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So we finally got our pool in. I have shocked it for 4 days and the water has gone from a cloudy root beer brown to crystal clear (rusty water oxidized by chlorine that my sand filter appears to have handled). I added about 100 pounds of salt less than is recommended tonight and got in the...

Pool store number 2 just did copper and iron. Copper .34 Iron 2.5 She said the copper number was negligible and I can handle the iron number by adding sequestrant as I fill. She said wait for a few days before adding chlorine. I should have had her test the alkalinity too I guess, but at...

I might have to get another test. There is another pool store pretty close. Linen mentioned in my aquipment thread that I may have to use sequestrant- it looks like he was right.

Just got back from the pool store. Here is what the kid who was on the phone the entire 20 minutes I was there wrote on the sticky note (verbatim). ph 7.8 alk 120 (TA?) hard 300 (CH?) copper .30 iron 2.80 I reran my numbers when I got home just for fun. ph 7.3 ta 370 ch 260 (I adjusted this...

Thanks Jason. I guess I don't have many options. I'll take them a sample and post their results.

I just re-ran the tests on water that was run through my whole house filter and softener (just for giggles). ph 7.2 ta 390 ch 240 Thanks. So the pool store can test for everything I would need to worry about? I thought I read some posts about people sending their water to the state testing...

My pool will not go in for another few weeks but I just got my tf100 and I wanted to see where things were at. Here are my numbers: This is well water and was probably at about 55 degrees. ph 7.2 ta 370 to 450 (at 370 I saw the first glimmer of red- it increased with every drop and was pretty...

Sweet- now I can fill out my sig line will all my cool new gadgets. Thanks for all the help guys, I think I have it all covered now..... ....just kidding- I'll be around to take advantage of your services as all my stuff starts to roll in.

Thanks Linen. I will wait to hear back from Mark on your suggestion. Secondly, just a note for posterity :D. While speaking with Radiant I mentioned the idea of insulating the bottom with 2" insulation and covering it will a gorilla pad mat to keep the edges of the pavers from puncturing the...

Thanks again. Looks like I will go with what I linked to.

I talked to the guy at Radiant. He said I can either tell the retailer to add another return or just do it myself. He also said in MN I can use rigid PVC above ground but need flex PVC in ground because of movement. I am assuming the returns should be close to opposite each other and it...

mas985, thank you. They have to have more than one return in that thing or I will have to get out the hole saw :D. I am more interested in getting the right stuff than skimming by. The up front costs don't bother me as much as the ongoing ones. So you are saying to get the dynamo and maybe...

It was a sta- rite 22" sand filter with a 2 hp pump. I am 99% certain it was an above ground model because we were talking about the pump being built in to the sand filter. I am buying my pool from them but not necessarily the equipment. Anyway, not sure if that helps or not, but I will post...

Linen-Thanks for all that information. I thought I had it mostly figured out from reading and online calculators- guess not. I will take a look at that thread and take a closer look at your post when I get time. I just started paying attention to flow rates. I am not sure what model. It...

Thanks again Linen. We have well water and high iron too. Water is plentiful but I wonder if letting small particles pass through would have any deleterious effects on other parts of the system. Are we at risk of unnecessarily taxing the the other equipment in the chain or having orange walls...

So I read Mcoonan and think- alright cart is the way to go. Then I read linen and think- yep sand is exactly how I thought it would be. :D. I have had filters for in house water treatment and I always neglected to change the filter. Now we have a whole house filter that backwashes itself and...

It is pretty clear you guys know a little bit about this stuff. Thanks for all the great info- I am very glad I asked. So far I have learned to- get a gas heater and see how it goes, plumb as straight as possible, stick with the SWG, get a 1 to 1.5 hp 2 speed pump on the biggest sand or...

Looking at http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/water_heating/index.cfm/mytopic=13180 to get a general idea it seems gas might be competitive with a heat pump depending on the up front cost of the unit. I guess I could also go with gas, see how it goes and bite the bullet on some solar...

Not really. I am using 80 as a benchmark. I grew up on a lake- we just jumped in and acclimated. My 6 year old is really skinny and gets cold very easily. I assume we try to keep it where he is happiest. This is what is so hard about this- going in blind. The pool store we visited last...

Thanks for the feedback BR. I will be sure to get a 2 speed no matter what. From what I have read I basically just want the biggest sand filter I can get, right? I might also consider a cartridge- I just want as low maintenance as possible. Linen- thanks. We in MN only have so much summer...

Thank you I am not buying their package, we are getting the integrated steps from radiant. He said their base package is a 1.5 hp pump. Is even that too much? If so I might as well just buy something else. What do you suggest and do you agree that sand is the best filtration if I am looking...

Several week reader, first time poster. We live in MN We are planning a 33' Radiant AGP with a deck surrounding about 1/2 of it. The pool is (52" deep) and we are burying it about 15" to 17" in the ground so it will be level with the house and deck. We are buying it from an online dealer...