Search results

I ran a bucket test over the weekend because the pool has been losing water a bit faster than normal (but the weather has also been hotter) so I just wanted to convince myself everything was ok. I made sure the water level in the bucket was the same as in the pool. The next morning, the bucket...

I hope you don't mind me piggybacking on this post, but I came here to post the same question. Post split to a new topic. Yes we mind. JasonLion TA = 100-110 pH = drifts up to 7.6-7.8 within a week of me bringing it to 7.4ish CH = (can't recall my reading last night, but likely 200ish) I've...

I have an old DE filter with no backwash capability, so I have to spray the grids off by hand in my backyard. As you might imagine, this has made a small patch of almost-cement where the silica gets deposited. Even with a backwash system, I don't believe I can simply pump the DE into the waste...

I just ran my new Zodiac Baracuda G3 this weekend for the first time. I've never run an automatic vacuum before, or really vacuumed a pool before since this is my first season owning a pool. The pump is an IntelliFlo, and I was running it at 2500 rpm. The vacuum moved along fine and cleaned the...

My wife and I recently bought our first house and it came with a pool. We found that the FC level was hard to keep up due to very high CYA (who knows how long the water had been in the pool before we bought it--but the house wasn't kept in great shape, so the pool was probably even more abused)...

So this is my first post here. I attempted a search on this topic and read the basic pool cleaning stuff, but didn't find my answer. I apologize in advance if this has already been covered: I'm a new house owner and new pool maintainer. We decided to drain the water out because the CYA was...