What did you do to your pool today?

[an1vrsy]

Put the solar cover on yesterday and heated the pool to 80F. 90+F temps start next week so pool time has started!

We are only 100 or so miles apart but our water even with an auto-cover is still just 60°. I would love 80 degree water.

I upgraded the firmware on Intellicenter to 3.002. Then I dragged the 35 foot vacuum hose out and manually vacuumed the pool. I felt it better to vacuum the dirt into the filter. In a couple of days swap the filters with the second set we have. Then I’ll use the robot for future vacuuming.

 

[HermanTX]

I woke up at 28 this morning. I'll probably get the equipment running later because some days are dancing near 60.

And impatient. I mean. 98% impatient and 2% sometimes 60 degrees.

*edit some hours later. Equipment out of the basement/shed and is back at the pad and all lubed up. It'll take 2 mins to pop the return plugs and gizmos whenever I want to fire it up.

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I think this is the first time I seen your equipment pad. I thought you had solar heating? I did not see that in the photo.
Have an enjoyable summer in the pool.

 

[Newdude]

I thought you had solar heating?

Nope. I had a HP at the old place and skipped one this time. I left a couple feet of equipment pad free to accommodate a gas heater if I ever want to heat again.

 

[mknauss]

We are only 100 or so miles apart but our water even with an auto-cover is still just 60°. I would love 80 degree water.

Fire up that heater. The cover will hold the heat in.

 

[Mdragger88]

I put together and added the basketball goal that "Santa" brought.


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This liner is gorgeous

 

[Vol Family]

How steep is that hillside on the other side of the fence? I'd have a few extra balls on hand.

Oh I bought extra lol. It's kinda steep in would section, but can walk around to the base easily.

 

[Vol Family]

This liner is gorgeous

It's Oasis by Tera and thank you!

 

[Newdude]

Took heed from the sign I've been waiting for.

Its time to open.

 

[Homebrewale]

I started my equipment today. When I stuck my thermometer in, it read 62F. After a few hours of running, the temperature is reading 58F.

 

[Newdude]

As per the informal testing instructions, I chanted 'to 10 ml' repeatedly while making a salt sample. Off to Lowes for 2 bags.



I opened with 3k salt after draining a foot of rain water twice over the season. (Plus the original closing foot). My #s always dropped half over the winter by draining from the floor and since I switched to using a bucket to drain the first few inches of rain water, I've retained almost all of last years salt/ CYA/ FC. I don't do CH but that would also hold well. This is a significant improvement for anyone with a mesh cover.

 

[oledan]

Opened It! No surprises and No green thanks to TFP methods of closing at Slam level!

 

[TinFoilHat]

I drained and refilled my pool this weekend to get rid of my super high CH. I am in the process of getting my CYA dissolved so I can keep CL in it. I've added 3 pints of acid so far. Everything is looking good again. I got my warranty pop up heads from A&A and will put those in tomorrow. I forgot to twist one of the heads into place on my "big top step" which is farthest from the pump and the water pushed the head out and bubbled up in the step. I was shocked to see chunks of hard gunk that came out of the pipe - plaster or gunite I assume. Luckily nothing has ever clogged a pop up so I guess just the increased flow rate for a minute or two when the head was not there allowed the chunks to be washed out. Coming soon: Circupool install and soft water to the auto fill.

 

[DrewLG]

As per the informal testing instructions, I chanted 'to 10 ml' repeatedly while making a salt sample.

 

[toddclare]

Blew away all the pollen and made sure my levels were in the sweet spot. Heated the pool and spa.

My daughter and her besties are all chattering and screaming and laughing and swimming and being teenage idiots. Taylor Swift is blaring. It’s a good day in the back yard.

 

[TinFoilHat]

That's what a pool is best for. Enjoy it while you can because there will be a long gap between now and when you get grandchildren.

 

[PoolStored]

Sorry, no pics.

Soft opened today. Return pipe from filter to heater must have had water and froze over the winter...when I fired the pump, water everywhere. PVC cracked. Socket saver and some spare PVC, back in business in an hour. Thank the Lord for unions on the plumbing. (Sand filter outlet, 90 down, horizontal up to heater). Have never had an issue with the cyclone blowing out the line before. Guess I need to make sure to run in recirc for an extended period of time with heater bypass open...or hook the cyclone up to the union after the filter.

Drain plug o-ring on the MPV was shot. Keep a spare set of MPV parts on hand for when it goes...robbed the drain plug and o-ring...good to go! Magic Lube II for the win.

Everything else nominal.

Had to run the hose for about 4 hours to refill 4" or so...

CYA doesn't like to dissolve when water is cold...42 Degrees still.

Will run chems after 24 hours, but I have been running dolphin for 2x per day for 2 weeks. CH and Salt at 65% of fall closing, and FC of 2.5 and water clear...so I think it was mixed enough for testing. Will see tomorrow!!!

 

[Newdude]

Guess I need to make sure to run in recirc for an extended period of time with heater bypass open...or hook the cyclone up to the union after the filter.

If i was leaving it out there, i'd physically remove and dump any pipes above ground. (Yay Unions #2).

 

[Homebrewale]

Anybody ever have issues with new testing bottles? I received my refills from TF Testkits. When I went to test FC, a stream of tiny drops came out of R-871. I counted 60 drops. So I decided to swap the tip to last year's bottle. The drops were bigger but I still counted 32. So I cleaned the tip. Then I retested. With the new tip, I counted 19 drops on both the new bottle and old bottle. Then I tested with the old tip. I also counted 19 drops on the new and old bottle. So it seems the new tip on the new bottle came with some kind of dirt or debris in the tip. Maybe a shred of plastic from the manufacturing process.

As for the rest of the tests, my pool wasn't too bad for sitting over the winter.

FC = 9.5
TA = 50
CH = 170
CYA = 60
Salt = 2800
pH = 7.4

 

[Homebrewale]

Today I was up at the community pool putting new lounge chairs together. I noticed there wasn't much movement in the water. I could hear the pump running. First thing I noticed was every skimmer was packed with leaves. I thought maybe that was restricting water flow. After cleaning out the skimmers, there still wasn't much water movement. I stuck my hand over one of the jets and it was only a weak flow. The pool has three sand filters. I was going to check the pressures but the pool company changed to combination to the lock on the equipment room without informing the HOA that they changed it. So we had no access. I know on my pool that when the pollen is heavy as it is now, my sand filter almost needs backflushed daily. I hate having to leave the pump running until tomorrow when the pool service company is open. My guess is the sand filters need backflushed.

 

[Homebrewale]

Pollen season is just starting. It's not yet at it's peak. Here are some photos.