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Hi .. some quick background: we moved into a new house with a pool in August. A professional maintained the pool weekly for the previous owners, but we can't afford to keep doing that so when we moved in, I started using Bleach and bought the tf100 kit... Was thinking of closing it on my own...

POOL IS CLOSED! .. i can't begin to tell you how relieved I feel.. to answer the previous question.. yes, there's a main drain.. thanks to the pool people, i now know how to turn it on and turn the skimmers off.. yes, I am that clueless... the pool people were totally awesome in answering all...

thanks again...pool guy had some sort of emergency on Friday and said he'd come today (saturday) but was a no-show and wouldn't return any calls.. annoying,to say the least... i was hoping to have it closed before my husband heads on a business trip so we can both overwhelm the guy with...

Thanks again for the responses.. the pool guys are coming on Friday, so I've pretty much run out of time to clear out the algae.. after adding all the chlorine yesterday, the pool is still a bit green.. but it's clear. is that a bright side? :) and i totally appreciate the honesty around...

thanks for the response.. now, i'm already feelling like I'm going to get ripped off....not a good feeling.. but i guess i won't be shocked if they are here and gone in a second..eeks.. I assumed that i can't run the filter since there isn't enough water in the pool..I'm debating if i should go...

So,being the idiot that I am..I went ahead and figured out I should set to Waste and basically,lowered the level because I thought..if I have less water,I can run the POlaris and it'll clean faster...All along,realizing I Have algae in the pool- but thinking that since the pool guy said they'd...

ok, so after a few hours of sleep,i realized ithat the motor for the filter timer wasn't running..so i switched the fuse on and off and voila..it runs.. now,I just need a little help with draining it... it's a vari flo filter... and my options are: backwash,recirculate, rinse, filter, waste...

Re: Pool Closing / Equipment questions Sorry to reopen an old topic - but we decided to hire someone to close it this time.. and he is charging us $325.. we aren't going with the original guy, but hopefully the new people will be able to close it without issue.. I have a question about...

I've been a bit AWOL since I first joined .. We moved in on 8/27 as first time pool owners to a 7 yr gunite pool.. I've been keeping the chemistry in line with just chlorine.. pH, etc has been fine. It's pretty cold in Massachusetts, so I started inquiring about pool closing costs. I called...

Thanks again - my previous post that was inadvertently deleted is below, but i ended up adding about 196 oz of reg bleach to the pool and FC went to 6 - unfortunately, I can't do a overnight test yet b/c we're not moved in and getting there in the morning with a toddler is kinda tough. we'll be...

just got the keys to the new place and the pool looks as great as it did when we saw the house previously. first thing i did was use my trusty tf100 and hopeflly i ran the tests right - here are the results, followed by what i think my next steps are - please tell me if I'm right :) FC - .5 TC...

Hi, I'm closing on our new house on Friday and already have my TF100 test kit ready to go. Can't wait to run my first tests. I was at the house last week and took some pictures of the equipment to hopefully get some feedback on the quality of the models. The pool was installed in 2002. It is...

Thanks for the feedback.. Since we technically didn't invest in the heat pump (the previous owners did), maybe we should look into the solar panels :) When we visited the house earlier in the week, we were pleasantly surprised with how much sun we actually got.. we'll have to keep an eye on the...

Thanks again for all the information - my TF100 kit is on the way. i made a little maintenance document for myself so I'm feeling a little better about it. We close on 8/21, should I test right after we close (around 12pm) or wait until the evening, next morning? I Need to dig up some pictures...

Thanks - I finally decided to go with the TF100 with the add'l CYA reagent. :)

Hi reebok - yes - I saw that - but I wasn't sure about the general expiration dates on the reagents. I read the taylor site and it indicates that there aren't dates, and how it's more dependent on conditions and usage of the reagents. I'll probably just get the tf100 kit.

Thanks for the responses! Here are some of my thoughts based on the questions and responses I received... duraleigh - I'm definitely thinking of ditching the trichlor for the BBB Method, but I think i'll just wait it out for the rest of the season since there's so much other house stuff I need...

Thanks for the feedback - I'm leaning towards a TF100 test kit with CYA re-fill. Although, I am wondering if a Taylor K 2006-C (2oz reagents) would be a better bang for the buck. The reagents would probably go bad before I used them all, right?

Hi, Newbie here who is closing on a house on 8/21 and feeling incredibly anxious about pool maintenance (which explains why I'm up at 3am). I've read through pool school a few times and have some questions. Here's some background on my set up: 9 yr old Gunite pool with waterfall, DE filter...

I know this sounds ridiculous, but I'm one of those people who insists on getting the best bang for the buck. It seems like tftestkits.net has a flat rate shipping of $10.50, so I'm interested in getting my TF100 test kit, plus the reagents I will need refills on first - while also keeping in...