New poster. I have donated to this site for educating me in the ways of pool care. Tremendous wealth of knowledge here.
My Story. Bought a house with a pool February 2017. Hired a pool guy to care for pool as I knew nothing about it. Drained and refilled with fresh water. 3 bouts of algae over the summer and Calcium buildup at waterline. I started researching pool care online while recovering from hip replacement surgery in January 2018 and came across this site. After a massive amount of reading here, I felt only slightly scared of taking care of the pool myself and I let the pool guy go. Following the teachings on this site, my pool was perfect all summer. Crystal clear, no algae, no Calcium buildup, no pool guy bill. I finally have a question regarding the winter months.
Over the spring/summer I kept the chemistry like this:
FC 4.0-6.0 (usually 4.5-5.5)
PH-7.5-7.8 (added acid at 7.8. lowering to 7.5-7.6)
TA-60-70 (Varied with PH rise and fall)
CH-675 (Fill water was about 200 last time I checked)
CYA-70
Salt-3400
Borate-50
Temp-80-95
CSI-Tried to keep slightly negative
I remember I had a hard time keeping CSI from dropping too low in the spring, when I first started caring for the pool during the cold-water period.
Here is my question:
Are there any drawbacks to letting my PH rise to 8.0 or even higher when there is no swimming due to cold water? It would make it easier to keep CSI close to zero.
My Story. Bought a house with a pool February 2017. Hired a pool guy to care for pool as I knew nothing about it. Drained and refilled with fresh water. 3 bouts of algae over the summer and Calcium buildup at waterline. I started researching pool care online while recovering from hip replacement surgery in January 2018 and came across this site. After a massive amount of reading here, I felt only slightly scared of taking care of the pool myself and I let the pool guy go. Following the teachings on this site, my pool was perfect all summer. Crystal clear, no algae, no Calcium buildup, no pool guy bill. I finally have a question regarding the winter months.
Over the spring/summer I kept the chemistry like this:
FC 4.0-6.0 (usually 4.5-5.5)
PH-7.5-7.8 (added acid at 7.8. lowering to 7.5-7.6)
TA-60-70 (Varied with PH rise and fall)
CH-675 (Fill water was about 200 last time I checked)
CYA-70
Salt-3400
Borate-50
Temp-80-95
CSI-Tried to keep slightly negative
I remember I had a hard time keeping CSI from dropping too low in the spring, when I first started caring for the pool during the cold-water period.
Here is my question:
Are there any drawbacks to letting my PH rise to 8.0 or even higher when there is no swimming due to cold water? It would make it easier to keep CSI close to zero.
