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AndyTN, just curious if you ever got your pool warm in the Spring. We are in the same predicament. Live in west KY and would like to start warming the pool in April and May but the stuff falling from the trees make it impossible to use our solar cover during this time. I’m toying with using our...

Day 11 of my SLAM. I did the overnight test last night and we only lost 1 ppm FC so I'm ready to start lowering the FC and checking my other chemicals. We got our concrete deck this week (FINALLY!) and got the furniture set out. Planning on a swim this weekend for our Mothers Day cookout we are...

Tuesday: 8:00 am FC 18 9:30 am FC 17 1:45 pm 17 4:00 pm 12 (aded bleach) 8:00 pm 19.5 Wednesday 7:30 am FC 17 10:30 am FC 17 1:30 pm 15.5 (added bleach since we would be gone all afternoon until bedtime) Thursday 6:00 am 14.5 10:45 am 13.5 Does where I get a sample from (deep end or shallow...

I haven't been taking pics. The pics I took this morning I sent to hubby because he's been out of town since Sunday...he even said "looks like it did when I left!" I'm not seeing much FC loss during the day. I haven't really added much bleach this week. We've been cloudy with low temps this...

I am testing about every 2-3 hours. I'm running our auto-vac all day, off at night. I'm brushing it every day, but maybe i'm doing it wrong or not brushing hard enough. I didn't think brushing would hard to figure out lol. No debris in the bottom. We do have seed squiggly things falling off...

Sand filter. A big one, 30". This pic is today, day 4 of SLAM and it looks like day 1 still.

Thank you! I will stop testing the other stuff in the pool :) Newbie over reaction! I will brush, brush, brush today! I'm running the auto-vac during the day. I don't know much about the filter psi...I'll be honest, I was just backwashing it every couple to 3 days. I'll read up on here about...

Can someone take a look at my SLAM results from this morning? This is day 3 of SLAM and I can't tell any difference in our green pool :( Pool math says to add some calcium chloride and stabilizer, which earlier in the week it was advised to wait on the other chemicals. So I just wait and test...

Gotchya :) I didn't know that about testing with back to the sun. Thank you for the help!

Yay! I was hoping someone would tell me that! I don't have any other chemicals on hand at home and would have to make a trip to town this evening :) So, I'll test again in the morning and add bleach if needed again to get to that 20 FC SLAM level from earlier or do I recalculate the the FC...

Hi all, so I started a SLAM on our pool this morning, added chemicals and have gotten the below results this evening: Now Goal FC 29 20 (SLAM level from this morning calculations) pH 8 7.5 TA 80 65 CH 125 150 Cya 30 40 CC 1.5 When I entered into Pool...

Thanks for the advice! We have the pump and filter going, and our robot cleaner in the pool. Can I get some help on the SLAM chemicals? TIA! Below are my tests from this morning: 40,000 gallon vinyl inground Now Goal FC 4.5 ppm 5 pH 7.5 7.5 TA 40 65 CH 50 ppm 150...

Hi folks! It's been a while since I've been on here...we made it through a KY winter without a cover on our inground pool. (still waiting for concrete for our decking!) Least to say, we are ready to get the pumps running and water chemistry figured out. We have done this pool all DIY, except...

I was just hopping on the see about the Cya stabilizer...how much do I put in? Kim, you are correct, we don't have a heater for the pool. Nice sock idea duanebe! I was just going to hang over the side but stringing it over the deep end won't be a problem! Actually sounds like a good project to...

So here's what I came up with on Pool math. Does this look right Kim? Now Goal Calculated Results FC 0 5 416 oz of 6% bleach pH 6.8 7.5 235 oz wt or 205 oz vol of washing soda OR add 467 oz wt or 448 oz vol Borax TA 100 65 0 CH 260 150 0

Well that was a lot easier than I had it planned in my head! lol So here are my results to the testing: FC=0 CC=0 PH=6.8 TA=20 CH=100 I was wrong about the amount of gallons for our pool...it is about 40,000 gallons. I'm going to hop onto Pool Math and mess around with the numbers :) TIA!

Thank you for the reply Kim! I am pretty clueless about the testing kit and I've "looked" at the Pool Math page but its been a while. We are newbies to a pool :) We do have a small sump pump from a goldfish pond. Tonight I'm going to sit down and read, read, read about the test kit and the...

​Hi Folks, I'm back on here now that we are finishing up our owner build. Just waiting on our concrete deck and then finishing up our electrical. So I have a question about closing our pool but I first need to give some info on what we've done. So our plumbing is run, we have water in our...

The kits come in a 42" wall panel or 48" wall panel. I assumed the 42" panel was the standard size but if it's safer to add the extra few inches for the deep end then we will def'ly do the 48". Our youngest boys are 7 yo, but they grow like weeds! I would be fine with a deeper shallow end...

Anyone willing to advise on pump, filter recommendations for this size of pool?

Good Morning, well we are taking the plunge! Literally! After dreaming, discussing, plotting and perusing we've decided to put in an inground pool...ourselves! I've been reading a lot online and on this site, ya'll have a great site btw :) So we are needing some guidance. We have decided to...

Farmington Kentucky! Where is hot and humid, and right in the middle of tobacco growing country! My husband and I live in a farm with our 3 boys. And an inground pool has been a dream of mine since I was a kid. Thanks for the responses, I've heavily looked at royal swimming pool kits and watched...

Hi folks, I've been perusing the forums for a couple of months as we have been debating, deciding, wishing and hoping for our own inground pool. If anyone has any experience with DIY vinyl liner inground pools, I'd love to hear some recommendations on kits (steel vs polymer), pool size/shape for...