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Well the moles have brought the demise of my pool. Pool is 9 years old, and they started burrowing the first year I put it up, so..It lasted 8 years with their trails in the liner. Guess that is not too bad. Seems like something from the moles or possibly other rodents damaged the foam cove. Is...

You will get a quicker response most likely from this other thread.. https://www.troublefreepool.com/forums/testing-and-balancing-your-water.16/

Don't give up, you sound just like me when I first found this site......frustrated and deflated......these good people will steer you straight. I had mole trails and imperfections on the bottom of my pool that were filled with algae sludge. Here's my slam last year... Another swamp, is it worth...

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Well buying off season to get a cheaper price did me no good. I received the pump Feb 3 and didn't open the box till yesterday......strainer basket housing is cracked, obviously done during shipping or packing, I'm bummed. Now gotta get new housing, 70 bucks shipped...what a savings. Thing is...

I think I used 24 gallons on my pool, I remember someone saying 2 bleach gallons every 1,000 gallons of water when I was slamming, was a "rough" estimate.

Guilty of that also!

Yeah, should be straight forward, I just didn't know if I should check laterals and seals an stuff before I just start slapping it together.

So....just got new filter and pump. Hayward Power-Flo Matrix SP15922S 2 Speed 1 HP bought off amazon for 229 shipped. Hayward Pro-Series S244T 24" bought off ebay for 199 shipped. I thought those were some excellent prices, of course I bought them in January when prices were at a seasonal...

Rural King for us mid westies, 4 gallons @ 10% for 7.99

Re: 18 ft or 24 ft? any pics?? We went from the 18' intex ring pool to a 21', we regret that we didn't go with a 30' after all if you have the room and money to do it, you should. As I said...wish we would've. We have had 12 adults in the pool at one time, that's the most.

I did find this chart, which shows it to me also (I guess.) This of course is in normal tap water and doesn't take into consideration of the effects of CYA on water. The normal pH of water supplies is within range where chlorine may exist as both hypochlorous acid and hypochlorite ion. HOCl is...

Thank you for explaining it without chemical equations, you've probably posted this before, I just couldn't find it. I now move my pool school grade from an F to a F- !!

I am aware (I think by looking at ChemGeeks charts) with the CYA and Chlorine linearity with pH. I know the suggesting for pool equipment pH destruction also, when I made a comment in that other thread some one stated that it is “absolutely” important of pH’s ability to make chlorine kill, and...

OK, so I am a newbie. But, I’m ignorant of pH within Chlorine relationships. I can find very much data here on Chlorine/CYA, but what about pH? Basically without getting too technical……haha, (I’ve read Chem Geeks articles) I am trying to figure out the effectiveness of Chlorine at different pH...

To keep this thread on topic, I disagree with that, why would you tell someone to stop the SLAM to adjust pH? OP has already started SLAM and needs to continue on with that and not worry about pH right now.

I would not concern myself with the pH at this moment, you have vinyl. You can always adjust your pH after the slam, and that is what I would be doing. I would want to get rid of the green and cloudiness first. pH has little or no effect of how well your chlorine works. I would suggest reading...

Re: Which one is a better deal-Bleach or Liquid Chlorine I saw what you did there! He didn't!

I have the same skimmer and added mine like this... http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/75435-18-Dollar-Shut-off-valves-on-my-AGP?p=647404#post647404

I am also one that agrees with "my pool" being the sparkling best at 7.2, don't know why but the wife also says it looks "shimmering."

Basic K-1000 measures total chlorine, but only reads to 5ppm The powder and reagent in the TF-100, FAS-DPD measures Free Chlorine up to 50 ppm and beyond I guess I would suggest this page to read... http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/24188-Extended-Test-Kit-Directions

Yeah, fresh fill should be good to go. I was just assuming all other criteria was met, and it is never good advice to tell other people it is safe to swim. There may always be other factors involved. What you've given me for info, would have me swimming in my pool. I would think the water would...

Well I guess it depends on the other criteria, do you have CC over 0.5? What does the water look like? If clear water and CC <0.5 I would swim in a chlorine level of 10 with no CYA....but that is me......my opinion.

I would be swimming! You should be safe to swim until you're over shock level.

Uhmmm that me wince in pain!!!! LOL

Free Available Chlorine : .59 + Combined Chlorine : .04 = Total Chlorine : .99 Am I reading this wrong? How do pool stores get these readings. Since I've never been to a pool store I've wondered? OP can not bring it to shock level without accurate testing. I think they are better off getting...

Nice, I see some palm trees in your future. Maybe some tiki huts? Welcome to TFP, the best site on the web to solve your pool ailments.:cheers:

Re: New pool build and deck Apex,NC Are there any water shut off valves installed in your plumbing lines? I would suggest that, they are nice!