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Rural King in Southwest Ohio has 4 gallons of 10% for $16.99 and they are usually in stock.

My goto is always Rural King. 10% case of 4 gallons for $9.99. It's usually pretty fresh too. I bought 10 cases (opened late so I'm SLAMming) that were less than two weeks old last weekend.

Welcome to the forum! You found the right place for your pool answers. The test kits that we recommend are the TF100 from TFTestKits.net and the Taylor K-2006C. Those both use the FAS-DPD kit for testing FC. That's the only way to accurately test the level of FC in your water. According to...

Mmmm....nothing better in the summertime than a tall glass of lemonade! Especially when you're enjoying it on the deck of your pristine, DIY fixed pool!

If I recall you were a little low on the CYA. You could use some tablets over the weekend to help keep your FC up knowing that it is going to up your CYA a little. But just brining the FC to shock level will probably be safe to leave it for a couple days.

If you have a manual vacuum hose for the pool, those work great. Just put the vacuum head on it and feed the entire hose into the water to make sure it fills with water. Then pull the end over the side and lay it wherever you want the water to go. It'll drain pretty fast with that bigger hose...

Wow, that's an awesome looking pool area! Welcome to the forum! Your best bet is to get some liquid chlorine and start what we call a SLAM. But you'll also need good test results to get through the SLAM since test strips can't accurately measure anything. We recommend the TF-100 from...

Being that this is an above ground, I'm not sure that the previous recommendation stands. I think mknauss was speaking of an in-ground vinyl pool.

Re: New To Pool Testing and FC Issues- Marietta, GA Looks like you need to drain about half of your water and refill. I'm not sure on the particulars but you don't want to drain a vinyl pool too far before adding water. I have had mine down 18 to 24 inches before (the bottom of the light niche).

You can swim up to the Shock level for your CYA as long as you can see the bottom of the pool.

Hi and welcome! You found the right place! You need to buy a good test kit. We recommend the TF100 from TFTestKits.net or the Taylor K-2006C. Until we get some accurate test results, keep adding a gallon of liquid chlorine a day and run the pump/filter non-stop. Also, read through Pool School...

Wouldn't hurt to brush the pool or vacuum any debris in the mean time. Ohh, did we say don't add any stabilizer? :D Once you have the test kit (which one did you get BTW?), we'll need a full set of numbers: FC CC pH TA CH CYA

Hi and welcome! Definitely keep adding FC until you get your kit. Also, fill in your signature with the details of your pool. Your are probably safe to add a gallon of chlorine a day but post your pool size so we can give you a better idea. EDIT: Do not add anything but chlorine until you get...

Now that you have the pH right, time to start your SLAM. Read through the process a few times so you understand then try to test/dose the pool as many times as you can (leave an hour between) but no less than twice a day until you pass the three criteria on the SLAM page. This process can take...

Welcome! You're in the right place! Make sure you read through Pool School (link at the top of the page). You have a concrete pool so you need to make sure your CH is correct. But run a full set of tests FC, CC, pH, TA, CH and CYA. We'll need to know all of that to get started.