Recent content by Woopigchick

Thanks so much for all the input. I found an inexpensive pool blaster vac. It was still pushing a lot of the sediment back into the pool even with the fine mesh bag, so after a couple of times I resorted to putting a pair of panty hose onto the vac above the intake but below the returns on the...

Thanks so much. Do you remember where you got yours? I'm going to look at Leslie's Pool today.

Thought I could make it through the summer with just being diligent with my net and brush cleaning and was doing well. However a friend mowed for us unexpectedly and therefore there was no cover on the pool which I normally do when we mow. Now the bottom of our pool has lots of fine particles...

Ok, thanks for your input. According to what I read in that thread my chlorine is still reading about 25. I had already decided not to chance it with the baby today until it came down some more, but my husband and toddler are in the pool now. I will share what I've learned with him. With the...

Thanks everyone!!!!

Ok great. Thank you so much. So now I guess we just need to wait for the Chlorine level to drop in order to get back in the pool? What color should I be watching for on my TC results to be okay swimmer-wise?

I was GIVEN a hardware store 4-way drop test kit and also a HTH 6-way kit. I have ordered a TF-100 to arrive later this week. In the mean time, my baby pooped in the pool yesterday afternoon while wearing a swim diaper. All solid matter seemed to be contained within her diaper or swimsuit, but...

Thank you Richard. I have read the instructions on my test kit again and I think i had simply misunderstood them. I was thinking the color should fade if no CC present.

Yes, I did. Thanks. The link to tell me water capacity was a bad link. I didn't really find much info regarding combined chlorine. And since posting I have learned that the chlorine tablets I'm trying to use up, have some stabilizing effect to them. (Will use bleach only once thise are gone). So...

Brand new pool owner here, excuse the ignorance please...I set up a 12' x 30" summer escapes blue blob on Saturday. I have gotten the water fairly balanced (fc 4, pH 7.2, alk 100). However, I bought a new test kit that is supposed to give combined chlorine results also (by checking the color of...