Hello everyone! Im based in Australia, Adelaide. Our new house we bought two months ago has a pool! I have never owned one and this was the only thing playing on my mind whether or not to get the place... but here we are!
I like knowing how everything works so I have been doing ALOT of time reading, research, time wasting... I'm already over the jokers at the pool shops and hardware stores!!
I've bought the full testing kit from clear choice labs (almost the same as the Taylor's kits just much easier to obtain down under) and a magnetic stirrer
Pool is concrete fully tiled, put in about 4-5 years ago. Runs a sand filter and watermaid SWG
My tests yesterday are as below
FC: 11.5
CC. 0
TA: 90
CH: 450 (tested the tap water too at 130ppm)
CYA: 42
PH: 7.8 or higher (unsure)
Salt: 6300 (swg wants 6000-7000)
It's not balanced yet as you can see, but what has me stumped is the recommendations by the watermaid manual wanting lower cya levels (30-50) and higher TA levels (150-200) for concrete pools to keep stable pH's compared to the trouble free pool forums recommendations
Below are some pics for your enjoyment
Happy to listen to peoples rational on which way I should go before adding anymore chemicals!!
Thanks Jesse
I like knowing how everything works so I have been doing ALOT of time reading, research, time wasting... I'm already over the jokers at the pool shops and hardware stores!!
I've bought the full testing kit from clear choice labs (almost the same as the Taylor's kits just much easier to obtain down under) and a magnetic stirrer
Pool is concrete fully tiled, put in about 4-5 years ago. Runs a sand filter and watermaid SWG
My tests yesterday are as below
FC: 11.5
CC. 0
TA: 90
CH: 450 (tested the tap water too at 130ppm)
CYA: 42
PH: 7.8 or higher (unsure)
Salt: 6300 (swg wants 6000-7000)
It's not balanced yet as you can see, but what has me stumped is the recommendations by the watermaid manual wanting lower cya levels (30-50) and higher TA levels (150-200) for concrete pools to keep stable pH's compared to the trouble free pool forums recommendations
Below are some pics for your enjoyment
Happy to listen to peoples rational on which way I should go before adding anymore chemicals!!
Thanks Jesse
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Nice pool. 