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I swapped out the filter cartridge yesterday and cleaned the one I removed. It was a little dirty so I just hosed it out. I have been running the pump in the afternoon for about 6 hours. Chemical usage has been about 2 1/2 cups of 10% chlorine liquid a day. I think this may improve as my CYA...

Thanks for the help! I added chlorine and will monitor daily. I also added CYA (in a sock by the outlet) and baking soda and will check numbers again this weekend. I will take it slow and hope things warm up soon. Chris

kmb997, Yes the volume came from their website. I ran the pump yesterday for the first time for about 4hrs. It is nice and quiet. I will let you know how things go. Chris

We have a 12' x 24' Intex metal frame pool. I just ordered one of their deluxe cleaning kits that comes with the over the wall skimmer, vacuum head , pole and all necessary hoses and adapters ($50 @ Target). I will be able to test it out in about a week when it arrives. Right now we have the...

Just finished filling the pool and gave my new test kit its first run through. Below are my numbers: FC = 0 CC = 0 TC = 0 PH 7.4 TA = 50 CH = 30 (Vinyl pool) CYA < 20 Temp = 54 The TF kit was easy to use but I think I need some chlorine. The CYA needs to be increased as well as the chlorine...

What assortment and quantity of chemicals (bbb) should I have on hand for setting up my pool? How much do you keep on hand throughout the summer? I hope to have the pool set up this week and wanted to be prepared. Thanks...Chris :)

Thanks for the welcome. I have a fence to move this weekend and the ground needs to be leveled. As soon as that is complete I can set up the pool. Hopefully I can finish it over the holiday weekend? We got a great deal on the pool $250 off of craigslist (I hope). Everything appears to be...

Great site! We were looking at getting a pool a few years ago and I had originally found poolsolutions.com. Our plans changed and we postponed getting a pool. Recently we decided to pursue getting pool again and purchased one a week ago. I decided to return to poolsolutions.com and discovered...