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Good morning! I am on day 7 of our SLAM. We are making some progress, but it is very slow. I have a few questions: 1. The main drain on our pool is not hooked up (very old pool, short sale house), so we are only drawing from the skimmer. Is it even possible to complete a SLAM this way? I feel...

Good morning! I have recently re-filled an old pool & installed some new equipment, with the help of TFP (see older posts). Within 24 hours of fill, we lost a foot of water. The contractors who installed the equipment told us that the leak is "probably" in the light. They identified the problem...

Hi everyone! We just re-filled and am taking tests for the 1st time. Here are the results: FC: .5 CC: 0 PH: 7.5 TA: 120 CYA: 0 Now, I know I need CYA (the pool is covered all day, every day w/ an automatic cover). I clearly need Chlorine as well. I will not be able to get CYA into the pool...

Hi! We just bought a beautiful new home with a beautiful new swamp. The pool has not been used in 4+ years, so you can imagine what the whole thing looks like. I have been reading and reading this site and am ready to do this myself. One problem: We called the pool guy to come and check out the...