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So I am in the process of SLAM'ing our pool. IN 48 hours I have used about 15gallons of bleach. After 3-4 hours the pool chlorine (which is clear, blue, can easily see to the bottom, just was getting algae on the walls and vacuum) goes from 24 to 12-15. Is it normal to go through this much...

We are struggling with yellow algae. This happens EVERY summer and is the bane of my existence. Currently our pool numbers are as follows: Chlorine - 6.5 pH- 7.6 CYA - 60 VSP runs 9-10 hours a day right now, as we are in PHX and its over 100 degrees. Our pool is 14062gal gunnite, in ground...

Hello all! I just recently drained and refilled our pool due to a CYA level in the 150-200 range. After doing this, I have been checking chemicals daily. Yesterday my FC was at 0, as it is today! I am using the TFP calculator and it told me to add 110 oz bleach, which I do, but then by the...

Hello all! We finished building our pool back in December. All was well and good, testing once a week with the pool builder given test kit. I would add a bit of muriatic acid once a week and 3 tabs once a week. Well summer hit and things got real. We live in AZ, so pool started getting used...

Hello All- When we chose our grout color our PB suggested going with a grout that matches the tile (blue). I am hesitant to use blue grout, that sounds scary! I thought a beige, which matches the browns in the tile and the ledgestone would look nicer. What did everyone else do??

Hello all, After checking out and reading posts on this fabulous forum, I've decided to finally register! We are in the process of having a pool built here in sunny Phoenix!! We signed the ppwk on September 30th and are well underway with our first pool build! Our pool will be approximately...