actually draw air in.

Seems like a typical example of "they don't make it like they used to"

I service a pool that has it's original liner. The pool was installed in 1971, a year before Hurricane Agnes. The liner has a bunch of patches (especially at the water line) but it has yet to show any signs of becoming brittle. The vinyl is a teal/green color with no print. Liners today...

Don't use teflon tape as it is just putting more pressure on the fittings and port valve (use teflon paste, or other liquid thread sealant) Using flex may help with vibrations or jolting coming from water pressure You can also put a large SS pipe clamp over the female inlet of the port valve...