Greetings. I just came by to introduce myself. New member and pool owner. Had pool built with new construction home, around Jan 2022. Details in the signature. I started out with Pinch a Penny maintenance service, but the more I educate myself about pool care I am finding to be disappointed with Pinch A Penny's service and am getting ready to cancel them. I started my pool education mostly with swimuniversity.com. While very informative, the site and material left me with a lot of questions. I am more of a science of things kind of person, and their material is geared more towards one size fits all dumbed down, in my opinion. I currently have been testing my chemistry with Aquacheck 7 test strips (I know...), but a TF-100 test kit is in the mail, should arrive Monday.
I have been reading TF Pool School material and have much more to read, but in the immediate I had some questions maybe you can help me with.
1) Because of builder delays, my pool when first built, was left running with high pH for a few weeks, before we were able to move in, and get pH under "control". This caused scale to build up on the water line tile "more noticeable" and it feels like on the entire plaster surface as well, as everything in the pool feels rough... What can I do/use, to remove/smooth all scale and roughness of the plaster out?
2)I have a Pentair Dorado suction cleaner, it had always been in the water, but moving very slowly. I read the manual and found that the right way of calibrating suction with their pressure control thingy and such. So I had the cleaner at the right suction rate, moving at the right pace, and it now climbs the walls and everything. My question with the cleaner is, can I keep it out of the water most of the time, and just drop it once or twice a week for the 6 hours the manual indicates? The manual doesn't indicate a schedule for using it, it just mentions that it should cover the entire surface of the pool in a 6 hour period. So, yeah, can I just keep it most of the time out of the pool and just drop it in once or twice a week for 6 hours? Or should I keep in the water?
I am sure more questions will come up, as I receive the TF100 test kit and are able to test the water chemistry the right way.
Thanks in advance.
I have been reading TF Pool School material and have much more to read, but in the immediate I had some questions maybe you can help me with.
1) Because of builder delays, my pool when first built, was left running with high pH for a few weeks, before we were able to move in, and get pH under "control". This caused scale to build up on the water line tile "more noticeable" and it feels like on the entire plaster surface as well, as everything in the pool feels rough... What can I do/use, to remove/smooth all scale and roughness of the plaster out?
2)I have a Pentair Dorado suction cleaner, it had always been in the water, but moving very slowly. I read the manual and found that the right way of calibrating suction with their pressure control thingy and such. So I had the cleaner at the right suction rate, moving at the right pace, and it now climbs the walls and everything. My question with the cleaner is, can I keep it out of the water most of the time, and just drop it once or twice a week for the 6 hours the manual indicates? The manual doesn't indicate a schedule for using it, it just mentions that it should cover the entire surface of the pool in a 6 hour period. So, yeah, can I just keep it most of the time out of the pool and just drop it in once or twice a week for 6 hours? Or should I keep in the water?
I am sure more questions will come up, as I receive the TF100 test kit and are able to test the water chemistry the right way.
Thanks in advance.
