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  1. Aqua Woman

    DIY dump bucket ideas

    So now we have 5 grandsons who LOVE the pool. We do have a water fall and two bubblers (?), but I would LOVE to add a dump bucket, just don't want the cost. Seems it shouldn't be that hard to design and do it myself, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if someone on TFP has already done it...
  2. Aqua Woman

    CH going up fast again

    We built our gunite pool in spring of 2018. Our CH has always been on the high side, and inched up close to 1000 ppm towards the end of this summer. At Thanksgiving (a bit over two weeks ago), I did a water exchange (tried to do 80% exchange, but wasn't too sure how much I actually exchanged)...
  3. Aqua Woman

    Water exchange questions

    I've read all I can find about the methods to exchange water. I plan to do this once we quit swimming (probably late October) so that the pool temperature and the fill water are similar temperatures. Because my CH is high (875), and I have a saltwater pool, my understanding is to put the sump...
  4. Aqua Woman

    Would a water softener help?

    My source water (city water) has a CH of 175, and although I don't add water every week, I do add it about every 3rd week, about 1500-2000 gallons. My CH is running high, 875-900, so I find myself adding acid every other day to keep pH and TA lower(CSI is rarely in a good place). Since my pool...
  5. Aqua Woman

    Calcium Hardness is always high

    First time post, patience, please. We have owned our pool a bit over a year,and I finally decided to take charge of things myself because the pool store was getting nowhere. I ordered the TF 100 kit and have started using the PoolMath app. My issue is how fast my pH drifts into alkaline...
  6. Aqua Woman

    Hi from Lake Charles, Louisiana

    Now that my husband and I are retired and have grandbabies, we put in an 18,000 gallon. inground, gunite pool with a heater, SWG, and several water features. To make upkeep and safety easier(we thought), we surrounded it with a screened in, metal roofed building, like a tall boathouse. Great...