Recent content by Jennk2

Yes I’m doing liquid chlorine and I’ve been aiming for 5-6 and add in the evening. It was 6 after I added last night so we will see what it is tonight. 2 was the lowest it has dropped to but it’s been full sun and close to 100 degrees the last couple of days here.

I will do that tonight to double check. I did it right after getting the cya/chlorine in and it was fine but will make sure before adding more cya. Will I be okay just boosting the chlorine early Friday am before leaving and will check and add more Sunday afternoon when we get back? It’s been...

One week in with the new pool and we are trying to get it right. We are working on getting the TA down and have made good progress, went from 290 to 180! Right now the CYA is at 30 and we are losing between 3-4 ppm chlorine per day. Does it make sense to get the CYA up to 40 to try to prevent...

Thank you! Are we okay to use it even if ph/ta isn’t quite right yet? As long as cya and chlorine are good? It’s been a long weekend digging holes around it and looking at it! I didn’t want anyone in it until I could get cya/chlorine in it

Good to hear. It definitely looks better already. The water was clear, just had a greenish tint to it when looking at pool that made me nervous. I did the CYA early this morning using the sock/skimmer method and left the pump on high all day. How long should I keep the pump going ? Can I put it...

Okay we are making progress. Got the pump hooked up temporarily still waiting on electrician for the permanent one. Levels are getting there: FC 6.5 TA 280 CYA 30 PH 7.7 CH 200 So, do I leave the cya at 30, poolmath shows 40 is ideal? Also, I should add muriatic acid to get pH to 7.2 to help...

They are old enough to understand and we’ve got them busy helping prep for the deck anyways for now. I’m wondering if I should just stick to LC and brushing or if I can add the CYA in sock and brush or wait on adding that until pump is running?

Here are the levels I got FC 0 TA 290 CYA 0 PH 8.2 The TA seems really high, I’m not sure if I did something wrong testing or if that is correct? I knew the FC and CYA would be 0 but didn’t expect TA at that level.

Not yet. I’m heading out there now.

Yes we had water trucked in, just finishing up with hose but it is very clear so far. My kids were already itching to jump in yesterday after backfilling around the pool in the heat! I’m not sure how long I can hold them off!

We had our pool installed this week and the water level is almost full now. I’m waiting to hear when the electrician will be here to run the line for the pump. Can I manually add both cya and chlorine and brush walls and floor well to get started? I just don’t want to start out with water...

We are in the same boat. Waiting on the electrician and the pool is up and almost filled now. Can I manually add chlorine and brush well to circulate just to try to keep it clean until we get the electric up for the pump? Should I add cya also or just stick to chlorine for now? I’m hoping it...

Okay good to know. Thanks for the quick reply! We are new to the pool world and just getting started so I’m sure I will have many more questions to ask!

Okay thank you. That’s what I thought, I didn’t see a need to take it out of the system if it would be possibly helpful at some point. I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t an issue to not use it since it’s built in. I had no idea they were including this. So basically if we are going to be...

We had our pool installed yesterday and I came home to an automated chlorine feeder put in. It wasn’t something we had discussed so I’m wondering if I can just not use it since we are planning on using the TFP method of liquid chlorine and just keep it in place for times when we will be away...