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Hello all, Sad time of year. I know that I should wait until pool temp is below 60, but here in the Northeast we are in a severe drought, water level is getting to the bottom of the skimmer, and leaves are going to start blowing everywhere. I'm debating about closing up in the next week or so...

We have a new-to-us IG plaster pool. It's at least 32 years old. I have no idea if it's ever been resurfaced, and I'm pretty sure it's never been painted. We opened it in June, started TFP in July, and have been swimming daily ever since. The pump is old but chugging along, the filter was...

So July 4th weekend was my Independence Day from the pool store and pool boy. Since then, despite a mishap with the pool boy showing up and dumping a bunch of stuff in my perfectly clear and balanced water (ugh!), I've finished a SLAM and have effortlessly maintained it. Current readings are...

I know it depends, but generally speaking, if you aren't making changes to the pool itself... other than refinishing... is a permit required?

Please respond to this post by private message only. We prefer not to have pool contractors/builders mentioned by name on TFP. Thank you, Zea3 Not sure if this is allowed, but I'm hoping to get recommendations for a pool refinishing company in the Boston-New England area. From my research...

So I passed my SLAM this weekend and have been enjoying crystal sparkly water ever since. This morning, my son and I were cleaning the skimmers and just admiring the pool before I drove him to his camp. Come back 20 minutes later and my water looked like milk! I totally freaked! How could my...

So of course, I ran out back with it. Here are initial readings: FC 9.5 CC 0 pH 7.5 TA 140 CH 425 TA 140 CYA 40 The FC is high, as expected, because I've had some algae and I've been sort of blindly keeping it high using WalMart 10% bleach until the kit arrived. So I think, my next move is...

Hiya, New pool owner here... waiting impatiently for my test kit to arrive and reading all I can in the meantime. As of now, we have an old vacuum head and hose in the pool shed, but I have no idea how to use it (pool is pretty clean, so haven't felt like we've needed to). We've been brushing...

Hiya! Obvious noob here, just bought a house with an old gunite pool. Previous owner took care of pool himself, using store chemicals. I hired a PB to open for me, and it took about a week of daily visits to have the pool sparkle. Then they left. And I didn't know what to do other than just...