Recent content by yeamonn

I'm back! Some results were close others were way off. I'm now running the pump for 12 hrs a day and SWG for 3. pH: 8.6 All: 100ppm Ca: 120ppm Free Cl: 0.2 Total Cl: 0.2 CYA: 0

Not yet should I get that going first?

Hey all! I know we say we don't trust pool stores but I figured I'd share what I got from them. I do have a full test kit that I used last year but especially for pool opening I thought I'd get some help and a print-out to get moving. Here's the reading and the steps the Aqua Quip store near me...

Thanks I'll read into the Raypak documentation as well. The water line is about 2.5ft higher than the heaters intake.

I have installed the Raypak 106a for a 5000 gallon above ground and loving it. I had a question about usage with the pool pump and wondering about shut off procedure. Is it OK to allow the heater to turn off triggered by the pump stopping it's run time? Or should I install a timer or manually...

I have a 4500 Gallon Intex XTR above-ground pool and the Intex QX2600 pump and saltwater systems is just slightly more expensive than the QX2100 and would also be delivered faster. The QX2600 states a minimum pool size of 4800 (so technically I'm 300 gallons undersized here) but I thought that...

I tell you what - I just had a hardscape company in and dig out a major slope to firm ground then add 5-6" crushed gravel and compact it with a plate compactor. After reading this I'm going to have them confirm it's level 5 times over! I was coming here to figure out what I should do next and...