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  1. Worrier

    Pump, Filter, and SWG time!

    I have had enough with this 24x30 pad and all of this equipment crammed close together!! Why in the heck do pool installers do this??!! Tearing out all of my old equipment (chlorine, gold Hayward pump that sounds like a mashed cat, and sand filter). I am going to tear out the old concrete and...
  2. Worrier

    Paying the price for being lazy

    So, with me being in the AC business and the super hot weather we have had lately, I got lazy and started using tabs..... just ran my first test in a month - TC - 6.5 CH - 200 TA - 50 CYA - 60 ? PH - 7.2 Backwashing the heck out of the filter and adding water...... I will be correcting the TA...
  3. Worrier

    Pool Light

    My pool bulb is bad and I am considering a color changing bulb. It is a 12v light. Any suggestions for bulbs? Pros and cons of color vs white?
  4. Worrier

    First trip away

    So, just ran my weekly test and all seems well. FC - 6.5 CC - 0.5 TC - 7 CH- 350 TA - 90 CYA- 40 PH - 7.3 I am leaving the pool for 3 days. Pool is vacuumed, skimmer and pump baskets are clean, filter is backwashed, and water level is good. I have never used the chlorine pucks before. I loaded...
  5. Worrier

    Newbie!!

    A good friend of mine recommended that I set up a account on this page. I bought this place in October of 2018 and spent over $300 on chemicals to get the pool ready to close (I took water samples to Leslie’s and added what they recommended). In their defense, when we took the cover off the pool...