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i appreciate your advise, I live in Alabama, but based on the estimates to change the sand in our filter (ranging $175 - $350) we did it ourselves for about $50 I assumed it would be around $5k

Since we purchased the house and originally cleaned the pool, there have been about 3 small spots where you can see cement in the deep end of the water. I was wondering what the cost of resurfacing a 10,000 gallon gunite pool might be about. thanks

I really appreciate your help, so basically ill just need a lot of muriatic acid and a good brush? also kinda of offtopic, not for any time soon, but how much roughly would it cost to get the pool resurfaced in the future? thanks

thanks for your detailed response, but I do not have a vinyl liner, my pool is gunite, so will that affect your instructions? Thanks

ok i will try that tomorrow when it is light outside, if indeed it is calcium scaling can you point me to some suggested methods for removing it. THanks

i kind of thought that was too soon, how long would you recommend?

if it is calcium scaling what should i do? just scrape it off?

so what abotu the stain like things, what should i do about those? that is my main concern at this point in time

no we dont use salt water at all, we use liquid chlorine. and yes we do have a spill over spa, how long after adding the muriatic acid can you swim in the pool? Thanks

ya, it is a gunite, and is a SWG the thing you put chlorine tablets in? If so then yes we do

I took the same water sample to 2 different places to get tested since at the moment I am strapped for money and can't order my own test kit, here are the results: Pinch A Penny Total Chlorine * Free Chlorine 3.0 ppm ph 7.8 total alkalinity 195ppm calcium hard 125ppm stabilizer 40ppm total...

i guess you could say that the test area was kinda of better, but honestly its kind of hard to tell. If in fact the test didnt work what would be the next step, if it did then how do you use the ascorbic acid and how much? Thanks

ok, about how much do you think I will need? Thanks

by vitamin c tablets do you mean like people vitamins? lol also the stains might be kinda of brownish in some spots so would that take care of that to?

There are a lot of yellowish stains on the pool, it is a gunite pool and i wanted to know if there is a way to get rid of them. Thanks

Thats what I did was put epoxy "marine" on it and so far so good.

Above the pressure gage there is a tiny tiny hair line crack leaking a small steady stream of water. is there any way to patch this? If not how much would a new filter valve cost?? Also, would this be responsible for a LOT of air bubbles coming from my pool return lines? Thanks

where can I buy the DrainKing? So this will work well enough in a complex piped system? There are so many different lines and 90 degree turns i wouldnt think this would work to well is this what you mean http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... m/kkorg-20 ? and would I need this one...

I only have 1 skimmer, so I close it half way as per the instructions, it helps but it doesn't if that makes any sense. I think soemthing might be clogged in the pipe :/ any suggestions for how to unblock it?

I'm glad you mentioned that, because lately my vacuum hasn't been doing to great. A paper near my filter says to vacuum open the vacuum valve and open the skimmer half way. I try to adjust the skimmer so that the vacuum works well but it really doesn't get much pressure no matter what. I tried...

is it backwash? or can you just keep it on filter? if i try backwash or waste i lose to much water too quickly, but i dont think im supposed to leave it on filter either. what is the best setting for vacuuming? thanks

actually yes, the pressure has been going up, i have backwashed very often since I had read that should lower the pressure. It is a sand filter so do you think maybe we need new sand? I would have no idea about how to goabout replacing that.

the algae has been dead for a little while now and i cant really see a difference. the people at the pool place said that the aluminum sulfate should have everything at the bottom of a crystal clear pool by morning to vacuum up, i guess we shall see :/

there is no more green, the water is EXTREMELY cloudy though, can see maybe a foot down

i did get the tests done at 2 separate places, im getting some money together to order my own kit but in the mean time i dont want to lose what ground i have gained and let the pool fall back where it was. i followed the one guide you had posted about lowering alkalinity to a T and also, i...

Here are my current numbers now: CYA 0 Tot Chlorine 2.4 free chlorine 2.4 ph 7.5 alkalinity 180 hardness 110 they said since the pool is still extremely cloudy we should add aluminum sulfate, recirculate for 3 hours, then let sit for 12 hours, vaccum up with pump on waste. then after add the...

so what do I need to add to bring the TA level down? Thanks

I have been adding A LOT of chlorine to kill all the algae in the pool and I went to pinch a penny to get the water tested and here is what it says: Total chlorine *.ppm Free Chlorine 0 ppm combined chlorine *ppm pH 8.0 acid demand 7 base demand * total alkalinity 350ppm calcium hardness 125...

I added 53oz of stablizer since the chlorine level was at 0 so i guess i will wait for that to register then add chlorine and hope for the best

I added 53oz of stablizer since the chlorine level was at 0 so i guess i will wait for that to register then add chlorine and hope for the best