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Thanks again, I'll most definitely take heed of all your helpful points !

Thank you so much @RDspaguy, this is really helpful. I'm in the unfortunate position that we have very limited pro's locally and and the one that deals with hot spring aren't able to help at the moment as their technician is sick long term. Is the silicone tube inside the pipe important or am I...

Hello, I wonder if anyone could offer some advice on whether its possible to repair my leak on the moto massage seat. I've dug out the corner and found where it is and thought it might be a simple fix to replace the connection but there seems to be some kind of small silicone tube within the...

Great, okay that makes sense. I'll give all your advice a go and thanks again !

I think around 7.4 - 7.6 we have grandkids that like to have a little go now and again

Yes, it seem the standard over here for pool chlorine. I find it quite bizarre too ! But then the UK has all kinds of strange regulations about things sometimes ! Will try the lower TA and see how it goes. Joyful noise should I not have used the calcium hardness increaser to raise to 150 and...

Thank Arobbert, I'm not sure I can afford to lower TA anymore using this method though ? Most advice given here is a minimum of 50 ppm - which it's already at ?

I've been searching for months for something less concentrated but they are all less than 5 % and every one I've found has soap and perfume in it - Even the well known domestic brand is now called 'extended' with these additions. I did find a 1.5 % Tesco supermarket brand that didn't appear to...

Thank you for your help, yes I can get the balance of PH and TA to around 7.4 and 50ppm after filling no problem and it stays fine initially when I'm first using the dichlor to get CYA up to 30-40 ppm it's the switch then to sodium hypochlorite that seems to bump the pH in combination with...

Thank you so much for the info, I will give it a go and yes it's hard to get hold of over here - same as most things suggested. I have read the advice stickies on a number of subjects here till I'm blue in the face and followed the advice but I can't seem to pull it all together to get a long...

Re:  Adding Borax? pH drifts high and TA low Thanks so to answer the question does adding borates when ph is in ideal range stabilise it at that level or is it likely to go higher still ?

Re: Adding Borax? pH drifts high and TA low Thanks for replying, do you have any suggestions as to how long them being balanced is considered stable enough ? I do manage to get them balanced with additional chemicals but as soon as I add the bleach or use the tub the Ph is high again ? How do I...

Please could someone be kind enough to help ? I'm getting a bit confused with the BBB method. I have the Taylor test kit as advised which has been great and I started with the dichlor bleach method but have since been struggling with high PH 8++ I'm using PH down to get it back down but then...

Thanks for the response guys, much appreciated. Have just checked CYA and it is 30 ppm I meant the rate of loss Ant83 not the levels - sorry, not explaining myself very well am I :rolleyes: Wondering if I am sensitive as ingredients on safety data sheet for bleach say only Aqua is the the...

Thanks Mknauss, I have searched a lot over the past few months and although we can get 14-15% sodium hypochlorite it's expensive to ship and would have to be bought regularly or it wouldn't stay stable for long ? We seem to struggle for all things pool - at least this method of pool management...

:wave:Hi there, Wondering if I'm doing this right, as since I switched over to bleach I'm having skin dryness - especially on my right arm up to the elbow, which is the arm I use to collect my sample a couple of times a day. It's dry, scaly and itchy and feels tight :( I've been adding the...

Thank you, it's at 38.5/100 at the moment. It just seems weird to only lose 0.5 the first night and then 4 the next when no one had been in the tub ! We can only get 14/15% sodium hypochlorite here as all the store bleach seems to be less then 5%, I'm a bit worried about the strength being...

No Maddie, no ozone or anything else. We've just been using dichlor, I just wanted to check these readings seem ok ? I know the FC will degrade over time I'm just wanting to be sure the decontamination will have worked as we lost 4 ppm the following night with no one having used the tub.

Yes I have read it and many others, perhaps this is why I'm getting confused. I understand chlorine gets used up and needs replacing but I asked if it's normal to lose so much when the tub hasn't even been used and after using the decontamination method ? The FC was never below 4.5 until the...

Hey there. So we did Nitros decontamination on Saturday and followed to the letter. On the fresh refill our baseline readings are: CH - 70 FC - 1.5 (residual from pipes and the shock on the previous clean fill we think ) CC's - 0 TA - 40 PH 7.7 CYA - 0 We added 50 ppm calcium increaser...

Thank you both of you for all your help :)

That's really helpful Jim, thank you ! So you run the CYA at a higher level with saltwater then rather than the 30-40ppm recommended for dichlor ?

Thank you Jim ! That's one I've actually been looking at :) Does it cause the PH to rise a lot and do they automatically generate a certain amount of chlorine or is it gauged by the amount of salt added ? Sorry if it's obvious, I really don't know that much about them other than you can avoid...

Hi all, I've been reading through a lot of the info in here and it's all been great advice so far. My tests are so much better since I got the Taylor kit as advised on here, so thank you so much for that. I'm enjoying doing them ! I feel like I'm starting to understand a little more about...

Thanks Kim :o I couldn't see a blue oval when I tried earlier but it's there now when I follow the link you posted. I must have been doing it wrong !

Hi, I don't know whether I should have started a new thread or not but I can't seem to find the link to add a new post under the forum and topic threads ? We're now considering adding a plug and play type SWG but wondering what the best one would be for the UK ? I've read somewhere about...

Crikey, don't confuse me more than I already am :pale: I think I'll just have to drain down when the ahh some arrives and start again and see how I go I guess ! :?

Okay, so I did a FC overnight test and went through Nitros post again :) Readings this morning are PH 7.8 TA 100 CH 80 FC 4 CC's 0.5 So cc's have come down and saturation index on water gram is showing 0 It's used 5 ppm of chlorine overnight - is this bad ? I also tested my CH on the...

We only drained the tub on the 9th December and cleaned the pipes then with jacuzzi pipe cleaner - which we left in overnight too. It's had a Deep clean another two times before this - once again with the jacuzzi stuff and once with Aquafinesse spa clean. So 3 times in total ! We've also deep...