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I'm going to need to drain my pool to do a repair. My question is should I drain it, do the repair and then refill it and winterize? Or should I just drain, do the repair and wait for warmer weather. I live in Austin so we have mild winters and the odds of freezing are low. I just don't know...

Thanks so much to all of you. Everything looks really great. Here are my numbers this morning. 12 FC .5 CC 60 CYA 80 TA 7.5 PH Pool Math is saying I can rest easy today, which is good since I have 10 teenagers coming to muck up my pool. Do you all agree?

Thank You! This is so helpful! I'm so thankful for this group. I'd gush more about TFP, but I know you all already know. Lori

Here are my numbers tonight. CL - 8 100-TA 75 CH 60CYA 7.2 PH It's still a little cloudy and blue. I'm planning on putting in 157 oz of 10% bleach tonight. I've been trying to keep the pool swimmable while my kids are not in school. The problem today is that the PH is 7.2 and a little...

So it looks pretty good. No green. Kind of cloudy blue. Do I need to SLAM?

Funny you mention the ladder, Lou. I pulled it out and the kids are getting in and out using the trampoline. Its full of Algae and I just thought I'd think about it another day once I got the water under control. Test kit arrived this afternoon. Here are the numbers - really hoping I did...

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Ok we are glassy green and hot here in Texas. For real only 1/2 gallon? Test kit shipped today.

Thanks so much to both of you. Which is the best option? Do you both like 1/2 and 1/2 drain and fill or the total drain? Either way I'm about to go out and water my dying grass with algae water.

Thank you. Will work on that plan. Could the high CYA levels be coming from the extra floating tabs THEY told me to add? Otherwise, I just can't figure out where it's coming from?

It's about $200 to refill. Thinking of letting the debris settle and vacuuming to waste? Refill whats left?

Newbie here. 6 weeks of algae. Really hate Leslie's right now. Refused to buy their algicide this morning after returning a $40 bottle of phosFree (getting smarter). The employee says to me as I'm leaving with my test results and my frustration - "try to add 2 gallons of bleach and see...