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I am not saying to use them, I am saying that i use them. yes quick ph, FC and TA tests and the CH as a loose guideline.

You see, complicated. Complicated things are not fun and often dont get done. Compilcation is a relative term I will give that. But here is a classic case. If fastsporty could find a PS with an educated enough employee and a reliable test kit he could use strips and his store for the more...

dude you love to complicate things eh? I wish i had the energy to read that post. Do you just cut and paste from a word file or do you actually spend that much time writing out a very complicated response? i see long replies like this one all the time from you, just wondering.

lol yeah i eat my breakfast on my way into work, I listen to my other industries podcasts when i run, i brush my teeth in the shower often and i Edited for politeness. Butterfly. Its also about efficiency. I am proud of the job i do (except for once last week), the education i provide to...

I guess i never thought that when using the taylor kit that you dont do a full test all the time, sometimes pH sometimes other things. I do understand the difficulties that are there when people first learn about the information from sites like this and doing a complete and very accurate test is...

I personally use test strips. After having done hundreds of strip tests and probably hundreds of drop tests with our Lamotte Colour Q at the store, strips are not as evil as pretty much everyone on here makes them out to be. How much fun is it to use your Taylor test kit everyday, awfully time...

wow, a great help that store has been to you.....frickin amazing. anyways. Shock can be a few things, shocking is a process not a product. first things first, get your pump fixed. next is this 'shock' you speak of a chlorine type? some actual test results would be nice.... in the mean time...

personally i would be getting that stuff out of the pool as soon as possible, using your cleaning equipment with a high chlorine level the few times that it is needed to do so will not hurt it. Hitting the clumps with the broom so that they disperse is not what i would be doing either, just...

having him actually balance your chemicals or him just filling it with water and proving to you that it all works is something you will have to discuss with him, preferably sooner than later. either way you will learn quite quickly once you start doing and reading here. sure you have 'read' pool...

BIG BUMP sorry its monday though, i unfortunatley work sunday.

turn your valve to 'waste' to suck up the really nasty stuff and dispose of it immediatly bypassing filter. i think you are going to want to add some de to the filter before you start to use it as one. not sure though.

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rv antifreeze to the return lines and skimmer lines and any line that might still have water in it, plug off your return jets and skimmer opening. I use to always add a bottle of algaecide and some sort of stain and scale inhibitor, i still might this year, i am undecided, it certainly doesnt hurt.

I would change steps 2 and 3, remove debris and leaves before you shock. I am not sure you need to actually disconnect and dismantle your equipment, I just pull drain plugs on pump housing and filter and done. Phosphates....thankfully we havent been pitched that stuff yet for our inventory I...

I found it! MicroPure http://www.micropure.ca/products/products-micron.php Its a Canadian Company :-D http://www.poolandspa.com/page1975.htm also available in the USA though :P I am going to try it out, there is a different retailer that is the distributor for them in my area and they...

here http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Aquador

yeah that would be nice dman, it would certainly shorten the learning curve. Maybe too general of a question though.

So i have been reading alot of different posts and replies recently, and have come to the conclusion that closing ANY pool is actually quite a simple feat. Preparing the water, draining the pool down, blowing out lines, pulling drain plugs (filters, pumps and heaters), using rv antifreeze if...

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wow that is ingenious, what a fantastic use for that space, i know what plant i would grow though.......

Welcome to TFP!! I am proud to inform you that your relationship with your pool is about to go all LOVE no hate, of course except for those hurricanes. Just from what you have mentioned up there "You need to go to school son". read Pool school extensively. PS my neighbour has a Diesel...

lol well if your actually going to pay someone to close it, it should look absolutely clear when you pull the cover off. Maybe you could tell them you want a clear pool guarantee on opening.... closing a pool is i personaly think, and i am about to find out, not really that difficult. I close my...

LOL thats exactly what I was thinking. :-D

Welcome to TFP!! You will be a pro by this time next year if you put the time to read in, i guarantee it!! couple of questions. Have you backwashed your filter and how many times if so? What EXACTLY are you using to shock, please read the label and let us know. I am not sure about your pump...

oh and thanks for your comments, much appreciated, i truly wanted some opinions and to learn from this as much as i could. Mission accomplished with all of your guys/gals help.

no i didnt know it was our sub who was taking care of the pool at first and in hindsight i should have just sold her the stuff and talked to him afterwards, the problem is that he instantly discredits me because of his years of experience and dismisses my suggestions..... anyways we do need him...

ok, so you know i am 'in the industry' for 6 months so far, pool owner for 6 years and hot tub for 10. First year where taking care of my pool and hot tub have truly been trouble free and quite honestly boring. I learn quickly and thoroughly, and have obtained a great deal of knowledge about...

Thanks Alice! I can really only see the floaties at night with the light on otherwise the water is crystal clear.

yeah test results at PS......i recently shopped around and took some of my pool and hot tub water and had them tested at 3 different places, pretty much three different results. my CYA is around 60, one store said it was at 100, i have borates in my HT and keep my pH around 7.3-4 one store said...

standalone, but i asked a few other spa dealers as i was shopping there tubs and they told me that was as good as it got.