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I went into Leslie's pool store here in southern Ohio the other day and struck up a conversation with the older female store clerk it was only me and her in the store. So she asked if I had a pool and I told her yes and she asked what I used for chlorination which I replied nothing found here...

Menards has it on sale for $1.75 cents a jug.......just wanted to let my fellow BBBers know......Mike

I went over to my brother in laws today to test his water with my trusty test kit in hand his pool had some dirt run in it from the heavy rains the other night, he uses 3 inch pucks but he shocked it with 8 gallons of liquid shock 2 nights ago per pool store it is a vinyl lined 20x40 inground...

just wanted to let everyone know that Rural King has their 10% L/C on sale for 9.99 for 4-1gallon jugs and their Muriatic Acid for 2.99 a gallon and they also have the intex 2650 gph sand filter pump combo for 179.99 with a 50.00 R/K rebate for a final price of 129.99 and that is some real good...

i am thinking about buying a 16 inch or 19 inch radiant sand filter for my intex 18x52 pool i have the 14 inch intex sand filter on it now with a 1/2 hp hayward pump which puts out 40 gpm, will my pump be better suited for the 16 or 19 inch radiant sand filter?. i know this filter will probably...

my friend came over the other day and we was talking about pools and i showed him mine and he said he had never seen a pool so crystal clear and i told him about this site and told him i would help him clean his green swamp and he agreed to listen and follow my instructions. well i went out to...

i would like to start off by saying that this was my first pool ever and definatly the first time leveling the ground for a pool....whew!!!!! i started off by doing all the normal installation routine ie removing the sod and cutting down the high side to meet the low side, brung in 3 tons of...

i have had my 1st pool up since the middle of may i started out using the BBB method and has been smooth sailing, well i did a oclt for the first time last night (no issues) just wanted to do one....lol. my readings last night after sunset were fc-7.5 tc-7.5 cc-0 ph-7.2 (it was low because i...

Well I just got all water in balance and a new problem arose my pump took a Crud on me after just 3 weeks of service, it was a intex 1600 gph with a 14 inch sand filter. So now I am trying to keep my water balanced and pool clean while I argue with the idiots at intex I will never buy anything...

i was at wally world the other day and i seen they had these L.E.D pool lights that connect with magnets and operate on 3 aa batteries w/remote so i though for 10 dollars i would give them a try and to my surprise there were 2 in the box thats right 2 lights w/1 remote for 10 dollars and they...

I was at rural king today and I seen they had it for 6.49 a gallon that is way cheaper than anywhere else I found it, :lol: :lol: just thought I would pass that info on to my tfp brothers and sisters....gotta save those dollars.....Mike

Well thanks to this great site and the BBB method I decided to return my swg to rural king this afternoon, after seeing how simple pool chemistry really is with the BBB method I decided I did not need the swg my water is perfect and so crystal clear because of the information I found on this...

i just did a test on my water in my intex 18x 52 in deep pool below are the readings fc=3 tc=3 cc=0 ph=7.2 ta=60 cya=below 30, still i can see the dot even with the tester full i just added 2 lbs of stabilizer in a sock yesterday and last night in front of the return jet so i imagine it is not...

i just filled my pool with city water it is a 18x52 round intex ultra frame pool that holds 6981 gallons of water with a 1600 gph sand filter and am going to get all the readings in order and am using the bbb method and then add my swg and i am waiting for my test kit to arrive so i took some...

Hi everyone my name is Mike i have been lurking and reading and learning about pools from this fabulous website for about a month, last year i bought a intex 18x52 round agp with the 1600 sand filter and have recently purchased a swg as a add on. The pool is still in the box in the garage while...