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Again totally unqualified backyard advice! What type of chlorine & how to reduce pH? What caused it in the first place is also very important. (This could be many reasons) What is you beef against people that have invested in businesses and just happen to know a dam lot more than you! Give it a miss!

I am available to discuss just PM me! 30 yrs in commercial & domestic pools in 4 countries! Cheers

There are many reasons pools are tiled in Thailand. 1/ The natives can do it. Whether good or bad is another story! 2/ No experience in any other way. 3/ Labour costs make it attractive. However proper pool tiles are realy needed (Unlike kitchen tiles which become dangerous when broken) 3/ I have renovated dozens of pools here in 17 yrs and I can tell you some sad stories! (Unlike the backyard experts opinion based on 1 pool) Now as autherised applicators we only do PebbleCrete. Hardest surface on the market with 5 Yr product warranty. Gets better with age as when you brush the pool you polish the crystal. All I say is get proper advice of someone with experience. Don't get a dentist to give advice on brain surgery!

He is a backyard expert on all things pools due to his one pool experience!

PM sent The calcium build up on the salt cell is due to the electrolysis that is going on to create the chlorine gas. Most machines have reverse polarity process built in that dislodges the scalling. However quite often it is not enough and they have to be manually cleaned. 20/30% acid to water for a couple of minutes & then dishwashing liquid to remove oil & grease. The later is the worst culprit for reducing the output of chlorine!

"That said, I have no experience with PebbleCrete so I'm just telling it like I see it. Sandwash surfaces apparently survive as readily as the PebbleCrete claims". Two completly different animals/products. Sandwash uses normal cement & PebbleCrete uses Portland White cement. Sandwash has sand in the mix. The weakest part of the chain. It degrades easily with corrosive pool water! PebbleCrete uses quartz crystal. Number 8 on the hardness scale, diamond being 10! That is why a 5 yr product warranty can be given. PebbleCrete and it variants are used in most water parks worldwide for this reason. The acid washing that is done is completely different than the sandwash! With over 30 yrs in the pool industry, I can attest that PebbleCrete is the best pool surface product on the market bar none! So the claim is not dibious by any means! Also gets better with age as brushing polishes the crystal! Yes, it needs professional application otherwise no warranty! The last pool we renovated the customers responce (I will never have a tiled pool again) Calcium scaling in the salt cell has little to do with pH. Here is a recent refurb we did in Hua Hin.

Houses need rain gutters! Backyard verses 30 yrs eperience is enough! I have troubleshooted more pools than you could dream about! Leave it alone! Ok you have winged it with your pool. I have run pool service companies, you have NO idea what can go wrong based on your experience! However advising others to do same is ludicrous!

Fine if you don't mind all the filth that gathers on roof going into your pool. Totally unacceptable for sanitation & looks. Again another totally ridiculous post!

Cold water is good for your nerves! However, black poly pipe coiled on the roof and circulated via small pump will do the trick. Seen a couple in Straya that worked well! You can always ask the backyard expert Saanim. He would know & tell you how to do it at 10% the real cost! ????????????????

Are you finishing employment? If so, you can't extend your (permission to stay) you will need a new type of visa unless out of the country to apply for a Non-B. If you are staying employed your work permit is easily renewed. The (visa) "permission to stay" is the hardest! As far as I am aware they haven't brought any jabs conditions in yet. (Thank F@K) Mine is due Oct.

Sounds like a regrout is in order. We always drum test the tiles and re-glue any loose ones. Only time you really need to empty a pool is for repairs/reno or if the <deleted> (Total Dissolved Solids) are over 1500 ppm. Even then a partial dump and fill will do it. However if you do regular backwashes it would normally take care of this. Why not consider a resurface with PebbleCrete. Hardest surface on the market, gets better with age and has 5 yr product warranty. www.pebblecrete.com

Very ignorant statement. Malaria & parisites to name 2 others! Get a grip.

99.8+ % survival rate. Give me a break! More chance of getting run over by a bus. But that would be a CV death tho!????

Mainstream media are freely reporting about the story; the Daily Mail wrote recently, citing the Israeli study, that people who had COVID and recovered are 13 times less likely to get infected again than those who have been inoculated, and 27 times less likely to experience symptoms if they did get reinfected.

I have had a pool building & water filtration business in Thailand for 17 yrs. Also equipement supplies. Commercial & domestic. my site www.poolsasean.com

Unbranded.

I can supply. 1800 + postage. Where you situated?

Cool Blue PebbleCrete, PuraPool "Oxy Minerale" sanitation system using pink Himalayan salts & "Eco Clear" recycled plate glass filtration media.