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Our plaster is about six years old and, several months ago, it developed this chip on the floor of the pool: It's about 4" in its longest dimension. Back when I first saw it, I called the outfit that did the new plaster and one of the partners came out to take a look. He said it was because...

Hello, all. It's been a while since I've visited TFP, but I'm in need of some assistance. :| I have an Aquarite system with a T-15 Turbocell that I installed in July of 2007. It's been working great for nearly seven years, but it started reading low numbers for the salt level about 6-7 weeks...

A few weeks ago, I installed a 1/2 HP WhisperFlo to replace the 3/4 Hayward that gave up the ghost. In doing the replacement, I used unions to allow me to install the new pump more easily. I'm hoping that's not a problem. Basically, since installing the new pump, I get a lot of air through the...

I stopped using the tablets a few years ago when I switched to a SWG, but I still have a nearly-full bucket of tablets. I just had the pool replastered about five weeks ago and have the water in ideal balance, except for the chlorine. I haven't added the salt, yet, so I've been using bleach and...

Hi, folks- I've just gotten my pool replastered (finally, since the gunite was showing in spots). The crew finished the application Tuesday at 1:30 PM and started filling it up. It finished filling last night (Wednesday) around midnight. This morning, I turned on the pump, checked the pH (8.2)...

Hi, gang- I have a Goldline SWG with the T-15 cell and have been having ongoing problems with it reporting low salt. It will read 2300 ppm when the Aquacheck salt strips report 3360 ppm. I have tried cleaning the cell, done the dilute MA cleaning (no bubbles) and checked water flow and...

My neighbor is out of town on vacation and he's asked me to go over and toss a little bleach in the pool for him. Since he left yesterday, this morning was my first visit to his pool. There is a pretty solid band of algae from about 8" deep to about 24" deep. Seeing a large bucket of pucks...

A few weeks ago, I tried testing my CYA but found I didn't have enough reagents to do the test. No problem. I ordered a refill and took a sample of water to the pool store in the meantime. I suspected my CYA was low since I had replaced so much of my water since last Summer and I was having...

I had American Leak Detection out to my house this morning. I really like these guys. The local office has been great to work with over the past few weeks of me bugging them with questions and the technician that came out this morning was on-time, courteous, and thorough. He spent about two...

I have determined my in-ground plaster pool has a leak "somewhere," but I don't know where to start looking for it. Here is what I've found: 1. If I don't run the pumps (booster is currently disabled while I try to figure this out), the water level goes down about 1/8" or so per day, which...

My plaster pool has a spot on the wall where the Polaris cleaner wore off the plaster. Also, the edges of the steps show exposed gunite from the Polaris rubbing on them. Lately, the pool's water level has been dropping by about 1/2" to 3/4" per day, which far exceeds the evaporation rate...

Now that my water is warming up, my Aquarite SWG is back to work from its winter vacation. However, it's not getting back without some complaints. The unit is reporting low salt and warning me to "Check the Cell" all the time. I've confirmed my salt levels are just north of 3100 ppm using the...

Hello, gang- I recently added about 85 pounds of coarse solar salt to my pool to kick off the season. Now there are tan streaks leading from the shallow end, where I poured in most of the salt, toward the drain. The water and white plaster surface otherwise look great, but I don't know where...

Hello, all- When I need to make some adjustments to things like calcium hardness, total alkalinity, etc. I have to add certain quantities of chemicals. I've seen mentioned at various times to "add no more than XXX ounces per day" or other indications that there is a limit to how much can be...

When we first moved in to our house four years ago, I started using 3" chlorine tablets in a floater. While filling the floater, I accidentally dropped one of the pucks in the deep end. I figured it wouldn't hurt anything, but I fished it out a few days later after noticing it discolored the...

There are a couple of spots in my pool where the Polaris has worn the plaster through to the dark-gray gunite underneath. I'll take a picture and post it when I get a chance. The worst spot is about 8-10" in diameter in the shallow end at the base of a wall. I asked at Leslie's about this and...

So, I've managed to get all my chemicals into pretty good shape, yet yesterday the pool started to cloud up. Today, I can't even see the drain in the eight-foot deep end. There is no green. As first look, the pool looks great. But with a visibility of about 7-8 feet, it's pretty disappointing as...

After successfully getting my CYA down to the ~80 range, I got all my other chemicals into balance. I used over 15,000 gallons of water getting that CYA down! I spent yesterday afternoon installing my new SWG. I added the salt in the morning to let it dissolve. Everything went quite smoothly and...

I will be installing my Aquarite this weekend and I've read the manual cover to cover. The manufacturer recommends the SWG cell be the last thing the water touches before returning to the pool. While this poses some plumbing challenges for me in my setup, I can do that. However, the manual also...

Hello, everyone... I found this forum as a link from another one found through Google. I found this one to have more frequent traffic, so I find myself just visiting this one. I live in the east bay area (east of San Francisco) with my wife and two kids. My "day job" is I'm a Senior Sound...

Dang! I think I deleted my thread after getting some forum issues. I was trying to delete one of the many duplicate posts I made due to the errors. I got this when I tried to delete a post: In any case, we last left off with you folks telling me my TA number is 190, as a blue->yellow means...

Is this letting me post? It gave me errors in replying in another thread...Let's see if this works.

I just saw something after some Googling that said that plaster pools with SWG need to be resurfaced much sooner than pools chlorinated in other ways. The claim is that the SWG is very hard on the plaster surface. Is this true or just someone spreading FUD?

Hello, gang. I found this forum mentioned in another pool care forum and thought I'd join up to absorb all the great information. I have a 20,000 gallon solar-heated in-ground plaster/gunite pool and I can't keep my chlorine levels up. At the suggestion of the forums, I checked my CYA and found...