Recently installed ~4 months 11’x21’x6’ gunite/plastered in-ground pool. Experienced high PH and developed calcium “grit” on submerged surfaces.
New Pool
- Thread starter Bill B
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,646
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Welcome to the forum!
Post up your questions in the appropriate sub forum.
I suggest you read ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry.
Post up your questions in the appropriate sub forum.
I suggest you read ABC's of Pool Water Chemistry.
Hi Bill and welcome to TFP! Nice to see FLORIDA in the house!!
Sorry to hear you are having some problems with your pool. We can help you with most of them!
Sounds like the pH is a major concern along with the build up. Lets get you started up in this area: Testing and Balancing Your Water
Be prepared the first question you will be asked is how you are testing the water. Here at TFP we believe in doing our own testing with a good test kit. Here is a link to show the ones we feel are the best: Test Kits Compared
I look forward to helping you with your pool!
Kim
Sorry to hear you are having some problems with your pool. We can help you with most of them!
Sounds like the pH is a major concern along with the build up. Lets get you started up in this area: Testing and Balancing Your Water
Be prepared the first question you will be asked is how you are testing the water. Here at TFP we believe in doing our own testing with a good test kit. Here is a link to show the ones we feel are the best: Test Kits Compared
I look forward to helping you with your pool!
Kim
Appreciate the support and welcome! Sorry, left the forum Friday and just getting back. We have a salt system: Hayward Aquarite 900 w/TCELL-925. Installer left bottles of test strips for free chlorine and salt... he informed weekly check was sufficient... told him about the bathtub ring on the water line tile and the submerged surface grit... he told me to brush the pool weekly... Tested weekly, not so routine for the brushing.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,646
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You need a proper test kit, see Test Kits Compared. I suggest the TF100. A proper test kit is needed to get the accurate water chemistry results needed to follow the TFP protocols.
Test strips are not a viable method of testing water chemistry.
Please see Post #3 above and start a thread in the appropriate sub forum.
Test strips are not a viable method of testing water chemistry.
Please see Post #3 above and start a thread in the appropriate sub forum.
We call those "guess" strips for a reason. The only place they belong is in the trash
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