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Hi Guys!! Here are the results of the tap water when we started. Total Chlorine 0.0 ppm pH 8.0 acid demand 2 Total Alkalinity 210ppm Calcium Hardness 190ppm Stabilizer 0 ppm Total Dissolved Solids 350ppm Salt not tested Still concerned about the grout around the tiles coming off like...

Hi Mod Squad or anyone that can help. The pool company came out today and are draining the pool to check the surface and start over. I am not familiar with the aggregate finish and have a few questions. The guy at the pool supply store tells me they resurfaced the pool wrong, He states they...

Hi Mod Squad. Do you think the water is to far out of range that we should dump all the water out and start over? The pool store told us we need to put in 17.9 pounds of total alkalinity increaser (sodium hydrogen carbonate), 2.7 pounds of stablilizer (cyanuric acid Hydrate) and 5 pound of Ph...

Hi! Richard, We did do a partial drain last friday but only dropped the water level about two feet. Thanks for the advice. We will take a sample to another store to see if there is a difference and get a test kit. The pool company that did the resurface is coming out tomorrow, so we will see...

Hi, New to this site. Looks like a great place to relearn chemistry. Having problems with getting my pool chemistry levels within normal limits after a resurfacing job. I placed a post under "Deep End" with my recent levels pulled today from water sample taken to local pool supply company. I...

Hi !! I am new to this site so not sure if my post is in the correct section. If not let me know and I'll move it to the correct section. Just had the pool resurfaced with exposed aggregate finish last month. The finish was not perfect so the pool company dumped about 10 cases of acid in the...