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I was thinking, I want to build a deck up to my existing one, I figure I could put a retractable screen in the soffit of the sun room, and then just put a projector and DVD player, surround sound unit, etc on a rolling cart. That would be perfect for watching movies from the pool. And it is...

If you shut off or block the other jets does that one then work?

This will not require calculus, just volume measurements.

I want to dig in a bog garden, dig a big hole, put down some plastic, fill some of it with pea gravel, place a pipe in there, and fill the rest with black dirt and peat moss and fertilizer. Then I could just backwash into the pipe, and it would also provide water for the bog plants. Right...

My gauge is questionable so I am not sure. I will get a new gauge and check it with the air off, then with the air on. The thing is, the air comes in way after the filter, right before the return, so I would think that the pressure just gets expelled out of the easiest place, which would be...

according to Bens Best Guess Chart, if you have a CYA level of 35, you should be shocking at 15ppm. That gets the CC down if I am not mistaken. I am totally not a pool chemistry genius though, but that is what I would do. Bens Best Guess Chart Stabilizer . . . . . . Min. FC . . . . Max FC ...

Very nice indeed, it is neat how you tucked it away under the deck too.

Woke up this morning, and checked numbers. Cl was 2, Ph was 7.8, I lowered the Ph to 7.2 and raised the Cl to 4 Then I checked the TA and it is already down to 110. I plan on letting it run until about noon today and testing it again. This is working like a charm.

Using the BleachCalc: 16x32x3 is 11520 16x32x5.5 is 21120 I don't know how deep your deep end is, but if it is 8 feet deep 16 feet wide, say 4 feet down by 4 feet across, one on each end of the deep end is 1920 gallons subtracted from 21120 which leaves 19200. So then, I will guess that...

Thanks, I started this today with a TA of around 210, I am going to leave it going til after I get out of church tomorrow at 12:30 or so and retest it. I am going to go out and check the Ph again now.

Now it is time for me to try to speed up the lowering of my TA. I am introducing my air compressor into the jet return, thus making lots of bubbles. I will continue adding muriatic acid, keeping the Ph at around 7.2 or so while aerating the water. I would love to get it down and hopefully it...

Ok, it is 80 degrees, I am going swimming. 8)

Welcome to the site. Even Grizzled Veterans can come here, without them there would be no help to be had.

can these be gotten for Above ground pools?

You should read this topic: HERE The only way to lower the TA permanently is through Aeration. Having such a big pool, you could drop a couple of sump pumps in there, with hardpipe to the surface, rigged up somehow to a couple of fire hose nozzles, or something to that effect. I am sure that...

My brother just leaves a stereo outside, it is on a table under the eaves, and he says it never gets wet there.

Nobody has answered this yet, my only thought is to rig up a water softener to your pool, with a puddle pump. I remember someone had done this before, it may be a viable solution.

I agree, you should not let things come up too close to the pool. If something comes up right next to it, then dig it up and move it. That goes for anything though, rocks, sidewalks, houses...

I have heard of using it to kill weeds.

Aldi's sells bleach for .99 a 3 quart container.

I pressure washed my deck, but it did not take the dark stain out. I want to stain it a lighter color, is there a way to get the rest of the stain out of the deck? I don't really want to have to stain it dark again.

Ya know, I have never really seen anything on what you can plant next to a pool. I try to just plant things that are not too invasive, and that have softer roots. Some grasses can get pretty crazy, but generally they seem to clump together. Elephant Ears, I don't know, I planted them once...

That is ultimately what I had wanted with it. But it seems like it may be harder than it would seem. We need someone who knows how to code to do it. I don't know what this is written in, whether it is html or phbb, if I view the source it seems like html, but I don't really know enough about...

If anyone wants to, you can click your profile button at the top and choose the template to use. There are two others to choose from right now I believe. Cobalt, and sub-silver.

Is this a Windows 95 machine? :wink:

Yes it is. For a second there, all it said was NEW POST

I don't like the NEW POSTS thing. :hammer:

I am a huge fan of actually cutting down trees that are problematic. That is what I would do, any tree that is close to a pool or house, that is either a nuisance, or dangerous, gets whacked!

You may need to just use a leaf net, and scoop out blind. I have done that for hours before, all while keeping the pool at shock level. How are your chemical levels otherwise? Is the Ph ok?

I see no reason for a Nature2 system. From what I understand, they introduce silver and copper into the water, which sort of inhibits the necessity to keep a higher level of Chlorine in the water. This does not mean that the water is necessarily balanced correctly. I would have to guess that...