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I'm getting ready to set up my Easy Set pool for season 2. Last season, I discovered the Trouble Free Pool forum AFTER I had it setup and had purchased trichlor tabs and all the other silly stuff that friends suggested. I bought the TF 100 test kit and switched to BBB after the CYA level...

We will be leaving town on Monday and returning on Thursday. No one will be available to add chlorine to the pool. On advice from this forum (thanks FPM) I will be shocking and covering the pool while we are gone as a preventitive measure. The pool water is nice and, um, as clear as can be...

As a first year Intex Easy Set pool owner, I have been watching the Simplifying BBB for very small pools (e.g. Intex) thread very closely. I have sort of come up with a similar plan. I purchased the TF100 test kit and am currently using the 1" trichlor tabs (hth brand) and plan on switching to...

Got my TF100 Test Kit today and here are the first results. FC 4 CC 0 pH 7.3 TA 290 (seemed high so I tested again. Second result was 330) CH 150 CYA <20 (filled entire tube and could still see dot) So . . . from what I have gathered from Pool School, I'll throw out my interpretaton...

I have seen it mentioned in a couple of posts to avoid putting powdered chemicals directly into Intex pools because they are not very deep. What would be a good method for doing this? Dissolve in a 5 gallon bucket of water and pour into pool in front of the pump return? Can the same bucket be...

Okay, I know these are pretty common issues and I tried the search and also did a lot of reading on older threads but, hope you don't mind answering them again. I have an 18' by 42" Intex Easy Set with the Model 635 pump. According to Intex the pool holds 5400 gallons and the pump puts out...

Hello everyone. I am a new Intex Easy Set 18' x 48" pool owner. Got the pool set up over the weekend and filled it on Sunday. I am trying to get a handle on chemical levels now. I asked a friend who has had an Easy Set for a few years now what he does for treatment and as a result of that...