She certainly is! She's been a trooper helping me with this and keeping my spirits up. It's been a pretty frustrating job so far. ?
New to pools, pool guy seems to have done nothing for us
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She certainly is! She's been a trooper helping me with this and keeping my spirits up. It's been a pretty frustrating job so far. ?
We are ready for war.
Readings taken from the deep end of the pool
FC 14.5 (29 drops to get to clear! I did swirl each drop)
CC 2 (4 drops to get to clear)
CYA 30
pH between 7.2 and 7.5 based on the color it was definitely up
I'm going to run the pump after eating dinner and cleaning a filter and then I will test before 9pm tonight again.
Readings taken from the deep end of the pool
FC 14.5 (29 drops to get to clear! I did swirl each drop)
CC 2 (4 drops to get to clear)
CYA 30
pH between 7.2 and 7.5 based on the color it was definitely up
I'm going to run the pump after eating dinner and cleaning a filter and then I will test before 9pm tonight again.
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Put your armor on. lol Look out algae.
Does this mean you're not running the pump, and you're turning it off? Remember, you need to run the pump as long as possible to clear out the dead algae. Cartridge filters make that more work, but it helps.
Put your armor on. lol Look out algae.
Does this mean you're not running the pump, and you're turning it off? Remember, you need to run the pump as long as possible to clear out the dead algae. Cartridge filters make that more work, but it helps.
The pressure is up to 25 and I have to clean both filters, it's just not working enough. It was off all day anyways, can't be any worse!
Also the electricians put 2 outlets in the wrong areas. Have you ever seen an electrician cut a hole in your bathroom vanity and attach a GFI to it? lol
OH you poor thing! I would not have been able to watch him do that with yelling at him!!!
NOOOOOOOOOO!!
Now make sure you both wear "old" clothes" when adding the bleach or put something fairly think over your good clothes to be on the safe side!
Kim
NOOOOOOOOOO!!Now make sure you both wear "old" clothes" when adding the bleach or put something fairly think over your good clothes to be on the safe side!
Kim
OH you poor thing! I would not have been able to watch him do that with yelling at him!!!
Now make sure you both wear "old" clothes" when adding the bleach or put something fairly think over your good clothes to be on the safe side!
Kim
I wear only the finest beat up jeans and t shirt when I do pool stuff. And my knee high rubber boots.
Test as of 8:15pm - FC 13 (26 drops). I think I'm OK to wait until morning to see if I need to add anything. Filter and pump are running great, water is swirling and moving good.
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How about some pictures of the pool. This battle needs to be documented!!!
It's dark out but give me a sec, I'll take one with and without the light on!
FC reading was still high this morning, then I realized I'm a dummy and left 2 pucks in since Monday to help increase the CYA. Whoops 
Took the pucks out and installed a freshly cleaned filter, pressure was nice at 14 psi when I left the house. I'll test again when I get home. Even with these hairnets though there's a lot of little gnats that are getting into the filter. I tried filling water bottles with vinegar but they don't want anything to do with them, they just want to fly over my pool and drown themselves by the millions
Took the pucks out and installed a freshly cleaned filter, pressure was nice at 14 psi when I left the house. I'll test again when I get home. Even with these hairnets though there's a lot of little gnats that are getting into the filter. I tried filling water bottles with vinegar but they don't want anything to do with them, they just want to fly over my pool and drown themselves by the millions
Yes, one of the joys of pool ownership is all of the critters that like to make your pool their final resting place or temporary playpen. It's why devices like the "skimmer angel" exist and people on this forum joke about not letting their wives or girlfriends empty the skimmer since they won't ever swim again after that. I get frogs, baby rabbits, birds, raccoons... and lots of bugs and spiders.
Something else I forgot to post about, this fitting leaks when the pressure is low (probably since there's more force going through it) at a constant drip. When the PSI gets up to about 25 it won't leak. This is the return side.
Where can I find replacement parts? I want to replace the 1 1/2" fitting going into the filter, and the other end. The thread fitting is new and in good shape, I think the rubber part inside may not be good. I keep putting teflon tape and Oatey white thread goop on it but it still leaks.
Where can I find replacement parts? I want to replace the 1 1/2" fitting going into the filter, and the other end. The thread fitting is new and in good shape, I think the rubber part inside may not be good. I keep putting teflon tape and Oatey white thread goop on it but it still leaks.
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apv
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Question: My pool is in good shape now thanks to the advice I received on this forum (I successfully did a SLAM etc etc). But how often should I backwash my filter and add new DE? Once a month? Every six months?
apv
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You'll get a printout that may or may not be accurate and only serves to bring you in the store to sell you stuff that you may or may not need. I have been to two local pool stores and watched them test. The first one had a less sophisticated testing apparatus than me, the other didn't understand the results and attempted to sell me stabilized chlorine when my CYA was already too high.
The test kit is worth the investment b/c you are forced to engage with the pool and understand it by repeated, accurate testing.
That's what the pressure gauge is for. After a good teardown cleaning and recharge, you know your clean pressure. Then when that increases 25%, you backwash. So if clean it's 12 psi, you backwash at 15.
How often that is depends on how much stuff gets in the pool. For me, it's about twice a year.
Oh DoubleEcho, we were doing so well until your coworker got involved LOL. Do not trust the pool store. They are giving "free" tests so they can sell you a bunch of stuff you won't understand or don't need. We are giving you free advice (TFP folks don't make any profits from bleach...or any other of these department store chemicals). The pool store... well.. they are gonna give you some tablets.