Recent content by Seanc

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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    Okay, I added Stabilizer/Conditioner and the FC is holding thruout the day. That's the good news. The bad news is my water is getting cloudy. It was clear. After adding the stabilizer/conditioner it seems cloudy. FC is holding right around 3/4. I'm not sure what my CYA level is now as I...
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    I was just at Walmart and looked at the Stabilizer/Conditioner and almost bought some. But I didn't want to spend another $20 if I didn't have to. Guess I'll get some tomorrow.
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    I could be. The instructions are not very good. The tube was full and I could still see the dot. How do I raise the CYA. My chlorine is gone by the time I get home from work. The pool does get a full sun all day.
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    Test results as of 6:45 tonight. This is after adding PH minus around noon. PH 7.2 Chlorine .5 TH 160 TA 310 CYA 30+ I could still see the black dot on the bottom.
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    CYA levels are good according to the test strips. I picked up a 6 way drop kit last night. I'm not sure the brand..HTH I believe. I'll test everything later when I get home and let you know. I've read a bunch on Pool School. But it's a slew of info and hard to process it all. I went by the...
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    We now have our 16 x 48 Intex Ultra Frame pool set up and filled. So two nights ago we started to tackle the water balancing. The PH was high so we added PH minus. That brought the PH down to 7.4. So then we shocked it let it sit overnight. In the morning the chlorine was 8-10. By the...
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    New pool

    Pool calculator says our pool should be 70-90+ is ours is at 280 via drop test.
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    New pool

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    New pool

    All is good..TA is alittle high but, the rest is good...Have some rocks popping up through some of the dirt..some bumpy in spots on the floor. Went over the whole area really good...cleared rocks with rake and by hand...hope the vinyl is tuff..just need 2 months..next year will get a larger...
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    New pool

    Inchish...off..no more..one square!
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    New pool

    Yeah..feel alot better about it, looks better..keeping at about an inch, no more!! Almost full. Not in that much pain either..
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    New pool

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    New pool

    I think we got it...10 hours of work today..sod cutter..lots of cutting, the area I cut out is alot larger than what was needed but, I wanted to get the area down to dirt and eye ball the best place with the least overall cutting.. ...and leveling..Filling right now, looks to be just about an...
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    New pool

    Think I might just get the sod cutter...looks like the easiest! https://plus.google.com/photos/10059428 ... banner=pwa put some pavers under the posts..the clay I have should keep the posts from settling to far down. Thanks for tips..I will keep ya posted!!
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    Attaching pictures on the forum

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