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    closing our SW pool - some questions

    So no need to run the pumps 12 hours a day, then? Hmmm. Our salt is like 3000. supposed to be 3200 or 34. I forgot. interesting
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    closing our SW pool - some questions

    I honestly didn't know that "closing" your pool was a thing until I read some threads. For the past 2 years, it was business as usual with the pool, just turned the SWG down and we bought a cover. This is the third winter for us. I just checked the chems and our TA is a touch high so we added...
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    Just put the salt in last night and...

    we used the liquid conditioner we had on hand from before. Our filter is not a backwash kind - it's big and round, if that helps. and it's a hayward. my husband takes the filters out and cleans them regularly. I went back to leslie's bc I don't have a salt tester. it's now 2500. Haven't...
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    Just put the salt in last night and...

    The PB didn't give us any guidelines. I think he's about done with us -- we have had so many issues and my husband let him slide on the deck.I checked the CYA today and it was only 40 after pouring in a whole jug of conditioner. We have another that we had and we will put that one in. Added...
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    Just put the salt in last night and...

    Leslie's water analysis - one thing he said tho was to not add any calcium for 90 days bc the plaster is new....?????? FAC 1 Salt 1300 (our chlorinator says 1900) CH 120 CYA 40 TA 60 it says our pH is 7.8 but I got 7.5 phosphates 100
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    Just put the salt in last night and...

    OMG, they are awful! FC 1.5 no CC CA 175 TA 40 CYA 30!!!!!! pH 7.5 I just tried using the pool calculator and it did nothing when I hit calculate. that thing has Never worked for me and I don't know why....
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    Just put the salt in last night and...

    our PB said to wait until today to start the salt chlorinator. The reason for this is we Finally got new plaster. It's taken the PB this long to bring us the salt. We told him we weren't paying for the water, the salt or anything else bc the bad plaster wasn't our fault. Gotta give him credit...
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    Do people close pools in Texas (Austin specifically)?

    This is interesting. We have our pump set to run 9-6 seven days a week. This is our first winter but they. Will be draining the pool soon to fix the plaster and then we start all over again....sigh....