Rule Your Pool

00:00 - Intro

02:54 - Water chemistry did not cause these problems. These are structural issues.

03:54 - Three main problems: weepers, efflorescence, and calcium nodules.

04:09 - Weepers are active leaks in concrete, where water is flowing through concrete. Usually this is from behind the concrete shell due to groundwater pressure. But it can also be on a raised wall where the pool itself pushes through a weakness in concrete.

06:23 - Shotcrete is applied pneumatically, and the density of it is important. Minimum 4000 PSI.

08:07 - Concrete is not waterproof, it's porous.

10:02 - When water takes minerals with it to the other side, that's called efflorescence. Usually it's calcium, and forms calcium carbonate on the outside. It's often confused with scale.

12:57 - Calcium nodules are another form of efflorescence, but through pool plaster. They happen when moisture is trapped in or behind the cement. The disagreement in the industry is about how the moisture got there.

17:24 - In Eric's opinion, calcium nodules are either in the weakest places in plaster, or they're everywhere. It's almost always a waterproofing failure. Water pushes from the back side, in our experience.

21:03 - You can still have calcium nodules in perfectly LSI-balanced water, because nodules are really a form of efflorescence. 

24:16 - How do we prevent these problems? Prevention starts with proper shotcrete installation, and we strongly recommend waterproofing the concrete shell. At a minimum, the raised concrete parts.

26:09 - Proper waterproofing is strongly recommended by Orenda. And we know it's not always necessary with good shotcrete application, but why take the risk? Waterproofing is relatively inexpensive.

28:11 - If you have nodules from groundwater, but not active weepers, the best fix is still chipping out the plaster surface, waterproofing the pool shell, bond coating it, and re-plastering it.  It's expensive.

28:43 - Recap. Thanks for listening!

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00:00 - Intro

02:35 - Jarred is wearing a Slytherin shirt. He's more of a Ravenclaw, TBH.

04:12 - Type of pool cover impacts your winterization chemistry (dilution, pH rise)

06:51 - Other types of pool covers that are not for winterizing: thermal and solar blankets. They are not safety covers and are not appropriate for winterization.

08:40 - Safety covers are designed to support a lot of weight to keep animals and people (and cars) out of pools.

10:54 - Mesh covers allow transfer of water and gas through it. This means dilution, and pH rise.

16:21 - Don't be afraid of high levels of calcium going into the winter (500+ ppm)

17:31 - Solid covers don't allow dilution and CO2 off-gassing

17:50 - Automatic covers can complicate things if your pool is heated a few times during the winter to swim, because the LSI goes from one extreme to the other. Surfaces can get destroyed because the water cannot correct itself.

22:08 - Solid safety covered pools do not need quite as much calcium as a mesh cover (400+ ppm), because it won't get diluted.

25:14 - Adjust chemicals at least a day before putting a solid cover on.  Let the pH naturally rise up before covering the pool.  If not, you need more alkalinity.

26:19 - Thanks for listening!

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00:00 - Intro, reconnect with nature

04:48 - Water would naturally seek balance if you just shut your pool off. But that is not advised, because water would correct itself at the expense of your pool.

08:04 - Err to the high side of calcium hardness going into the winter.  LSI balance at the coldest temperature is the main priority.

08:23 - The second priority of winterizing is keeping the water clean. But winterization kits have nothing to do with LSI...they are mainly chlorine, algaecides and a sequestering agent. Do you really need them?

10:11 - You don't need to super shock going into the winter.  Just chlorinate a bit more than normal. As temps drop, less chlorine is needed.

10:38 - Sequestering agents and chelating agents (like our SC-1000) do not work in cold water. We don't include ours in our winterization protocol. You'd be better off adding it in the spring or during startup.

13:42 - The Orenda winterization kit does not exist.  Chlorinate normally, add some enzymes, then remove phosphates with PR-10,000 a few days before you close. You'll need to clean up the dust and clean the filter.

16:05 - Get a thermometer if you don't have one.

16:30 - Water is an incredibly powerful element in our world, so we should embrace its natural properties. If you don't get water what it needs (especially when cold), it will damage your pool in search of balance.

17:33 - Let your pH naturally rise. If you have a solid cover, give it a week for the pH to naturally rise before covering it. Don't close at 7.4-7.6 and immediately cover the pool, because CO2 won't escape.

19:27 - Thanks for listening!

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00:00 - Intro

01:10 - Wildfires burn through forests and convert plant life into basic elements...primarily carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus.

02:15 - The closer you are to the fire, the more contamination will get in your water. If you can smell smoke, it's getting into your pool too.

03:45 - Prepare for the smoke, ash and debris when fires start. Be proactive.

03:59 - Rare instances: helicopters borrowing water from your pool, and fire extinguisher chemicals getting into your pool. Most likely this is a drain and refill.

05:47 - Nothing replaces physically cleaning out debris and cleaning the filter. Chemicals will not remove physical debris.

07:30 - Enzymes break down carbon non-living organics. Perfect for addressing carbon contaminants like smoke and ash.

08:51 - Phosphates should be removed too. Consider PR-10,000 or CV-700 enzyme + phosphate remover.

10:02 - Thanks for listening! Find more on our website blog or the 'articles' section of the Orenda App.

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00:00 - Intro

01:44 - Biggest difference between normal pool days and a pool party: bather load.

05:28 - Visit our Second Pillar of proactive pool care, about non-living organics.

08:21 - Holy trinity of pools: Circulation, Filtration, and Chemistry. All three suffer during a pool party.

13:08 - Prepare water and clean it up afterward. Homeowners have an advantage because they know when the party is going to happen, and they can prepare. Service professionals visit once a week, so they do not have that luxury.

17:27 - Best practices: handle the oxidant demand, communicate, and increase chlorine (not shocking, just raising it up to about 5 ppm). Also, clean strainer baskets and vacuum debris out of the pool ahead of time.

20:48 - Clean up the toys afterward so the pool can be vacuumed and cleaned faster after the party.

23:22 - Thanks for listening!

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00:00 - Intro

02:21 - Evaporation is the process of liquid water converting into water vapor (gas). And this process takes energy (heat) to occur.

03:40 - Humidity in the air and the difference between air and water temperature (delta T) are the two main factors that determine evaporation rate.

05:03 - How evaporation affects water chemistry.  An average pool loses roughly its entire volume of pool water in a given year.

06:28 - Difference in temperature between water and air matters a lot. Cold air and warm water evaporates more. 

08:58 - Anything in tap water tends to accumulate over time (calcium, metals, etc.). Things not in tap water tend to stay consistent (CYA, salinity, etc.)

10:34 - https://blog.orendatech.com/evaporation-and-accumulation

11:27 - Evaporation scum/scale line on their tile, above the waterline. Not necessarily an LSI violation, because water leaves, so the saturation of CaCO3 goes up.

14:21 - Winterization involves draining water down, and the dilution throughout the winter drastically changes water chemistry.

16:52 - Analogy: glass of water. CH = 200 ppm.  Drink half, the CH does not change.  Let half evaporate, and the CH doubles.

18:19 - Thanks for listening!

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00:00 - Intro

01:30 - Controlling pH is not possible. pH moves with anything that happens to the water. It's a reactionary chemistry.

04:07 - Many ways for you to balance the LSI. Use the Orenda App and find out what works for you. 

05:45 - Disclosure for commercial pool operators with pH limit of 7.8, and those with chemical automation/acid feeders.

10:26 - White rings around aggregate means the loss of calcium hydroxide (aggressive water stole calcium). From the ITZs.

12:33 - Example using the Orenda app. Let's do this together so you can see for yourself.

17:31 - What if we leverage Henry's Law, and use it to our advantage?

19:21 - Containing pH means never going RED on the LSI calculator, so the pH naturally rises to its ceiling (Henry's Law), and no further.

25:00 - Quick recap of why pH has to rise.  CO2 determines pH, and CO2 has to off-gas to equalize with CO2 above the water (Henry's Law). 

29:58 - Stop thinking of pH as something you can control. Focus on keeping the LSI balanced by containing pH.

31:00 - Recap. Focus on proper sanitization (FC:CYA) and your LSI. Thanks for listening!

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00:00 - Intro

03:15 - Calcium flakes and other deposits in salt pools are very common. You're not alone if your pool has them.

05:00 - Our first question when someone calls about calcium flakes: "what is your alkalinity?"

10:33 - How salt cells work, from the inside out

12:16 - What does the salt cell do throughout the day? What to the percentages of output actually mean?

14:12 - Reversing polarity (changing direction of electricity) in between on/off cycles of salt cells. This fractures calcium carbonate into flakes, which blow into your pool.

14:53 - Most of the time, flakes are in your spa, or near your closest return to the equipment.

15:41 - Flakes tumble around in the pool and smooth out and look more like sno-kone ice.

21:31 - Solutions to this problem: balance your LSI, use SC-1000, and operate with lower alkalinity.

27:37 - Allow more circulation time. Most scale is formed right after circulation stops (warm, stagnant water with high pH).

30:08 - Summary. Thanks for listening!

28:21 - Thank you for listening!

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00:00 - Intro

02:15 - How do we get rid of combined chlorine? Do we just let chlorine do its thing?

02:49 - Two categories of how to reduce combined chlorine: chemically and physically.

03:30 - Two chemical options: breakpoint chlorination and supplementing chlorine with enzyme or a non-chlorine oxidizer shock. But enzymes and non-chlorine oxidizers do not directly reduce combined chlorine...only chlorine can.

15:06 - Physically removing combined chlorine is done with secondary systems.  Oxidizers and UV sanitizer.  Ozone and AOP are oxidizers that destroy both nitrogen compounds and formed chloramines. UV can only destroy formed chloramines.

23:43 - If you have a heavy bather load, a secondary system makes a lot of sense.

24:30 - Being proactive means finding the source of nitrogen and addressing that.  Check deck cleaners, any algaecide or other product containing ammonia (or ammonium) and keep them out of your pool.

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00:00 - Intro

00:59 - This will be complex chemistry, but very simplified.

02:07 - What is combined chlorine? What does chlorine "combine with"?

05:32 - Combined chlorine is an indicator of your chlorine falling behind, and the byproducts are the cause of bather discomfort, irritation and sickness.

06:00 - The pool industry uses the term "chloramines" generally to describe all of these combined chlorine byproducts.

12:06 - Chloramines, far more than pH, are behind bather discomfort, eye and throat irritation, etc.

16:12 - Even if you have a bromine pool, similar chemistry occurs (bromamines).

21:27 - There is no chemical way to get rid of nitrogen byproducts without chlorine combining there.  There isn't a natural enzyme or other chemical that can break down nitrogen compounds.

28:00 - Nitrogen in your water means your chlorine will be tied up dealing with it.

28:21 - Thank you for listening!

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