Relative pool newbie here. Relocated to southern GA from southwest OH a year and a half ago and bought our home just under a year ago. House has a gunite with plaster lap pool/spillover spa combo. We upgraded with EasyTouch pool controller, salt water generator, variable speed pump, new filter with zeolite media, and Quattro Pro automatic vacuum.
I'm still getting used to all of the chemical balancing, so I'm looking to learn a lot. With a salt water concrete pool, it seems like the most important levels are salt, pH, TA, and CH. Is that correct? We also installed a water softener in our house when we bought it and have found out that the autofill in the pool is connected to soft water, which surprised me, so I'll be adding more calcium, I'm sure.
Future improvement plans: add a heat pump for "general" pool heating and use the gas-fired to heat up the spa, refinish the 19 year old marcite with PebbleTec, and get a LoopLoc cover instead of my Harbor Freight mesh tarps and cement blocks (lol). Also paint the pool deck this year - it's all stained and rusted up, but now that I've got the sprinklers reset so they shouldn't be spraying hard water all over the deck, it shouldn't rust-stain up as much.
Anyway, looking to learn a lot and enjoy our pool even more this year.
I'm still getting used to all of the chemical balancing, so I'm looking to learn a lot. With a salt water concrete pool, it seems like the most important levels are salt, pH, TA, and CH. Is that correct? We also installed a water softener in our house when we bought it and have found out that the autofill in the pool is connected to soft water, which surprised me, so I'll be adding more calcium, I'm sure.
Future improvement plans: add a heat pump for "general" pool heating and use the gas-fired to heat up the spa, refinish the 19 year old marcite with PebbleTec, and get a LoopLoc cover instead of my Harbor Freight mesh tarps and cement blocks (lol). Also paint the pool deck this year - it's all stained and rusted up, but now that I've got the sprinklers reset so they shouldn't be spraying hard water all over the deck, it shouldn't rust-stain up as much.
Anyway, looking to learn a lot and enjoy our pool even more this year.