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Nobody interested anymore? s'okay, I can think out loud in peace.Funny how when I introduced using trichlor pucks I stopped getting other people posting..... I can report that about 5 weeks after starting the trichlor pucks the CYA reading made it up to around 50. As you know the CYA test is...

Holy cow, scrubbing all that decking and rails is a job and half! All the algae and and moss that has accumulated is now gone. I've got sore muscles I never thought I had, but the decking looks so much better. It was tricky trying to keep all the wash out of the pool, but I think I worked out...

I know one moderator whose pool isnt surrounded by trees and isn't any fun at parties... Not that anyone is listening it seems, but I am going to go with baum-sheisse. Anyone who knows a bit of German can figure that one out. Got to love German for its ability to put an appropriate sounding...

Things are going very smooth, TFP method is clearly delivering everything it promised! So far my pool is Trouble FREE. Here's a different angle of my backyard getaway. The FC is hovering around 3 with my pucks, which are dissolving disturbingly slowly.I attribute this to the fact that the pool...

My pool is surrounded by huge Oak trees that shed ENORMOUS amounts of chaff into my pool in the spring (see pics). I am not alone, anyone with mature trees near their pool goes through it too. It just seems that this situation is common and disgusting enough there should be a specific word to...

Thanks. It really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. ALICE was horrified when I told her that people don't just dump years old pool water and refill with fresh, she had to do an internet search on her own because she didnt believe me (she has a strong will and an innate belief that I cannot...

NO FC loss overnight!!! But it is down to 0.6 after a couple sunny warm-ish days (in goes a whole bottle of 12.5% NaOCl). CYA still not registering after my last week's dose, but I just realized that the prior homeownerds left a half of a 50 lb bucket of 3" Trichlor tabs. As a committed TFP...

Just saw your thread. I've only been here a bit more than a month but I can tell it is quite a nice addition to the forum, one for the ages….It helps a lot, I appreciate the effort to put the pool together and to build the thread!

Holy Cow! Thanks so much for your fantastic pictures, I am glad you joined the forum. I think I understand the construction of my pool way better because of it. As poor condition as I considered my pool to be, I guess I will thank my lucky stars that I don't have what you had! I can see the...

Thanks for your input on the liner Kellychaison. It's tough for me to gauge "brittleness" of the vinyl liner, I don't know what it should feel like new. I did feel it and did not think it was going to break apart if I gave it a good tug but I wasnt about to try. It should be about 5 years old...

AT THE THREE WEEK POINT: I left a lag between postings, because not much is happening... FIRST the long winter/spring is lingering (Game of Thrones style) and a week after memorial Day swimming weather is not really here on Long Island. That's a bummer, BUT it has given me time to feel the pool...

Day 13 - Picture looks great! FC dropped only one point overnight, less than 0.2 CC (pretty much not detected). Water Crystal Clear?? No there is a lingering haze, maybe slightly green in the depend and stuff still accumulating in the shallow end, I wager that this is being spewed out by the...

I have been slamming for a week without really adding any CYA and the pool keeps clearing nicely with FC in the teens. Starting to add CYA now that my pool is close to clear. As long as you've been at it, I am surprised at the level of cloudiness still apparent. Is it worth to consider that...

Here's a day 10 after taking a leaf rake to collect some large junk in the deep end. Still daily noticeable imporovement, despite my suspected filter problem. The only improvements aren't as obvious on the picture, its mostly the greenish haze that is now only visible in the deep end keeps...

Pool looking even better, stuck in a close up of the deep end. Day 9, whiny pump running 24/7…PSE&G is loving me….. I am thinking the fam will be able to try out the pool on Memorial Day weekend…fingers crossed. Basically the pool eats a whole bottle of 12.5% NaOCl a day. Going to start boosting...

No photo today, trying to keep FC up, since I ran low yesterday. I also checked the pH for the first time in several days and it has inched up from 7.0 (now 7.2). I am not checking much else right now, nobody is going swimming anytime soon. I'll check everything else and do the OCLT when I think...

i think its mostly flocculated algae and tree debris.The vacuum is not great, and I am going to start hitting the brushing much more consistently to help the deep end look less green. We are considering serioulsy a robotic pool cleaner which would help the cleaning process. Are the robots...

Even better today…been a busy weekend, haven't been able to brush much and still there is improvement Out of NaOCl now. Considering dichlor to get the cyanuric acid up. We'll see tomorrow how i feel.

Skimmed all the tree junk, scooped big stuff from the bottom (quite clear all the way down!) and vacuumed. Vacuuming really sucks, it goes so slow. Suspecting my filter may not be working to well. If my DE filter is leaking slowly how would I know? The sun was out today, making todays photo a...

WAAAAH! BRILLIANT! thanks, picture posting works nice now!

WELL the pool 's hose outlet valve broke and didn't shut off properly the last time I used it, so now the pool is OVERFILLED. I told you about the level of maintenance from the previous homeowners....Drained it back down to useable levels pumping to waste. The whole tree organ thing is out of...

Day 4, Kind of breezy and the trees are making it rain nasty reproductive organs. See what I scooped out of one skimmer, and what accumulated there in the time it took me to get my phone and snap a picture! Day 4 not much over day 3 in the picture, but it is clearer up close for sure. Managed...

The pool tech that opened me up said he couldn't identify a brand on the filter (there is no tag) and that it looked like a Frankenstein filter (assuming he meant assembled from parts of different filters). There is what looks to be a pretty standard Hayward valve (trying to sound as if I know...

No, 5 places it it pulling away from the coping, the one in the picture is the worst by far. And the top of the wall that the coping is attached to in that spot.is pulling into the pool too. I just have no idea what the experts will say.

I hope i finally figered out the signature thing (I don't do the web that well actually). I have my concerns about the pump and filter too. the pump is loud, there are small plumbing leaks all over. The DE Filter seemed to be spewing DE into the pool on startup but doesnt look like it is doing...

Moved in December. I didn't really want a pool, but it came with the best house for us, so I'll make it work. Pool hasn't been opened in 2 years. Thankfully it was covered, but the cover wasn't tight and sagged into the water most of the winter, and the pool is surrounded by many mature trees...

Hi I just started SLAMing 2 days ago. I am a new pool owner (new to TFPC of course). My 25,000 gal pool was not opened in 2 years (covered but surrounded by many trees with an abundance of reproductive organs that slough off direclty around my pool). It was also previously owned by the least...