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Well, I finally got this project done -- yes it took me almost a year, but between very hot weather, getting some extra help, and taking the right day off it's finally complete. Some additional words of advice: 1) Finish it in 1 day -- i started too late in the day on the first round and...

Thank you all for the great info!!!

So i got into a friendly debate with my father-in-law last night, (the guy that seems to be an expert of everything), about a statement he made yesterday that suddenly science has discovered the cause of "red eye" in pools was people peeing in it. Later I googled and apparently the National...

The never ending project is hopefully going to be complete tomorrow -- hopefully without too much heartache. Finally the stars align: cool weather + day off + father-in-law available = time to finish The pour is early tomorrow while the weather still cool. Today installed the...

Thanks for the tips... yep, i made 1 big mistake -- had some people over at the pool before I could finish the pour and wife insisted I tape the open gap up for the party so no one would trip on it, nor excess water get in....well, long story short, i taped it up, but didn't remove tape for...

Hi DSK -- I have NOT yet finished this - the temperature has been too hot for me to apply the material (they recommend not being over 77 degrees) --- i had some help to do project when it was a tad cooler early in the morning, but then they had to cancel. Side-tracked on work and other things...

update...I have a week off from work...a little stay-vacation and some relaxing work around the pool...My original pictures were taken of just 1, 15ft side of the pool...The full removal of seal began today.. Below is the old backer rod and seal to be removed... [/URL][/IMG] I used a wide...

So, my adventure with the TFT-100 and TFP forums continues! :D I have a few questions if anyone can help -- denoted in BOLD Let's start with the basics... FC: 2-3 CC: 0 AL: 130 PH: 7.5 CH: 1250 (ya, i know) CYA: 110-120 (ya, I know) (I just added a tad of acid today, so the AL and PH...

I'm pretty sure it's raised and rough. My calcium levels are through the roof so this doesn't surprise me...if I lower the total calcium level (with a partial or full drain) will these go away or can you recommend a treatment option? Also..why are they brown? I thought calcium would be white

After joining this great forum a week or so ago I'm beginning to find that all of the advice I've been given on my pool in the past by various folks is full of ****...So, i bring another question that maybe someone here can help answer. Can anyone tell me if the stains on the bottom of my pool...

I have no skimmers and I don't have a place to dump the water in the yard (at least not 30K gallons) -- I have a clean-out near the back of the house, may try to tap into that to have it go through the drainage pipe through the house, that goes to the sewer...

I'm more convinced now that I need to drain, (Spoke with co-worker with pool and he concurs too). I guess now i need to look into the equipment needed and where I can dump the water and the basics and process of draining. (I'll search for some posts here). I was told i can rent a pump from...

Thanks for the reply - I think my post was a bit overwhelming and load of info - i did do some more research and have settled in on Deck-o-Seal in a customer color. I've also found a teenager in the neighborhood looking for summer work so will enlist his help to remove the rest of the old...

I bought my house with the pool about 3 years ago and have been doing the pool myself or the past year or so. (fired the pool guy that came with the house, since he didn't seem to do much than add chlorine in large doses). For the past year I've been using the basic Taylor kit that I got from...

So I checked the water right out of the tap; you are correct -- looks like that's where my need for Acid is coming from... TA = 130 PH = 8.0 CL = 1ppm Is that right, water out of the tap has that much chlorine, or was the test just off cause it was so little?

I have a similar problem; no matter what I do, I keep adding acid at about a gallon a month (or more) - I keep getting high PH creep. I keep the TA around 90-120, and try to maintain PH @ 7.2. I tend to manage the CL at 3PPM cause I don't like to have too high -- and I don't seem to have algae...

So I've decided to re-do the mastic around my pool and came here for advice. (can't find a decent contractor to do the work, so I've decided to DIY). The old mastic is very old and hopefully with it being like this for the past few years hasn't done any permanent damage to the surrounding deck...