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Are you certain they were metal stains? I thought they might have been stains from leaves? I don't put any metal product in my pool that I know of. I think the winterizing company doesn't use metal algaecide. I've talked to them about that in the past. I use bleach for everything.

19k vinyl pool pentair filter sta-rite 3/4 HP pump Pool was fine yesterday (Monday) pre-deluge. Today it's cloudy. The CL was about 0, I went to do a test and a scoop didn't even turn the 10ml water pink. I've done enough of these tests to know there was max .5ppm. I do a container of bleach...

If you have a cement or gunnite pool, your plan should be just fine, but on a vinyl pool like mine, if the floater rests against the liner, it'll bleach it out every place it lands. I'd still recommend a sump to circulate the water a bit, but natural wind and/or rainfall would certainly...

Yes, the stairs are in the shallow end, and I run the hose to the deep end. My pool is vinyl lined, so the men lower the H20 about 4" or more below the skimmer. I haven't yet had a winter overflow problem, just once in the summer, and obviously I can backwash that out. We had a ton of rain over...

...and I don't mean opening in March. A guy who works at my pool service place (I use 'em to close, and fix stuff when I cannot, I open myself) told me about this, and it really works. I have stairs on one end, but it works fine if you don't. Prior to putting the cover on for the winter, I...

Hey gang, long time no post! Thanks to this site and it's chemistry set, I'm fairly trouble free! My old aqua-vac robot died, and it's just as well. It actually still works, but not as well as it used to, and it doesn't climb walls, wasn't supposed to. Anyway, I want an aquabot, probably the...

Man...that would take about three days, wouldn't it? Maybe less w/both hoses running. Doesn't a liner need the water to hold its shape? I thought it was bad for a liner to take too much water out, so that goes in reverse too, when you put it in, right?

I wanted stone coping but we can't have it w/o total destruction/rebuild of the concrete deck. Not gonna happen, it's at least $15k for not fancy stamped concrete. So the liner's going bad, and I want to get both replaced. Unfortunately, I cannot afford stone coping. The price isn't...

Yeah, but he's in Edmonton, right? It's FREEZIN'-Rear COLD UP THERE!!! :shock: I'd also love to know about wood-burning heaters. I don't have the space for solar panels (they're like 20 ft long!) but I have a location to store wood. I live in MD and the growing trees in the neighborhood will...

Well, we're going with a company/product called SunDek. They made a great presentation, guaranteed it for 10 years, saying we'd likely need a re-color. It's actually a concrete coating/texture. They say it's cooler than concrete, and smoother, less skinned-knee factor. They're going to even out...

How many of you have had overlays on concrete? Does it last, or does it chip and look worse than before? Our deck is concrete with pressure-treated pine strips in the expansion joints. I'm getting estimates on overlay on Wed, and Thu for a whole remodel (different company) The remodel company...

Yes, it is I! But you gize must have different handles over there (except maybe Nocaster!)

Yes indeed! And is that your handle over there too?

Thank you very much. I /thought/ this may have been the case, but it never hurts to make sure.

Ouch. Well then could they do each slab? I'd be OK with that too, but I bet it'd be a pain in the butt. I'd still need to get either the wood replaced, or have something else fasioned in between.

Thank you /very/ much for that breakdown! As far as 60% concentration, that's what HTH Shock & Swim is. The product I used to use (and can't seem to get any more, at least locally) was HTH Super Sock-it which was 68%. The Shock & Swim does dissolve a lot easier, but I obviously need more of it...

Hah. In the new neato-torpedo test kit which you can get thru this very website, on the inside of the blue box w/the quick CL test and the pH test, there's a chart that shows the various CL percentages and how much it raises your CL count depending on the size of your pool. Very cool. I think...

Where can I find dealers for these products? Our deck is concrete (came w/the house) 4'x4' squares each with a small pressure-treated board inbetween. Will those overlays work in that situation?

When doing a DPD CL test or a TA test, do you take the first number when the color changes initially, or the last number when the color gets more intense in that direction? For example, in the CL test, do you take the number when the pink goes away, or the next drop when it's /really/ clear...

Bleach Calc will only tell me how much bleach to add to raise my Cl. I'd like to know how much Cal Hypo to add. I have a bunch of it, it's easier to store than bleach (I don't have the room for a whole summer's worth of bleach). I don't like running to the store all the time for bleach, so Cal...

"Ben" said 1 gal bleach = 3/4 lb of shock. But I think that was the old 5.25% solution. I use HTH 60% available chlorine (less stabilizers) What is the ratio of Gallons of bleach to 1 lb bags of cal hypo?

Thanks everybody! I also goofed on my numbers--I had the length of the triangles as 8' when it's really 16'+, but it's about 8' to the end of the deep end, and still fairly sizable for another 8' or so, though smaller due to the decreasing depth. I think 19,000 gal has got to be within 500 gal...

Now we're talkin'. I wasn't clear on your response, and probably not clear on my post, though I did mention the deep end is 8'. It's a gradual slope. The bevels are non-existent in the first 12' or so of length then they start gradually, ending in the deep end where they are pretty massive...

I have bleachcalc (wonderful thing, that!) and it has a volume calc. 16' x 32' IG VINYL 3' to 8'. I emphasized the "VINYL" part because the walls don't go nearly straight down in the deep end. You could easily say the avg. depth is 5.5 ft given the dimensions, but that doesn't count the sloped...

Buggs, glad you're diggin' the music! As far as "down pat", well I /did/ have it down pat, but I no longer do! I was using pucks/sticks, but I'm out, and I think I want to go with bleach, and I will be asking about how much to use daily, etc. You'll see me in the PLEASE HELP section!

Hello all! Now I'm a grizzled veteran pool owner (7th season) and found this place after the disappearance of the mythical deity known as "Ben". I don't need much help these days, but still do occasionally. 16' x 32' IG vinyl DE ~18,000 gal hole in my back yard. I play music, and you can...

Welcome Nocaster! I play one of those regularly! Welcome to the wunnerful worl' of pooldom!