Help with CH
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Re: HELP!! CH high
Welcome to the forum! What type of pool surface do you have? Is it vinyl or some type of plaster? Don't panic. We don't trust pool store tests. Go to Pool School (tab at top) and read about recommended testkits Pool School - Test Kits Compared and about chemistry Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
Welcome to the forum! What type of pool surface do you have? Is it vinyl or some type of plaster? Don't panic. We don't trust pool store tests. Go to Pool School (tab at top) and read about recommended testkits Pool School - Test Kits Compared and about chemistry Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
- Jul 3, 2013
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Re: HELP!! CH high
Welcome to TFP
We would love to give you some help but we really need some good numbers, pool stores are very bad at this... check out the links in my signature below, the TF100 is a great test kit but you can also get the K-2006C
Welcome to TFP
We would love to give you some help but we really need some good numbers, pool stores are very bad at this... check out the links in my signature below, the TF100 is a great test kit but you can also get the K-2006C
- Jun 22, 2014
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- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
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- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Let us know if you have any more questions.
Welcome to TFP!
As everyone says the key to success at TFP is testing your own water with a good test kit. We have lots of folks who make adjustments to their pool based on test strips or pool store test results only to find out later that the number was wrong. Often, including with CH, the only way lower it if you raise it too high is a partial drain of the pool.
Here is where we like to start with maintaining your pool, Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
As everyone says the key to success at TFP is testing your own water with a good test kit. We have lots of folks who make adjustments to their pool based on test strips or pool store test results only to find out later that the number was wrong. Often, including with CH, the only way lower it if you raise it too high is a partial drain of the pool.
Here is where we like to start with maintaining your pool, Pool School - ABCs of Pool Water Chemistry
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If your vinyl lined WITH a heater it likely needs to be minimum of 225 to not void the warranty (see your heater's manual)
if no heater then technically where you are at is fine.
If plaster/gunite/concrete it should be 250-350
But do post your full test results first.
if no heater then technically where you are at is fine.
If plaster/gunite/concrete it should be 250-350
But do post your full test results first.
Short answer, and I'm not being facetious, is Calcium Increaser. It's the same stuff as Ice Melt, but I don't know how common that is in your part of Texas. You can buy CH increaser at any pool store and most anyplace that sells pool chemicals, like Walmart or Lowes.
That being said... if yours is a vinyl pool, you don't need Calcium.
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