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Casey, that's what baffled me. 2 summers ago when I first did this, my slam took forever, not to mention upwards of 40 gallons of bleach. Closing went fine. When I opened last year, it was beautiful. 2 hours and it looked ready to swim, although it was only 54 degrees. I don't think I did...

when I tested today and got FC 14.5 my CC was still 0. Is that normal?

Signature updated. Uncovering 5/16. After an initial sweeping and scrub on 5/17

My IGP actually has a vinyl liner. I replaced it a few years ago, plywood walls and sand bottom. Don't know much about pool construction, but I was dumbfounded. : ). Started the slam at 7 am. poolmath said 292 oz. of 10% bleach. I did the mental math (3-96 oz. bottles and I'll be good.)...

Rural King has 4 gallons of 10 % for $ 6.99 through the end of the month. That's $ 1.75 a gallon.

Uncovered the pool today and saw the worst green algae in my pool. Unfortunately, my opening was interrupted by taking my son to the ER and then to my daughters awards banquet. So, here I sit at 10:40 pm testing pool water. Here are my initial numbers FC 0 CC 0 TA 40 CH 50 pH between 7.2 and...

Well, since the rest of you seem to be on the same boring page:sleep::sleep:. I guess I'll go with pooldv and make it more interesting :D Just kidding, thanks for confirming my thoughts.

Backstory, I was getting sand in my pool. My assumption was that I had a broken lateral. I did the research and ordered 5 laterals off of ebay. When they showed up yesterday, I took the filter apart and only one of the laterals was still attached to the piping assembly. Therefore, I have six...

I didn't have to replumb, just put my backwash hose in the pool. I am getting sand. Especially when the filter turns on. When I vac it up, it comes right back into pool.

I am assuming that I damaged at least one of my laterals last summer when I was cleaning my sand filter. Because of this, I have gone through 2 spider gaskets in my multiport valve. I am now getting water leaking out my waste line. I am assuming this is clean water because the port is set to...

Not sure if anyone is reading this anymore, but quick question. The first day, I overshot my mark in the bleach department. It went up to twelve. That was Friday night. Checked it again on Saturday morning, it was at 11. Left for the weekend. Came back Sunday night and tested, it was at 8...

There is where you lost me. Not an electrician by any means. If you put your swg on a timer, won't it reset everytime it powers off?

How often do you run the polaris? They had one when I moved in, but everytime I used it, it got stuck in deep end.

Stay the course. It will come to an end. It took me almost 80 gallons last year. I opened today and things are awesome. http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/92645-TFPC-Method-Season-2-opening-I-m-officially-sold

Well guys as the title says, I am now sold on this method. I have to admit I was a skeptic last year after going through an entire tf-100 kit and about 80 gallons of bleach trying to complete my first SLAM. I literally took my cover off at 4 pm today, about 3 hours ago and after 1 vac to...

I used the tfp method for the first time last year. I actually enjoy the daily testing, BUT...we have a couple of extended vacations planned this year and am looking to simplify things for the "caretaker" knowing they live half and hour away and will not be there daily. Besides, I've thought...

My pH changes very little. In fact, this was only the 2nd time I've added MA all season. Last time was probably end of July.

Switching to bleach has been interesting to say the least. It truly tested my patience with my first slam. I believe it took me 60 gallons of bleach before it came to an end. Now that it is closing time, actually a month past closing time. I made a mistake. I was going to take my pool to...

With a CC of 1, I don't think you can expect to pass tonight. Did my first slam this spring. 3 weeks..ugh. Patience is key.

Starting to get used to the process. Today's numbers FC 7 CC0 CH 125 TA 160 pH 7.6 ish? CYA 70 Water Temp. 82 Should I be concerned with the TA number and rising pH? Thanks

I honestly didn't confirm the slam was finished with a test. My last OCLT was 2 and I ran out of reagents. I continued to keep the levels up that day(by guessing), then began the drift the next morning. That was last Thursday. When I got my reagents on Monday, my FC was at 11. It was a...

Latest numbers FC 8.5 CC 0 CH 125 TA 140 pH 7.2 CYA 70 Pool Math says I would need to replace 43% of my water to get down to a CYA of 40. Currently CYA chart says target FC is 8 versus 5. I know I can only test FC using FAS/DPD. Any thoughts?

Having my pool at slam level for going on 3 weeks, am I harming my vinyl liner?

Still slaming, brushing, vacuuming, backswashing, chemically cleaning sand, and refilling my pool(twice, from backwashing). After 85 Gallons of bleach, still have an OCLT of 3. Could it be in my lines? And bought a Tf-100 and 2 xl kits(ordering 2nd one today.)

Suzie, I'm in the same boat as you. I was down to an OCLT of 3 for 3 nights in a row. Now I'm at 5-6 for the past week. This is my first year of trying this and I've about had it.

Decided to do a chemical clean on the filter sand this weekend. After backwashing, I tried to turn my multiport valve and it was jammed with sand that had gotten into the pool. Long story short, pool basically sat idle from about 10 am Sat. through 8 pm. Sunday. I checked the FC and it was 9...

Same with me. I need pictures. :(

I just got done reading the post about deep cleaning your filter sand. http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/73192-Deep-Cleaning-a-Sand-Filter From the videos, the sand shown in the filter is much finer(looks like play sand) than the pool filter sand at the store(or what is in my filter)...

I drained my filter last night, took the head off to take a look. I scraped about an 1/8 to 1/4 layer of oily gunk off the top of the sand. I dug around in it to feel for any larger clumps. Made the mistake of letting the pump fill the filter back up. Should have used a hose. Ended up with...

It was mentioned very early on. Thought that it was solved. At one point my OCLT was down to 3. Now it's closer to 10. Water looks great, pool is clean. Brushed and vac'd everyday.