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That is where I'm at, and just down the road from you. With the auto cover, 50 CYA, and 5ppm churning out of my SWCG, it almost makes the water maintenance boring it is so easy. Remembering to open up the cover to burn off those CCs is important, otherwise, these numbers work great for our climate this time of year.
Thanks man. Are you literally in my neighborhood? I’m going to wait till I get the chlorine balanced, then add a bit more cya. I was going to shoot for about 40.
that was my plan, but there is no recommended TC level for CYA that low. I was going to shoot for about 40 CYA in the end, and like 4-5 for the TC? working on lowering my TA currently.
30 or 40 is fine for now and use the 10% rule for the FC
30 CYA # 3-4 ppm of FC
I just added cya this week. It’s about 30 currently I think. My ph and calcium are a bit high overall. Was trying to lower ta a bit to see if the ph stays a little lower for a longer period. Read that in the pool school area. And pool math says my ta is high.
Close! Right down the road in Lockport. This time of year, I do shoot for 50 CYA and 10% Chlorine so run at about 5. The cover is closed more than it is open these days, may have a day or two more before we shut it down for the winter. Will aim for 50 CYA in the early spring as well, then like to get to about 60 by June and its a nice run till the end of the season.
Nice. I had really low cya when I arrived here. I’ve got maybe around 30 now. Been working to balance the pool over the last week or so to tfp recommended levels. I’ve lowered the ta to about 90 and got the ph back at about 7.8 from Fountain use overnight. Unfortunately the pool is warmer then the air a lot this week and I’ve had tons of evaporation. So I’ll need to add water before closing. Which will mess up my numbers! Hopefully not too much.
That is one of the few things around my place I do not do. I could if I really wanted to, but for me, the relatively low amount it costs me to have someone who really knows what they are doing, is insured, and does a great job, makes it hard for me to even think about it. I have seen a ton of members here tackle it, but this is one area I will sit on the sidelines for. I do get involved lol! I do prepare the water for its winter nap, do not leave any chemicals to the company who does the close.
Who do you use? I use derochers in shorewood. But they do all the chemical stuff as well. It comes with the closing. I wouldn’t know what to do anyway.
I'll shoot you a PM with the details. The company I use will do the chemicals if I wanted them to, but they do not know the TFP protocols, or best practices for chemicals at closing (at least in my book) so I'd rather keep that to myself. Took me some time around here to read up on the best practices, but once I got it, the pool has never looked better in its 2 years lol!
