Recent content by webman3802

Thanks everyone for your help with all of this. It's definitely been a learning experience. I've drained about 2/3 of the pool and refilled, and CYA levels are now at 85. Still high, but at least they're on the measurable scale now. I'm going to let rainwater dilute it the rest of the way to...

Thank you all for the insight. I did my testing tonight and, as you suspected, the CYA levels were off the scale. Like, way off. Looks like I will be draining some water and refilling to dilute it and switching to liquid chlorine instead of the tablets and powdered shock. My pH was also off the...

Thanks for all the replies. You've convinced me (and more importantly, my wife! (y)) and I've ordered the test kit. I'll reply with results once it comes in.

Thank you both for the background info and I'll look into the information on this site in more detail. I'll admit that I went cheap on our test kit and the reagents that came with it are at least 2-3 years old. Having said that, I don't mind paying for quality, but are there any brands of test...

We've had our pool for a couple of years now and I've always had trouble maintaining the chemistry, especially the chlorine level. I can add shock and we have a floater with capacity for four 3" tablets, which I usually keep topped off, but after a week, the chlorine test reads zero again, even...