opening the pool

Just had our pool installed last month and all of the equipment was fired up Monday. This website and the forums have already been a blessing! Looking to get some guidance. Specs - Thursday Pools - Aspen 16'x40' (fiberglass) - 13,090 gallons (appx.) Pentair system - CC150 filter; Superflo...

Last season I had awful stains on the liner that at first I thought were worn spots on the liner, but it turns out they are metal stains. I tried to remove it with vitamin C and it came up. However, they are throughout the pool and a simple vitamin C tablet in a sock didn't fix the whole problem...

Last year, we installed a new saltwater pool and followed the closing procedures for the winter, with one mistake of using a porous pool cover. When I opened the pool, I discovered a significant amount of debris, particularly pine needles, along with some green substance that could be pollen or...

Starting a 24' round salt above ground pool. My water is green. My question is WHEN to SLAM during the opening process. Do I balance my other chemicals first? Or only balance a few then slam? Or just slam?

Hi Folks, I plan to get my pool opened this week, and will be taking the help of a pool guy (the same who closed the pool). I don't plan to do a DIY approach for now, since I (1) don't have the bandwidth (2) am still too new at this and not confident. What I wanted to ask, is what kind of things...