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Congratulations... once you are in the house fill out your signature as described HERE. It will help us help you.

I hope not, unless that pool looks much, much clearer in person than it does in that picture!!! It is not safe for anyone to swim unless you can CLEARLY see the bottom of the deep end!! Post a picture of the deep end so we can see the main drain.

Because knowing your salt level is also important when you have a SWG, order a Taylor K-1766 Salt Test too and post that result. This test must be ordered separately since it's not included in the test kits referenced above.

Now that you are in your house, edit your signature, it will help others help you: Read This BEFORE You Post How have you been chlorinating your pool since you moved in? In the Pool Math App, after you create a new log for your test results, go to the Overview screen. From there you can tap...

Great numbers! TC is correct FC + CC =TC How did you add the stabilizer? When did you last add liquid chlorine? We need to figure out if your SWG is working or not.

He is a tenant, it was noted in another thread that when the filter went out, the landlord replaced it with an undersized filter. - - - Updated - - - Looking better, just keep at it!

All three above have good points. :lovetfp: Where else are you going to get such great advice!

Do NOT ADD anything to your pool except liquid chlorine as above. Test your chlorine level DAILY until you get a better test kit and the salinity test kit that Marty referred to above. If your chlorine is low, indicating that your SWG is not working, add liquid chlorine as you did before...

This is worthless and sometimes ends up costing the new pool owner. :study: Study :study: Study :study: Study this site and you will be ready to perform your own start-up. What is the finish? Plaster, pebble, vinyl?

Congrats on your new house and pool! Minnesota winters can be wicked cold, curious to see others weigh in here about winterizing or not.

:nopic: Just Kidding, Glad you are OK! Electricity & water don't mix well :stirpot:

First of all, ADMIRABLE JOB :goodjob: on the record keeping and charts! Since there seems to perhaps be a correlation with the rain, I wonder if something is happening in the environment that causes a buildup on the screen enclosure. Then the rain washes it suddenly into the pool at a rate...

:laughblue: :goodpost: :laughblue: Take Dr. Dirk's advice and quit :brickwall:

No more wasting time on pool store testing, right? Well maybe just once after you get your test kit so you can see for yourself how far off their test results are compared to yours. :poke: Salt, CYA and chlorine are reduced whenever you drain and replace water. Vacuuming to waste drains much...

Let's get your figures straight, first pool volume so that your dosing is more accurate, your pool is 16x32 how deep is it? At a 4' depth, your volume would be 15300 gallons. Before you can tweak the settings on your SWG to dispense the proper amount of chlorine, you need to get your CYA level...

I have a return in my vinyl over steel steps (though my steps are in the center of one of the short walls). While mine hasn't leaked (I haven't owned this house long, but the Pool Guy that was taking care of it when we bought it has been very honest about other issues with the pool and he took...

Not sure the clarifier was a good idea. The fact that you overdosed and got such dramatic results tells me some of your numbers are off somewhere and I think maybe multiple things contributed. When I calculate your pool volume I get 17200 gallons, it only makes about a 7.5% difference in...

I imagine if it's that difficult to find it's possibly banned there. There was a recent thread here from a poster in France and they said it was banned in that country. If you are fighting algae, I guess you could always allow your filter pressure to get slightly higher than normal before...

I like the skimmers on opposite walls, upper left, lower right but I would put each one closer to center, maybe not quite 1/3 of the way down each long wall. I would place the returns as follows for a good clockwise circulation that will flow past the skimmers well: 1 Far right of top long...

This is a perfect example as to why we don't rely on pool store testing. These results when compared to your previous from just 2 days ago show a drop in CYA, yet an increase in salt which I seriously doubt could have happened unless you partially drained your pool, refilled and added salt...

Just curious, when you say there will be 6' to the right of the step, does that mean the shallow end will be larger or will that put the transition incline in front of the steps?

Hey delrayser You're PB let you down on your start-up expectations, but we won't. Stick with us, how's the pool today? :testresults: FC CC pH TA CH CYA

Hey Mary :wave: great to see you back!!! I wondered what happened with your pool. YAY!! :goodjob: for perseverance, unfortunately many give up too soon and end up in a vicious cycle. You're in good hands with Marty, listen to his advice and he'll keep you on the right track.

I don't think you should add any chlorine tonight because you are only .5ppm below the minimum from what the PB added and the Start-Up Procedure (SUP) says not to add chlorine for the first 48 hours, so if that becomes an issue later the PB owns it. Your CYA isn't completely in the pool yet, but...

You might check out this thread starting at this point since they just finished filling yesterday and there is some good advice there. There seems to always be this warranty issue with who performs start-up. That being said, you now know that your PB is NOT planning on following that procedure...

First of all I think you need to keep everything in this thread right now as it will avoid getting conflicting advice. I will tell you all I know about plaster/pebble finish is what I've read on this forum. They usually advocate following the NPC Start-Up Card, I know you said your...

Just to be clear, you aren't putting any chlorine in tonight, right?

I take back what I said earlier about the hard part being over. ;-) How old are your children? If they're young...Get those cutie pies some Puddle Jumpers: https://www.amazon.com/Stearns-Puddl...00HN98OLI?th=1 Soooooooooooooo much better, safer and easier to use than the inflatable swimmies.

Did he leave you a brush/broom as you expected? If not you need to get one, brushing starts tomorrow.

Of course not.... we restrain them behind a fence. :wink: