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The chemicals have been stored in a cool, dry basement storage room. I do not plan to adjust the pool water, nor will I have authority to. But if the readings are way off, yes we won't go in, and maybe we can use the data to get the pool company they use to come adjust it.

I have a Taylor K-1000 test kit purchased and used (for an above ground pool) in 2021. The two chemical bottles say "Best by 11/22." We are renting an Airbnb with a pool next week. Based on a poor experience we had in December at a different rented house, I want to bring my own test kit this...

I guess the real question is: As temporary pool renters, what tests/chemical levels do we want to check to verify the pool is healthy enough for us to use?

I had a small above-ground pool in 2021 and successfully maintained it by following the information on this site, so I've drunk the TFP Kool-Aid (Pool-Aid?). My family now likes to rent vacation homes with indoor (during winter) or outdoor pools for a week at a time. After multiple successful...

Update: We arrived on Saturday night late. We used the pool on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday the water was somewhat cloudy but still "blue." By Monday, the water already had a noticeable green tint, though as I said we did swim a bit (for the last time, as it turned out). On Tuesday it was...

We used the pool yesterday. No ill effects so far. Some more things I've noticed so far: 1. Opening my eyes in the water stings so much that I have to close them immediately, which is not normally the case in a healthy chlorine pool. 2. I put some of the water on my tongue and it had a...

The owner came this morning. He said that the pool company comes every two months to clean the sand filter (or something like that), and that he uses a test strip and adds chlorine each time the cleaners come between guests (i.e.: probably about weekly). He said that when the pool company left...

Hi. I used this site in 2021 for questions about my own small outdoor above-ground pool. Today, I have questions about an indoor pool. We arrived last night at a vacation house in Maine with an indoor heated pool. It is a chlorine pool. The water looks somewhat cloudy; we cannot clearly see...

We have an Easy Set 12' x 30" pool (~1500 gallons). I've kept it tested and chlorinated all summer without incident. When not in use, I keep it tightly covered with an opaque tarp. I generally have to add some chlorine every day when it is open, usually 1-3 oz of 12.5% bleach, though...

I have a 12' x 30" Easy Set pool. I keep it covered almost all the time the kids aren't in it with a black, opaque tarp that is held down snuggly with bungee cords and covers both the top and most of the sides of the pool. My question is: On a hot, sunny day when the water is cold due to...

My pool top and walls were covered with a tight-fitting opaque tarp basically 100% of the time from when it was filled two days ago until I added chlorine today. Does that affect how likely it is that I already have an algae problem?

I think I'm almost there! Easy Set 12' x 30", 1485 gallons. I put the water in two days ago. I added 8.9 oz CYA last night via the sock method and it is mostly dissolved (with lots of sock squeezing). This morning, pH read as 7.6, so I did nothing for that. Next up, chlorine. Pool Math...

I am a first-timer. I just set up a 12' x 30" (~1500 gallon) Easy Set pool. I'm following the instructions in Guide for Seasonal/Temporary Pools - Trouble Free Pool. According to the Pool Math app, I added 8.9oz of CYA (in my case, PoolMate Stabilizer and Conditioner granules, 98% CYA + 2%...

I have a 12' diameter above-ground pool. The only reasonable place to put it on my property is my patio. I've solved all the other issues (at least the ones I'm aware of), but it occurs to me to wonder: will having a pool on the patio all summer (maybe 8 weeks remaining this year) damage it...

Thanks for the bump. I laid out my own 12'x30" (dry) to get the most important measurement I needed: the outer-edge diameter of the inflating ring is about 11' (maybe 11'x2").