Hey there almost half a million other pool owners!
We’re in the small town of Escalon in the Big Valley of Central California, surrounded by tens of thousands of almond orchards which are absolutely gorgeous when blooming and a dust nightmare during harvest which lasts from August until early November. Keeping the pool clean and balanced in this area is a challenge and we’re hoping to find sage advice through this forum.
We have a 12.5K gallon in-ground plaster pool, suction side pool sweep with an in-ground spa. Installed in April of 2001, it has a Hayward gas heater and Hayward cartridge filter system and an upgraded Pentair variable speed pump. No chlorine generator (yet) and mostly over the past 24 years we’ve used stabilized chlorine pucks but have grown weary of battling the CYA buildup and drain down and are switching away from stabilized pucks to liquid chlorine and maybe a chlorine generator (opinions welcome on that matter).
Our grandson learned to swim in our pool and this summer we’re hoping that our granddaughter will learn too. Grandma, my wonderful wife was raised around pools in Southern California where her father owned a pool construction company. She’s the pool guru and I’m the labor…we make a great team.
We’re looking forward to learning from all of you out there and the many roads you’ve all been down in the land of pool ownership.
Cheers!
Donald & Nancy
We’re in the small town of Escalon in the Big Valley of Central California, surrounded by tens of thousands of almond orchards which are absolutely gorgeous when blooming and a dust nightmare during harvest which lasts from August until early November. Keeping the pool clean and balanced in this area is a challenge and we’re hoping to find sage advice through this forum.
We have a 12.5K gallon in-ground plaster pool, suction side pool sweep with an in-ground spa. Installed in April of 2001, it has a Hayward gas heater and Hayward cartridge filter system and an upgraded Pentair variable speed pump. No chlorine generator (yet) and mostly over the past 24 years we’ve used stabilized chlorine pucks but have grown weary of battling the CYA buildup and drain down and are switching away from stabilized pucks to liquid chlorine and maybe a chlorine generator (opinions welcome on that matter).
Our grandson learned to swim in our pool and this summer we’re hoping that our granddaughter will learn too. Grandma, my wonderful wife was raised around pools in Southern California where her father owned a pool construction company. She’s the pool guru and I’m the labor…we make a great team.
We’re looking forward to learning from all of you out there and the many roads you’ve all been down in the land of pool ownership.
Cheers!
Donald & Nancy
Great to have you on the forum.