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[dmarsh70]

I am testing it after adding the flakes - about 2 hours or so after I add.

Now I am adding acid to lower the PH - so far 2 times per day as it keeps popping up because of the new plaster.. So I figure at this point I am going to hold off.

I added some more about 20 minutes ago - I'll test it later and if it's close - I am gonna wait for a week and let the water "settle in"

I did give the right gallons at pool calc. Although I must say the pool builder guessed 15K gallons. I went right off my water meter before and after and got 11948.. So thats what I entered at pool calc.

[aylad]

You're doing a great job--you're almost there! Keep the patience, go slowly, and before long you're gonna have the perfect pool--what shall we bring to the party?

I'm glad that you did your homework around here before your pool was started up, and didn't start it up the "pool-stored" way and have to fix the problems. I was that fortunate, too--started reading and learning here about 4 months before my pool was actually built, so I got to avoid a lot of the problems that many of our new posters have when they get here. Your pool seems to be coming along nicely!!

Janet

[dmarsh70]

Thanks!
Just bring towels - i'll have the steaks, beer, and vodka

The pool is coming along. The PH is already stabilizing. The pool builder said several weeks but it stayed at 7.1 all night. My kids swam ALL DAY and it was 7.4. BUT I brought it back down to 7.0 just to make the pool guy happy.

Still running the pump 24/7 - but I am thinking after saturday i'll start programming.

So far so good. COULD NOT have done it without you all.

What was funny was that my landscaping guy was over and we got to talking about pool maintenance. He gets black algae, green algae. But not alot. He NEVER tests! I was SHOCKED (the verb ) and he said he doesnt even own a test kit and goes to the local store to get the results and THEY tell him exactly what to do.

Then invited me over to show ME how he maintains a pool....

Wow - maybe i'm not such a newbie any more

[AnnaK]

Nope, you're not a newbie anymore.

We'll need a location for the party. Some of us might want to carpool it. Can I bring the dogs?

[dmarsh70]

Saint Augustine, FL.

Not a huge fan of dogs, but i'll make an exception. After the party we'll go down to Disney and ride Soarin' - my favorite ride

[AnnaK]

Sounds like a fun party!

[CarlD]

...
Then invited me over to show ME how he maintains a pool....

Now THAT is an exercise in patience!

...Wow - maybe i'm not such a newbie any more

Not if you're cookin' steaks and have beer and vodka! (I like mine well done--no raw meat for me!)


What's wrong with dogs???? (I have two, both Belgians--I can make a LIST of things wrong with them! Ask Watermom about HER two and mud!)

[Watermom]

What? My two sweet little mud-covered golden retriever girls?? They are SO sweet but right now, also SO dirty. Like so many other people living in these WV mountains, I have foundation issues. The past two weeks a backhoe and a team of construction workers have been digging up my yard to fix things and as a result, we have mud everywhere. My dogs have had a field day and needless to say, as soon as this is all finished (probably next Wednesday), those little girls are gonna get a much needed bath! I guess I could just throw them in my pool NOT!!

[CarlD]

Let me guess: Those two little "flowers" are living OUTSIDE!!!!

[Watermom]

Who said you were only a pretty face! Smart, too! No wonder your wife keeps you around!