Recent content by V___25

Thanks all. I guess I'm just used to the Clorox that dissolves super quick and never takes hours and hours.

I did. should have added that. I was out there squeezing that stupid sock every 1/2 hour and it's still undissolved.

I bought a 7lb bag of CYA at Ocean State Job Lot at the end of last season. It remained unopened in the garage over the winter (not exposed to excessive sunlight or humidity). This year, I used up the Clorox brand CYA I had left, about 1lb, and then opened the new bag. Per usual, I put 1lb in...

Apologies, I misread and thought you were continuously adding CYA. Fingers crossed for a successful and smooth SLAM!

Hi and welcome. Sorry to hear about your pool troubles but there are thousands of people here (literally) who will help you. The first thing that jumped into my brain when mentioned inability to hold chlorine and previously high CYA was ammonia. Please read up Ammonia and see if this fits your...

Thank you, I may have to invest of some of that.

It was a busy weekend of trying to clear the pool after opening Friday. And drinking the pool water finally caught up to one of my idiot dogs so I was dealing with a sick dog on top of pool duties. But we've finally turned a corner - dog is feeling better and pool is looking much better. :) I...

We do have a mesh cover - came with the house and pool. It's still in excellent shape so no plans to replace it any time soon. I really am considering some water bags or sand bags this year on the edges of the cover around the concrete to keep the worms from crawling under. It's so disgusting.

Worse pools have been fixed with a SLAM. 35,000 is a big pool to drain to refill and personally, I would SLAM it but it's going to take a lot of LC.

Sigh. Pool is open and it looks like absolute garbage. I have to find a way next winter to keep the edges of the cover down better. So many worms still get under there (giant blob in the center) and this year a ton of other debris blew in.

I know others have said it but please for the love of peter pan do not use floc. Trust me - I've learned this the hard way and if there is one thing I can ever save someone from doing, it's using floc. Please, please, please follow all of the advice and recommendations you've received above and...

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Hopefully Friday we can get ours open. I was planning for yesterday but I've been sidelined due to a minor shoulder injury that I don't want to aggravate. The hubs offered to do everything for me but I just can't. I like to fuss with it in my own way. I know the worms are going to be out of...

PA - Ocean State Job Lot 12.5% $5.99/gallon Walmart - 10% $5.67/gallon