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We went to the pool store to have the water checked, I know better than to use that stuff, I only get DE and sometimes CYA from there. :) I also understand that Chlorine is a consumable and what are typical (sun/growth) consumers. What I can't figure out is what is consuming it. I was not...

So my salt strips are out of date and I don't trust them. Pool store test showed the rain we got the other day had a major impact on salt levels, or the test I did and a different pool store did were off. So we added another 120lbs of salt Wednesday and let it run in "boost" overnight, Thursday...

We opened our pool a few weeks ago here in Massachusetts. Since we closed late and opened early we only had some silt/leaves/dirt to pull out and the water got to clear in a few days. Salt was low (needed 90lbs), TA was high (120), CYA was low (40), and PH was a little high (7.8) CH I don't...

Interesting, my kids swap on and off the goggles constantly, they don't do a lot without them, I wonder if trapping the water inside makes it worse :) Rich

They probably went right in after the cover was removed...and were probably in there for a few hours, I'll suggest waiting a bit. I had read another thread about sunscreen or sweat potentially being the culprit, but the second time it happened they didn't put on sunscreen before swimming.

Hi Kim, thanks for trying to help :) That thread the "solution" suggested was to put salt in the water, we already have that :) Maybe you meant to link to another thread, that one doesn't really mention keeping the PH at anything apart from 7.5 :) Rich

My wife and kids complained yesterday that their eyes are stinging... the recent change are the pool store finally got our solar cover in stock and we have been using it, and we have been at a salt level of (according to the strips) 1970 (the autopilot in the start of the season asked for 68lbs...

I looked closer, it is sandy material, finally the dolphin swam for it's 3 hour cycle without letting me know to change the filter before it was done. I added bleach, I'll do some testing in the morning (should have raised the FC levels to 6-7 from the 0 I measured just before adding). The...

The video about CH testing does not go into the fading endpoint, and the volumes and number of drops is different than the current instructions :) But seeing it in action might be nice. This morning's numbers: PH 7.8 CH < 75 (added 3 drops before this time....) TA 60 FC .5 CC .5 TC 1 (?) CYA...

AHA! So turning purple THEN blue is bad and indicates some sort of metal in the water, the pool company added a bunch of stuff when they opened the pool for me (part of the package...) they must have added something with Metals in it, Algaecide or some such, which would explain why the CH test...

What the ****! So the last few days when I wasn't in Boston I ran the waste output while sucking out the sand 3x (until the bottom of the skimmer), the hose can't keep up so hours went into dumping "clean" water into the pool, here's my numbers: TC: 0 PH: 7.1 CH: 725! TA: 20 The PH and TA...

We moved a heavy shed (~12x16(?) ) across the yard using some 4" pipes, jacked up the shed, put in the pipes and rolled it, when one pipe would fall out, you put it in the front. It worked way better than I thought it would. 500lbs should be way less than that, but if you have some 2-3" pipes...

I just sucked out as much gunk as I could, when the water line dropped under the skimmer I lost suction so I'm waiting for the Hose to do it's job.... It is daunting to have to empty so much water.... Once I can turn the pump on again I'll try to suck out most of the dirt on the shallow end...

I just tested my house water, it reads as CH=50, I also read the SWG's manual and the range is CH=400 and below. I could not get to the store today, so I'll be running there in the morning to get Borax and Baking Soda, I want to get the PH in the right direction at least, and then I'll just...

So we installed our new pool at the end of last season, I just did my very first testing with my T100 kit. The water is clear, I can see the leaves I have to pull from the bottom, but while I do that I'd like to get to getting the water right, assuming I did my testing right. Some details, the...

Cement has been in for a few days, waiting a week for the acid wash. To the left is the fire pit, I had some cracked stones so I need to get replacements, there will be a circle stone area around with planting beds in a circle around it. The expansion joints have red tape over them, under it...

The weather held, I'm told they are almost done, the pictures are from before I headed into work this morning. Now we wait a week to acid wash to let the stones shine through, and then another week to put the winter cover on it. My little guy loved how the cement truck rolled in, the aggregate...

The decking guys were here earlier this week to deliver our jump rock, and prepare for the pour, they apparently ran out of rebar and will finish that when they come back for the pour. Right now we are waiting for the electrician to come and tie the ground wires to the rebar, and then the...

I know this thread is a few years old, but did you ever install something, and how did it work for you? Thanks! Rich

The general consensus is that we want to turn over the water in 8 hours. The pool is just under 22,000 gallons, so we need a flow of 45.83 gpm. The one site said to measure from each skimmer, and the main drain to get the head distance: Skimmer1 = 40', Skimmer2 = 41', Main Drain = 63'...

My concerns at the moment are pump size and filter size, I want to look into them this morning. The pump is a 1Hp Hayward "super" pump. What concerns me the most about it is that after the builder re-stated half a dozen times that the pad has to be level with the pool edge, it is easily 2-3...

The dirt piles were pushed back in, the kids froze (twice!) and we have a nice mud-zone in most of that portion of our backyard :) image by rich.schelin, on Flickr Here is a panoramic shot of the proposed decking (blue lines) and the proposed fence (white line) image by rich.schelin, on...

The electricians finished hooking everything up, although the lights are out of sync color wise, they do look nicer than pictures can show. The backfill is slated for Tuesday.... image by rich.schelin, on Flickr image by rich.schelin, on Flickr

Electrical inspections are done, liner went in this morning and the water is being pumped in now! :) image by rich.schelin, on Flickr A different perspective, 9,000 gallons to fill in the deep end and a couple of inches across: image by rich.schelin, on Flickr No test kit yet, so no numbers...

I ordered my test kit, it will probably be here before the water gets put in. I have been reading the Pool School, and about Borates and I think I want to add them to the pool. The extra expense of 60$ for the borax and about 28$ in MA seems reasonable for the buffering ability it adds, but it...

Thanks! That is somewhere in line with what the PB told me late last night, his number was 21,400. Up next is figuring out what our kit is going to look like. I am unsure if the PB's plan is to finish and close the pool for the season, or if they plan on opening it and running it to test it...

The Committee (MIL, FIL, Wife and myself) decided to retire our 32 year old Gibraltar pool (AG) so my MIL can have an easier time getting in and out. We did a bunch of research, got lots of quotes and decided on an L shape pool with rounded corners (Vinyl) . The pool is measured in the...