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I've been adding chlorine to the pool since May 8 with scooping leaves and brushing at least daily. I had the pool guy come out May 13 and start up the pump and heater. He also added algecide because he said he does it every year to our pool. But secretly I think he was mistaken and believe...

The foil gives me 11. The powder gives me 14.

Which is what both of these are. So I’m back to my original question. Which test results to trust?

How do I tell the difference from fas-dpd and dpd? They both turn the water pink.

My test from tf says 14 fc. The test with the tablet says 11. My cc in both tests is .5. Cya is 40. My pool finally went from green to murky blue on Wednesday. It took from june 25 to july 5 to go from swamp to murky blue. No chemicals or pump before june 25. I was using the tablets from last...

Thanks for your reply. The deck shouldn't be touching the pool sides, it wasn't when my husband originally constructed the deck. I will have to do a little bit of investigating and see if things have shifted since construction. The pool installer didn't think the deck was the problem. By...

continuing post with more pictures spring 2019 - it's bad!!! image 13 is same section as image 12 in above post, image 14 is same section as image 10 in above post, I can slip my hand under the post. image 15 & 16 show the west wall is starting to lift. image 17 is the east wall looking south...

Help! First the history of our pool: fall 2011 installed and closed, installer placed winter cover on and it stayed tight all winter (don't remember how much snow because we were newbies and didn't know anything.) summer 2012 pool looked great summer 2013 small bends in a couple of spots on...