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5/14/22 11am FC-4.5 pH-7.6 TA-90 CH-125 CYA-65 Salt-3400 I drained my pool for the first time in 8 years for maintenance (tile and spillway replacement & 2:1 acid wash). It has been refilled for 10 days. I am still balancing. City tap water is combo well/lake with a 100 CH from the tap. I have...

I drained my pool 3 weeks ago for the first time in 8 years for maintenance. Today we had 1.5" of rain which caused a lot of Oak tree leaves/buds to collect and stain the plaster. I was planning to leave it empty for 3 more weeks upon completion of spa spillway redo and then acid wash and...

Have 2 lights in the pool and one in the spa. All of them are 3 years old. One of the pool lights does not come on. I have reset the breaker at the controller. Owners manual says ground fault wiring reset, replacing light fixture or light circuit board. Anyone know if this is DIY or is my PB...

My SWG is indicating low salt (red light) but it's an ideal 3400 after checking. Flow is green light and sanitizer output is green at 20%. Cold water is not illuminated (53 degree) and water temp is 46. FWIW installed new May, 2014. Any ideas?? Thanks!!!

The plaster is getting a mottled tan/brown look. It's been getting worse the last 6 months. Today's water numbers are below. Pool store checked for metals-none. At 2 years old, I still have to add 1-2 cups MA daily or pH goes to 8.2+. Water-clear & 83deg. Any ideas what to do??? Thanks, Mark...

We plastered on May 22 afternoon, the next morning they acid washed and when completed, we started filling. It was filled on May 24 and my wife said the PB put in 3 gallons of acid(31%??). I can't remember for sure but filter pump and SWG were turned on within a couple of days. And then on June...

I am adding 1/2 gal of acid (MA) every 4-7 days to maintain 7.5-7.8, any ideas what to do? FC 3.5 CC 0 PH 8.2 (currently, will be adding another 1/2 gal MA) CH 300 TA 80 CYA 65 Salt 3800 CYA could be a little higher but I am worried to add more conditioner and CYA get too high. I am running...

I have been testing the water about a month now and was going into the Pool store to buy more conditioner to bring up the CYA and decided to take a sample for them to test. Now I don't know what to think?? They talked me out of buying more conditioner. Any thoughts? Thanks My results with...

We plastered with acid wash 2 weeks and 5 days ago. PB added 3 or 4 gallons acid 1 week and 5 days ago. PB added 13 bags (520lbs.) salt 5 days ago. I added 1/2gal acid yesterday morning. I have been water testing daily for the last week Chlor and PH. This morning's first full T-100 test as...

We had a good pressure test before gunite. But before filling in perimeter ditches, we pressure tested again and discovered a leak at one of the spa jets. Gunite company is very reputable but unfortunately the nozzle guy must have run into the extending return pipe to hard (6' ID). Looks like a...

We are a couple of days, due to scheduling, away from shooting gunite and I have discovered an issue or problem. The channel main drain is in place with rebar going over the plumbing run across the bottom and up the wall. First problem my Pool Engineering report says main drain plumbing will not...

After two years of trying to find a PB who would not use Flex, we have a spa plumbed with rigid sched 40 PVC!! No biggie I know, but unheard of here in OKC. The guy that did it moved from AZ. Also, one might notice the dirt donut, common in AZ, to save on gunite costs...

Anyone have an opinion which is better for a main drain in a gunite new build? Looks like PB is going to put channel in as spa drain too! Any thoughts? Thanks

Just curious what the current opinion is on this ongoing debate. Gunite is dry mix with water and air added, takes a more experienced nozzle man and rebound material can't be used on the floor. Shotcrete is wet mixed directly from the concrete truck with air added at the nozzle. Which one...

PB says he will not do SWG anymore. If customer insists then no Warranty. I have not seen any discussion on TFP forum about Ionization sanitizing. Any opinions?? Thanks