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awolff - pool care companies tend not to give great advice that you’re looking for. This site will. Most of us on this site are homeowners who had no idea what we were doing, or were trying to recover from bad advice from pool stores or service companies. This site is a fantastic DIY resource...

Cs - backwashing never gets rid of all the DE. I only backwash at the end of the season, immediately prior to opening the filter and cleaning it out properly. No matter how long i backwash or do rinse intervals between backwashing, theres always a some amount of DE left in the filter when i...

Dont target any specific TA. Let the TA settle such that your ph is stable. This tends to be in the range of 60-80 (when youre not using pucks). Your ph will drift upwards due to the high ta, requiring muriatic acid to bring down ph. The acid will also slowly bring down the ta and eventually...

Ive used diamond hand pads and they will remove the calcium. They also can scratch up the tile underneath. Use a pretty high grit and I don’t think its too noticable. Diamond pads are definitely more effective than a pumice stone

I am waiting for the day when the electronics fail and I spend two weeks messing with it, buy the wrong components to fix it a few times before i give up and purchase a whole another system brand new. Hasn’t happened yet but it will someday. Except for that….zero downside

o_Oo_O Firehose of information thrown at face…..will try to digest…. o_Oo_O

Does the amp draw remain as high as on a properly working cell without the proper ruthenium coating?

Also make sure the electrical supply is accessible at the pad where the plumbing is. If you’re running the swg electrical through the pump as was suggested, the concern is addressed

Turnip - i had a similar experience with my first swg (circupool). I complained loudly and intelligently enough to get a full refund which I put towards a Hayward swg which cost a princely sum but has exceeded expectations. My experience probably should not reflect all that poorly on circupool...

My pool was still sending ph up quickly 12 months after new plaster. At 15-18 months I think the plaster stopped drivjng the ph. Just keep at it with the acid

Is the existing cell shot? Not clear if you’ve tried to use it or not. If if works at all youve got a third option, which is to use your existing salt system and supplement with liquid chlorine when and if its not keeping up. If your cell is the T-15 and its still working well its going to...

go vertical. Its the simplest solution and it works. Regular 90’s work fine.

The one other thjng to consider that hasn’t been mentioned is pump run time. You’ll need to run your pump for a long period to give the swg time to work. If you’re on an old single speed pump that could get expensive. They make a lot more sense with a variable speed which will run low speed 24/7

So your 8 trips to Home Depot will be to fix what you paid him to screw up the first time!!!

Heres a picture of a basic setup. Almost any brand will look similar. The controller box is in the blue circle. The cell is installed in the plumbing line (red circle). The cell is designed to wear out with time. The controller will hopefully last you through a number of replacement...

If you’re happy with using liquid, theres no need to switch. i used to use probably 60-70 gallons of liquid over a summer. At pre-2020 prices liquid made sense. In 2020 when the price tripled if I could even find liquid, the swg started to look a lot more affordable even at the inflated...

Six years with my pentair de and no complaints. Ive read plenty of good things about cartridge and not dealing with the de would be one less step. Both options are good options

@Dirk - exactly what i was looking for thanks!

I dunno. Ive done stoopid.

Soooo…..you’re telling me I should NOT use this in the pool….

Ive never had any equipment to clean the pool floor besides a robot, which works great. But pieces of pea gravel and bits of broken grout (that’s another story) that are a bit too big for the robot to capture are starting to accumulate. Would a manual vacuum likely be strong enough to suck...

Wow thats a lot of deck design!

I just got rid of some scale with diamond polishing pads. They’re all over amazon. They will remove the scale but can also ruin the finish of the tile. I just ordered some high grit ones to see jf the result is better...

This really sounds like a clogged pump impeller. Did you check it?

Why do you say its not a clog? This sounds like the definition of a clog. Its just a matter of finding it. If your filter pressure is at zero, theres a blockage between the pump and filter. Check the pump impeller. When mine gets badly clogged with pine needles it stops everything up and...

Giving this a bump cause i am hoping to tackle this today!

And now….:ROFLMAO: Really hoping there is a glue type product to reset the loose stones and demoing the mortar to reset them isn’t the only way about this. With the exception of a hollow spot under the rightmost stone, the mortar underneath is smooth and level and seems in good condition...