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Hi all, I've been a member here for 10-12 years, but have lost track of guidance about iron levels, and pool color/cloudiness. I've got a small in-ground (13K gallons), and it's very old (90 years), with a built-in iron ladder and iron parts of the main drain. I've tried to keep the ladder...

Hi everyone, I've posted about our pool before, but have a neat update. First, our pool is very old; it was built in the early 1930s. When my wife and I were looking for houses here in Boonville (MO) in May 2010, we absolutely loved this house. It was a rainy day and we were here for 30...

Hi All, Our very old in-ground concrete pool has a 60" deck height at the shallow end and I'd like to put a set of drop-in stairs in there for my wife and mother-in-law. It seems that most in-ground drop-ins simply do not reach that deck height, whereas Confer's above-ground set seems to get...

Hi All, This is a recurring problem. When I vacuum the pool, using a very basic set-up (flexi-hose and vacuum head attached to the pool pole), my pump will vacuum for a bit, then lose pressure, then build it back up, then lose it, etc. I get about 10-15 seconds of good vacuuming, then will...

Hi folks, I'm in the midst of the shocking process and have run out of r871 solution--I thought I had a spare bottle, but nope. I've now ordered a refill, but in the meantime, does anyone have an idea of how I might be able to test using, say, the standard TC/PH test, and get at least a...

Hi folks, Sorry for the length of this.... For a couple of weeks, I've been fighting a tendency for my pool water to go ever so slightly cloudy and green-ish. FC levels and PhD were always kept quite good (FC between 7-10 and Ph 7.4-7.8), with almost never any evidence of CC. CYA os good...

Hi All, I'm in the process of searching for a new pool ladder (in-ground) to replace what we currently have. Our pool is *very* old (1931) and the current ladder consists of rungs sunken into the concrete pool wallk, with a couple of handgrips sunken into the deck. I want to install a new...

Hi All, My wife and I own a verrrrrry old in-ground pool (1931), which we acquired in June 2010 when we bought our house. (Story: http://www.troublefreepool.com/post185159.html#p185159 ). We got it looking pretty nice, as can be seen further down in that thread. The first summer was devoted...

Iron in water, unavoidably Hi All, Okay, I have a problem. We have a very old (c.1930) in-ground swimming pool, which has a built-in iron ladder (built-in, as in sunk into the concrete wall) and an iron drain-fitting. When we bought the house and drained, scrubbed, and painted the pool last...

Hi All, An odd development this spring: When I attach the vacuum hose to the skimmer port, my pump loses pressure pretty dramatically, and the pump basket becomes quite aerated. I do connect the vacuum correctly (to where the hose is completely filled with water when I connect it). When the...

Dear All, I'm looking to purchase a mesh cover online (not necc. a safety cover, as there are no pets, children, etc at risk here), and wanted to ask the Collective Wisdom if you can recommend good vendors. all best, David

Dear All, In the past two days, a whitish band has developed along the waterline of our pool. Can anyone shed light on what has caused it, and how to possibly get rid of it? The wall surface is painted concrete, so I'm concerned about serious scrubbing). See the picture below, and below...

Hi All, This is Day 2 of trying to adjust the pool balance; yesterday I added stabilizer so that I could get the chlorine at a good, more or less stable level. Thankfully, this morning, FC was at 3.5 and CYA at 38. But my concern now is a combination of low pH and high TA. Here are the...

Hi All, Yesterday I got the filter hooked up and the pump running--all is well so far. This morning I took the first water test, using the TF-100 kit. Here are my results (11,500 gallon pool): FC: 1 CC: .5 TC: .5 pH: 7.5 T/A: 120 CH: 210 CYA: 0 Temp: 78F If I'm right, I need to get the CYA...

Hi folks, I'm moving towards installing the pump and filter on the Very Old Pool my fiancée and I will be acquiring with our new house. (Link: http://www.troublefreepool.com/renovation-on-the-quick-side-t22515.html A problem: I know that the safest system is one in which all the metal...

Hi All, A note to introduce myself: my fiancee and I are moving in a week or so, and the house we bought includes a pool built in 1930 (we're told it was the first built-in pool in our town). The concrete pool is 11' x 28', with a 4' shallow end, and a 7' deep end. As you can see, it hasn't...