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Hi all, I wanted to get advice on which order to do things to get my pool going this year. I've opened/closed in the past by myself with great success thanks to TFP. Anyway, over the winter I noticed that my safety mesh cover was sagging a lot and discovered that my water level had gone down big...

So I am discussing with my wife the idea of switching to a SWG but she is apprehensive that salt water is bad for a vinyl liner. After reading some pool school articles on pool liner materials and the thread about SWG I see no mention of problems with salt water pools and vinyl liners. Only...

I'll try to keep this concise as I can. CYA: 200 ppm (I know, I know. Previous owner was a Leslie devotee and regular dichlor/triclor puck user) FC: 45 ppm CC: 0 This is my first time opening the pool and never have owned a pool prior to Sept 2013. I have been reading TFP obsessively though...

Hi all, opened my pool on the 7th and started to apply the TFP methodology to my pool. Pool was only slightly green/clear so I SLAM'ed it and added Borax to bring up the pH. I tested using a newly bought cheapo HTH 6 way test (All I have as of now, hopefully will get a TFT test in the future)...

Hi all, been lurking for a few months here and there and have learned quite a bit already. I've owned a pool since Sept '13 and am looking to become a competent pool owner. I work in pharmaceuticals so I'm not totally green when it comes to chemistry concepts needed for proper pool maintenance...