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Update: Keeping the faith. It is now 3 weeks since beginning this process. FC loss last night was 0.5 (granted that was with the SWG running). Making progress, I hope. I have seen the numbers vary but they seem to be steadily getting smaller. Unfortunatley, CYA now measures at about 30. I will...

Day 14. Still losing Cl at a shocking (no pun intended) rate. Lost 8-9 or more over the day yesterday and 6.5 last night. I bumped the Cl level way up last night to 31, at 24.5 this morning. If my Cl drops to 14 at the end of the day, am I sliding backwards? This is making me double check and...

aa62579, I had the same thought. Didn't believe the drop either. I tested the CYA at least three different times. All with the same result. Update: FC loss last night was 1! Of course, that was with the SWG in boost, but it is much better than the 4-5 I had been losing. Hopefully, that...

I have been testing first thing in the morning (before sunrise) and again in the evening and adjusting at those times. I test in the evening after I add bleach to get a final level for the night before checking again in the morning. By staying a little above min shock level (like shock +4 or 5)...

Well, seven days in and still at it. Lost 5 ppm overnight. :shock: Is this normal, even for a week into the shock process. Pool water still looks clear. Brushing every day. Is there anything else I am missing? I know I should leave the pH alone, but this seems like a long time to go without...

Update: Day 4+ (started Wed evening) Still at it. :hammer: Had Cl at 20 last night. Left the Digital Nano in Boost overnight. Cl at 17 this morning. Not good, but better. Whatever this is in the pool is eating the Cl for breakfast. My garage looks like the laundry isle at Wal-Mart with all the...

jk7228, Sent you a PM, but short answer is yes, we would definately recommend Oasis.

OK, a little history. I started shocking the pool on Wed night. I had not been able to catch up to the CL with the Digital Nano (over 70% and not maintaining CL). The pump runs at 20%, 21 hrs/day and 100% for 3. Should be chlorinating all day. Also suspected someone (wil remain nameless) did...

Bingo! :-D Vitamin C did the trick. Thank you again. I didn't think it could possibly be iron. SO the question is, would that be iron from the fill water? If so, what did I do to make it precipitate?

JasonLion, Thanks for the really quick responses, and the great resource this site is. Iron stains? OK I'll try it. Where would the iron come from, the fill water? If they are iron stains, how do I get rid of those?

Maxerp1, I put some cut up bicycle tube under the pump feet and that greatly quieted the noise transmitted into the house. Its all good now. BTW, what did you seal the stone with?

OK, I didn't think they felt slimy. It started with 1 or 2 and now there are about 6 or so spots. They don't brush off with either the pool brush, wire brush or pumice stone. Is there another test to try? While I am at it, there is another issue I am having, but I don't think it is related. A...

I have a question about some staining issues I am currently having. Here are the most recent test results: FC 3.5 (bumped it up to 4 last night) CC <0.5 pH 7.5 T/A 80 (brought pH down last night and aerated) CH 310 CYA 50 (low, I know, added some CYA again. It seems to keep decreasing)...

Better lat than never. Here are some pics of the completed project. We finally were able to get the grass laid down in late March and the plants in. Now they just need to grow. We are really enjoting our little slice of paridise. :party...

I tested the pool tonight for Cl with both the Taylor Quick Test (colored block) and with the FAS-DPD test in the TF-100. The results were vastly different. Qucik Test - Barely 2 FAS-DPD - 4 I just recently bought some replacement reagent for the qucik test from a pool store. Could it be the...

Our Chocolate Lab, Livvy, is in the pool whenever the kids are. Can't keep her out! I think labs are part otter anyway. She started drinking some pool water when the pool was new. She got the runs for a few weeks, and we try to catch her whenever she went for a drink. She seems to have gotten...

Update: The city just lifted the stage II watering retstrictions this week. The sod and the rest of the plants went in yesterday. We had done some planting around the pool earlier this month, and with the rain we have had it was fine. I hired out the sod and the rest of the planting since I had...

Thank you. There is definately shubs in the cards for the whole back part of the pool/deck. We just had the sprinkler guy out and asked him to plan for drip irrigation all along the back side of the pool. Basically all the elevated portions for privacy and to deter anyone going off the deck the...

We're done! :whoot: Just about three weeks from start to finish. Now the landscaping can start, when the water restrictions are lifted. :( We got lucky. The pool completed filling on Fri just as the city upped the water restrictions to stage III, preventing any outdoor use of water. It...

Lershac, On the pump, exactly what I am worried about. Some information I received here and from the PB seems to indicate it is at least somewhat common not to bolt it down. Thanks, we really like how the deck turned out. When I get home tonight I should have enough daylight to take and post...

Thanks for the nice comments. We know the tree is going to provide some extra work (I don't think we really know what we are in for, I might be sneaking out there with a chainsaw yet :shock: ), but without that tree the back yard would be brutal, it faces west. Plaster starts today, we should...

Ok, just found out that the PB does not bolt down the pump and filter to the concrete pad. Is this normal? Anyone have any experience with this?

Moving right along. The stone work was completed Sun. We are scheduled for plaster on Thur. Yeah! :party: It is not washed yet, so we expect some more color to come out after; The finished planter box, now just to add green stuff;

And the rock work continues... Since all that was left of the original wooden steps was the landing, we decided to have them do that in stone as well

carlscan26, I think there is enough space to work on it, especially when I take out or remove the bush on the left. I still have the email where they assured me the installation was OK. Hopefully that is good. The salt cell is on a bypass setup. I need to look at it closer to see if there is a...

carlscan26, It is certainly not the best layout for the pump. After I take out the bush on the left it should be faily easy to reach. What I was more concerned about was the 90 degree elbow on the inlet. I asked the PB and he says he talked to the Hayward rep again and that the setup is fine...

A little slow on the pics, but plenty of progress. We had to water the pool all weekend the help the curing of the concrete, temps back ion the 100s again :grrrr: The deck has started. We expect to be filling the pool on the 13th, yeah!

Interesting. Any experience with "California mix" or fibermesh in the concrete?

That looks really nice :goodjob: Do you have something planned for that big circular pad?

fyton2v, I'll defer to your experience, I'm not really sure what I (guess who will be cleaning the pool) have gotten myself into :? . There really was no way around the tree without taking it out. Since the yard faces West that would leave the house completely exposed, and it is hot enough...