When our pool was installed a few years ago, we were told by the installer to test and monitor chlorine, alkalinity, and salt on a weekly basis. Fast forward to last summer and our blue, beautiful, shimmering pool had morphed into an ugly and chalky looking mess.
After some back and forth with the installer, it was determined that we hadn't been paying attention to the LSI of the pool water and that caused severe scaling on the gelcoat. The installer eventually offered to have the pool resurfaced with ecoFinish. The pool looks great, but now achieving and maintaining the proper LSI has become the biggest pain in my...
I've been using an LSI calculator in an effort to balance my pool, but the chemistry ranges are way off from ecoFinish's recommended ranges. Can someone please help me figure this out before I sprout anymore gray hair?
I tested my water this morning, and below are the results:
FC & TC - 0 ppm (SWG was on lowest setting, have since set it to 20%)
pH - 7.2 ppm (aimed returns up to help aerate water)
TA - 160 ppm (added 1/2 gallon of muriatic acid to start to reduction)
CH - 170 ppm
CYA - 36 ppm
Salt - 3500 ppm
I'll test again tomorrow, but any and all help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ant
After some back and forth with the installer, it was determined that we hadn't been paying attention to the LSI of the pool water and that caused severe scaling on the gelcoat. The installer eventually offered to have the pool resurfaced with ecoFinish. The pool looks great, but now achieving and maintaining the proper LSI has become the biggest pain in my...
I've been using an LSI calculator in an effort to balance my pool, but the chemistry ranges are way off from ecoFinish's recommended ranges. Can someone please help me figure this out before I sprout anymore gray hair?
I tested my water this morning, and below are the results:
FC & TC - 0 ppm (SWG was on lowest setting, have since set it to 20%)
pH - 7.2 ppm (aimed returns up to help aerate water)
TA - 160 ppm (added 1/2 gallon of muriatic acid to start to reduction)
CH - 170 ppm
CYA - 36 ppm
Salt - 3500 ppm
I'll test again tomorrow, but any and all help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ant
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