I’ve had a pool in my homes since I was 10, I’m now 48.
All have been SWG based with either a cartridge or sand filter (Apparently DE is banned in Australia due to carcinogens).
The amount of time, and countless thousands I’ve spent at the various pool shops, I can only imagine. Every second or third weekend I’d say.
The things I’ve been told by pool store clerks blows my mind. My favourite being that the build up on the SWG cell is calcium and it collects there because the plates vibrate with the flow of water.
This site has allowed me to firstly understand the water chemistry and the chemical interactions that are poorly explained, if at all, by shops or paid pool men.
Secondly, it’s allowed me to tame the green beast that has been bane of my existence since its install 5 years ago.
I’ve just successfully completed my first SLAM and can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pool as clear, or as nice to be in as mine is now, after just a week.
I thought it was done at day 5 but it kept getting clearer and clearer.
I am shunning the pool shops ‘service’ from now, using them only to purchase acid, salt and liquid chlorine and will ignore everything they say.
They don’t know.
Not like you knew, and I now do.
I will be spruiking this site and it’s methodology to anyone with a pool that’ll listen from now on.
Thanks to everyone involved, honestly.
Every question I’ve had, I found the answers here already asked and addressed by someone else.
I’m hoping for a truely trouble free pool from here on out.
To say thanks I’ve chucked in some pics of the Kangaroos that hang out in my backyard every day next to the pool.
Cheers
Adam
All have been SWG based with either a cartridge or sand filter (Apparently DE is banned in Australia due to carcinogens).
The amount of time, and countless thousands I’ve spent at the various pool shops, I can only imagine. Every second or third weekend I’d say.
The things I’ve been told by pool store clerks blows my mind. My favourite being that the build up on the SWG cell is calcium and it collects there because the plates vibrate with the flow of water.
This site has allowed me to firstly understand the water chemistry and the chemical interactions that are poorly explained, if at all, by shops or paid pool men.
Secondly, it’s allowed me to tame the green beast that has been bane of my existence since its install 5 years ago.
I’ve just successfully completed my first SLAM and can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pool as clear, or as nice to be in as mine is now, after just a week.
I thought it was done at day 5 but it kept getting clearer and clearer.
I am shunning the pool shops ‘service’ from now, using them only to purchase acid, salt and liquid chlorine and will ignore everything they say.
They don’t know.
Not like you knew, and I now do.
I will be spruiking this site and it’s methodology to anyone with a pool that’ll listen from now on.
Thanks to everyone involved, honestly.
Every question I’ve had, I found the answers here already asked and addressed by someone else.
I’m hoping for a truely trouble free pool from here on out.
To say thanks I’ve chucked in some pics of the Kangaroos that hang out in my backyard every day next to the pool.
Cheers
Adam
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Well sure have to be rough and touch to survive there for sure!! 
