The Deep End Pool Podcast The Deep End

Frank and Jacque discuss many of the weather issues they have been facing with all of the severe weather this spring. High water level damage in equipment areas, wash-in into pools, stain treatment and prevention after flooding.


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00:00 Introduction


04:23 There are issues with servicing pools once per week, with weather impacting the condition of the pool a few times every week.


10:00 Water chemistry changes quickly with heavy rains and severe weather, and service techs cannot perform all duties with lightning in the area


11:00 Drainage can change over time around pools as turf and flower beds build up as slopes change.


20:10 How to treat a pool when you get oil in the pool. Enzymes


22:30 High water levels from severe storms around pool equipment are causing pump and other electrical equipment failures. Raise equipment or improve drainage around pool equipment.


31:00 Down spouts on gutters need to be directed away from pool equipment.


31:45 Drainage off the house from heavy rains can cause pumps to fail.


36:00 Surge protectors for pool equipment. As equipment becomes more expensive, you may want to protect it with surge protectors.


37:42 Run off into pools can cause heavy loads of soil and minerals into the pool. Once cleaned up, you need to treat staining quickly if not drained. Once metal stains are removed, those metals are in your pool water. The only way to remove the metals is CU Lator metal eliminator. Culator.com. Use coupon code DEEPEND44 for saving on on-line purchases.


41:10 Flocculants will remove particulates in the pool water and allow them to be removed with a vacuum to waste systems.


43:40 The sequestering agent and chelating agents break down over time with chlorine, allowing the metals to stain again. Remove the metals from the water while they are sequestered.


45:10 Fillfast from Culator.com


47:35 do not run muddy or filthy water through your filter without frequent cleaning.

Frank is solo in this episode and discusses some issues brought up in FB groups and listener questions. He dives deep into how much chlorine you should keep in your pool, the benefits of borates, and metal issues and how to prevent them.


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The Deep End Pool Podcast focuses on residential pool maintenance and may not cover commercial pool requirements. Please consult the CDC and local authorities and code requirements for commercial pool maintenance.


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00:00 introduction


02:45 Dealing with the changing nature of each pool's chemistry.


05:35 Properly test, then calculate and add measured doses. The amount needed for chlorine varies from week to week.


06:00 How much chlorine is needed in your pool?


08:00 Without borates, calculate 7.5% of your CYA and adjust chlorine dosing to maintain your chorine at 7.5% of your CYA. With borates it is 5% of your CYA.


10:00 anytime your chlorine falls below the need amount, super chlorinate your pool (7-8 ppm) to handle that extra load, and increase your maintenance dose of chlorine.


13:30 Salt systems may need to increase the percentage of chlorine production and run times on the filter pump to keep up with chlorine demand.


21:30 Borates. Softens water, it's a natural clarifier, helps stabilize pH, and slows the growth of algae.


23:55 chlorine is more effective at lower pH, and CYA protects chlorine from UV rays better with a lower pH.


27:00 with borates in your pool at 40 to 50 ppm, you need to maintain a chlorine residual of 5% of your cya vs 7.5% without borates.


31:00 we found that running a little higher pH is the chlorine does not last as well. The higher pH affects the ability of cya to protect chlorine from UV rays.


33:10 pool staining. CU Lator removes metals from the water.


34:00 metal staining on plaster or pool surfaces means the metal in the water has gone out of solution. If the metal is on the surfaces of the pool structure, it is not in the water to be tested, though some may still be in solution.


36:00 Mineral purification systems, like BlueRay XL, do add metal to the water. You need to manage your metal levels when using these products. Regular testing of metals, and using CU Lator metal remover as needed.


38:00 Keeping LSI balanced is critical to prevent metal and calcium staining.

Frank and Jacque discuss the logic in filter pump run schedules and some safety warnings about filters.


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The Deep End Pool Podcast focuses on residential pool maintenance and may not cover commercial pool requirements. Please consult the CDC and local authorities and code requirements for commercial pool maintenance.


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00:00 Introduction


04:45 problems even when you have weekly service. Water still changes daily, service techs manage pools for known current conditions.


07:00 There is very little consistency with pool chemistry after weather events.


07:35 Opinions are like buttholes, everybody has one. Frank's addition to this. "Do you know the difference between an opinion and a b******e? You can't get a butthole from an opinion, but you can get an opinion from a b******e".


09:24 joke: Why does a duck have feathers on it's tail? answer: To cover it's butt quack.


09:45 how long to run your pump. 1 hour for every 10 degrees of air temperature is a worthless formula.


10:44 Gage and Bidwell law of dilution.


20:00 using varying speeds with a variable speed pump and taking advantage of the huge electricity savings of lower speeds.


25:50 filter cleaning. It is not that difficult, but can be dangerous. Frank had a customer get killed by their filter.

Frank and Jacque discuss the advantages of the Poolside Tech control systems he's been installing, the drainage issues many clients are having, and the benefits of borates.


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The Deep End Pool Podcast focuses on residential pool maintenance and may not cover commercial pool requirements. Please consult the CDC and local authorities and code requirements for commercial pool maintenance.


Email us questions and show suggestions at deependfrank@gmail.com.


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00:00 intro


09:55 Poolside Tech "The Attendant". We've been selling and installing several of these lately. The most advanced automation system that is available for swimming pools.


18:55 Different levels of service available.


19:18 Very wet spring messing with water chemistry


20:20 drainage around the pool needs to be corrected. runoff into the pool leads to many problems


22:19 using aluminum sulfate as a flocculant to sink out muddy water.


31:20 Borates,

Frank discusses metal issues and how to eliminate them, water cloudiness and its causes, and a few other things that he encountered this week.


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The Deep End Pool Podcast focuses on residential pool maintenance and may not cover commercial pool requirements. Please consult the CDC and local authorities and code requirements for commercial pool maintenance.


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00:00 Itroduction


02:15 motor buried into dirt. the area around the motor has built up, causing frequent motor outages


05:10 A bad diverter on the suction side was causing the pump to pull water from the pool into the spa during spa mode. This resulted in constant cool water being added to the spa, making it impossible to heat the spa in a reasonable amount of time.


15:15 Aggressive water over the winter draws in metals. this increases the saturation of metal and calcium in the water. Then when the LSI increases it dumps these metals in the form of metal staining. CuLator can remove metals from the water.


23:10 metals that have stained pool surfaces may not test high in water samples, because much of the metal is on the surface and not in the water.


28:00 CU Lator STAR (Stain Treatment and Removal) certification program


30:58 Black staining from calcium hypochlorite. changes ph and oxidizes metals. Alum is a quick removal process with this type of staining. Very easy fix


33:00 adding chlorine to water with high metals can result in the water changing color. Brown = iron, mint green = copper. the increase in pH along with chlorine oxidizing metals can cause crazy colored water.


35:30 High LSI can result in calcium turning the pool water white or very hazy.


38:48 poor filtration and circulation can result in hazy or cloudy water. problems in backwash valves can result in unfiltered water.


44:40 Fire ants. I found that if I laid cardboard over the fire ant mound, the ants did not come over or around the cardboard

Frank interviews Vincent Gerstel of SafeSplash Swim School safesplash.com, a national swim school organization. Vincent discusses the many programs they offer and the statistics surrounding swim safety.


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The Deep End Pool Podcast focuses on residential pool maintenance and may not cover commercial pool requirements. Please consult the CDC and local authorities and code requirements for commercial pool maintenance.


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09:55 Meet Vincent Gerstel of Streamline Brands, Saf-T-Swim.com, SafeSplash.com, AquaKids.com, MillerSwimSchool.com, SwimLabs.com, and Swimtastic.com


12:14 Swim lessons for children as young as 4 months. Early exposure is swim survival.


12:20 Drowning is the number one cause of death for children under the age of 4 and the second leading cause of death for children under 12 years of age. 


16:00 Parents/adults also need to learn to swim. 40% of adults worldwide do not know how to swim.00:00 introduction