My wife and I bought a house at the end of December that had a pool put in last summer. The previous owners had a pool service "maintain" the pool. When I first tested the water on December 28th, this is what I had to work with:
FC - 16.0
pH - 8.0+
TA - 240
CYA - 0
Thanks to all the nice people here at TFP, I worked every day to get these numbers balanced and I finally got there yesterday. Anticipating this, I turned the heater (Pentair heat pump) on four days ago and today my wife and I jumped in the pool for the first time! The water was 87 degrees and the air was 80. Marginal air temps for swimming but we just floated around and relaxed after working in the yard for several hours and getting overheated. We're looking forward to spring - but I'm not looking forward to my next electric bill
Thank you TFP members for all your great help and advice! I've learned a LOT over the last two months.
FC - 16.0
pH - 8.0+
TA - 240
CYA - 0
Thanks to all the nice people here at TFP, I worked every day to get these numbers balanced and I finally got there yesterday. Anticipating this, I turned the heater (Pentair heat pump) on four days ago and today my wife and I jumped in the pool for the first time! The water was 87 degrees and the air was 80. Marginal air temps for swimming but we just floated around and relaxed after working in the yard for several hours and getting overheated. We're looking forward to spring - but I'm not looking forward to my next electric bill
Thank you TFP members for all your great help and advice! I've learned a LOT over the last two months.
