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    Taking care of our own pool now - do we need a partial drain?

    Why would our pool’s CH have increased so much when it was filled with 300CH water? Is that solely the effect of the evaporation? If we get a whole-house water softener for our drain+fill, and the make-up water is also softer, would that in theory keep our calcium levels low enough to not have...
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    Taking care of our own pool now - do we need a partial drain?

    Thanks for everyone’s input! We will look into a water softener and getting the pool drained and refilled.
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    Taking care of our own pool now - do we need a partial drain?

    First time pool owners here! We just ended service with a local pool maintenance company. They’ve “taken care” of everything to this point, but we didn’t love the experience overall and we just ended their service this week. The pool has had chlorine pucks continually since we drained and...
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