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My pool water looks green, don't know if its algae however, when i brush then can see brown dust in the water. Anyway decided to slam and the question i've is about Clorine/CYA chart here: Pool School - Chlorine / CYA Chart My FC is 0 and Cya 50 so, based on the chart should i traget shock FC...

How long do you keep the pump running? What schedule? Do I need vacuum running? If yes how many hours each day? Can someone point me to either an old thread or give some ideas? I'm keeping pool chemicals under control but not sure about general pool care.

ours is national tile (not NPT) tropical blue smooth pebble finish and picture was taken without any chemicals added in the pool. Pic is in my build thread below. New build in Frisco TX - Page 3

@WetSteve, Did your spa have same issue? Haven't heard back from them on fixing spa and we r kinda busy too balancing water.

I couldn't find liquid chlorine yesterday in walmart and other stores had closed so, got this below and set to automatically dispense from the chlorinator. I know that this tablet will add CYA too but we also thought that, since we won't be adding liquid chlorine eventually so, its better to get...

Cannot thank enough everyone for your quick responses!!! Still need to wrap my head around all this. Btw i did order a TF-100 kit from this site and tested in the morning for PH and FC. So, i'll go and test other things and post my readings. Also, when i asked why no chlorine for 2 months in the...

Hi all, Our PB did the pool school on Friday so, the pool pump etc. has been running since friday. Took water to Leslie today: PH 7.8 TA 50 ppm Based on this, they recommended to add 9 lbs of 13 oz of alkalinity up product (basically basic soda). The guy said we don't need any chlorine for up...

Thanks Kim!! Yeah, don't know how would they fix it....spill works fine but water level is so high in spa that it starts spilling when the jets are started. Here is a pic of equipments.

thanks Ctrav, my kids r thrilled about the pool. So water feature would mean bubbler and deck jets..correct? I guess our spa spillover runs with the pool pump and it has been running for 24hrs now. The guy said to keep it running for now n later schedule for 8 hours a day. Did I misunderstand or...

Pool school happened yesterday...no chemicals yet in the pool but thrilled to see little water features working. We were thinking that, we won't be able to heat the pool...as heater is only for spa but the pool-school guy said, we can heat the entire pool in winter in 12-14 hrs. as all the water...

Might be a good idea...thanks for sharing. I'll read the reviews etc. later to figure out. - - - Updated - - - Got my TF-100 test kit today...so excited to make use of all chemistry lessons that I had in college :) will start testing tonight though pool school is scheduled for tomorrow. Water...

OMG this creeps me out....i absolutely hate anything of that sort. I guess these animals are confused where to go in the yard now. We also found a big dead frog in the pool earlier. Do people spray something around the pool to stop them coming inside water? I'll be dead when a snake shows up in...

Water filling in since yesterday and pool school scheduled for tomorrow. Love the plaster color as we wanted to be able to see what's at the bottom....btw found a small dead lizard in the water this morning. So, when the equipment starts running, should we expect lizards n bugs in the skimmer or...

Time to buy the test-kit. Is TF-100 the first one to experiment with? Can someone confirm please?

Hind sight is always 20/20 :-) I look at your pool each time and think that, we should have added the Raised wall on the back with sheer descent. I'm not sure whether we can add it now or not, as they r re-coping that particular wall to fix some issue. I guess since plumbing is done so, its...

Here are some updates: Our build is delayed now, PB is adding flagstone to entire back wall in the problem area mentioned in my previous post. They had to completely redo 35 feet of coping. I wish they had suggested or guided us about few things during the design process. We would have loved to...

Your pool looks awesome!! Congratulations ����

We were told just the opposite that, rectangular will cost more for same length gunite free form pool. For same square footage of a free-form, rectangular will look much smaller. I personally like free form so went with free-form. I do see more rectangular these days.

@Christied48 What plaster did you go for, is this pebble finish or quartz plaster? Looks stunning!!

Thanks Kim, Sod and Landscaping will definitely come later but the bigger question is that, even landscaping will not hide the unfinished wall, which is high up and left un-plastered from outside. Wish i had a picture to show how it looks. Does anyone have similar wall that, i can show PB and...

We are almost at the plaster finish phase, while we are away on vacation. Got the decking and grading done last week. I've a question about the extreme end of our pool, where the pool is way higher than the ground. If you look at the pic below, its showing the difference between retaining wall...

Here are some updates!! We r waiting for decking to be poured and soon I'll be asking lot of questions on Ph :) two things that worries me at this point. 1) on the coping they did some direct cutting days after the stones were set and the shape looks odd to me. Should i ask them to fix it? 2)...

Hi there, We both are in the same boat...it started great but now going too slow. When did they start your build? we started on 13th June and our patio is ready to be poured any day. Btw your tile n plaster choices look great. Not sure if they told you that, with majestic isle you won't be able...

Yep, we have the same PB I guess :-) btw cost is $500 for 2 bags as I mentioned in my thread. I'm not sure if 2 bags of glass beads will bring any effects to the overall look. That's why want to hear if anyone used it.

Just wanted to also add that, PB is saying that they'll use 1 bag (40 lb) per batch and if i understood correctly then, they hinted that 2 bags will be used for the entire pool. Not sure what do they mean by a batch though. Funny thing is that, pool supply priced a 40lb bag of glass beads for...

Did anyone add glass beads with pebble finish and let me know, if its really worth it? Our PB uses Noble tile supply product and we chose tropical Isle with 2 bags of glass beads for approx 500 Sq feet pool by paying extra. Just debating if we should go for extra or leave it. Would it be...

Your pool looks great n almost similar to ours. We also went with Hobert n in the middle of construction:-)

Our tile and coping process is going on but we were told that, a 2" strip of tile that is supposed to go on stairs and tanning ledge will be done after first cleaning of pool. And the first cleaning of pool happens after tile and coping is done. Does it sound weird? This tiling on stairs and...