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Sorry if this is a stupid question. We had an above ground pool installed last year. We drained the water past the skimmer and return hoses, detached all hoses and removed the filter in the fall before covering it. During the winter we’ve had a large accumulation of water on the cover. It looks...

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I have an above ground 15 x 30 oval pool with a cartridge pump and heater. This is our first year closing the pool. From what I read I thought I need to drain the pool below the skimmer then take all of the hoses off, remove the pump and the Filter and bring all of those things into the...

I have a 13k above ground pool with single speed pump that I run 24/7. Have had the pool for two weeks and am really enjoying it. We would like to switch to a SWG. Do you have a favorite model? Favorite place to buy from? The local pool store where we bought our pool said you can’t use SWG...

I am a new pool owner, 13K semi above ground vinyl lined pool. I asked the pool company about making it a salt water pool and they said it’s not possible and would void warranty. But I see a lot of info on SWG for sanitation. Can someone explain it to me like I am 5 yrs.old. Does a SWG make...

We got our Taylor kit this week and used it to test our existing hot tub (450 gallons). CYA was super high so we drained tub completely ( pool store had us using dichlor so now I know what NOT to do!). We used pool math and added stabilizer shooting for 40. Somehow we overshot and we need your...

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So upset with those stupid strips. Used them for 4 days while waiting on our kit. FC goal is 8 and we used pool math for all calculations. Yesterday strips said FC was 3 so we added liquid chlorine to 8ppm. Here’s our real results: FC 15 (!!!) pH 7.6 TA 270 CYA 40. Temp 76 Suggestions and...

Yesterday we added 68 oz 12.5% liquid chlorine. No MA because of power failure and no pumps Today’s test results: FC 3 PH 7.8 TA 160 Pool temp 80, outside temp 78. Our power is back on and pump is running. No heater yet, install is in a couple of days. Added 68 oz Liquid chlorine based on...

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Sorry to be dense. Are we brushing to keep the water stirred up? Our pool hasn’t been backfilled yet and we had a torrential amount of rain so I’m standing in a mud pit and can’t easily get around the perimeter of the pool. I have a cheap robot that came with our pool package. If I ran that a...

Fresh water in a new pool. Water added 72 hours ago. This is our third test (once per day) using test strips while waiting for Taylor kit. TC 5 FC 3 PH 7.8 TA 160 CYA unknown. 4 pounds ( recommended amount) was added 2 days ago. Complicating factor: currently without power for the past 24...

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We are brand new and just filled our pool yesterday and turned on pump. We have a Taylor test kit on the way and only have strips at this point. 13K gallon pool. Test strip yesterday: pH 8.4, TA 180. Added 32 ounces Super Shock granules (cal-hypo 73%), 48 ounces of pH down granules, 32...