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Hello my TFP experts, I'm in Maryland (Mid Atlantic), its less than a week before Thanksgiving, and my pool is still open. "Why?" you ask "would you still have your pool open?" That's a great question! It's not because of lack of desire or laziness, I assure you. I normally start the closing...

Guys, I'm losing my mind with this pool. I've scoured all the threads on this topic here and in other forums. I've tried every "remedy" I could find, and yet, here I am, dumping gallons of acid in at a time only to come back a few days later to pH > 8.0. I've always felt I was very diligent with...

Hello all, Just this season we converted to SWCG from TriChlor tabs (thank goodness). Our CYA was way too high at the end of last season so I drained it and had new water brought in so I started from a blank slate in order to get the water balanced. My question is, does adding CaCl raise pH...

Hey all, According to Taylor, ideal CH is 200-400. PS and PMath lists ideal as 350-550. I’m curious as to why the difference, and could the fact that mine is not in PS ideal range be why I’m seeing scaling... We had our plaster pool resurfaced 2 years ago. I’m noticing a bright white scale...

Hello all, The quick and short of it... TFP and PoolMath app recommend a TA between 70-90. However, I went to the pool store today and had a test done, just for the heck of it. They are recommending a TA of 125-150. Why such a drastic difference, and what should I follow? The longer story...

Hi all. When opening the pool this year we had planned on draining and refilling the water. After 2 years of troubled algae, I determined that our CYA was off the charts, rendering our chlorine almost worthless. Anywho, when we drained it, this spring I noticed troubling plaster issues and we...

Hello all - I'm getting prepped for the upcoming pool season, and I'm in need of replacing our solar cover. I have a question though for all of you experts... We have an odd shaped pool. It is a rectangle and oval in one, with a love seat extending out to one side. The cover I purchased...

Hello all, first post here. I've used this forum many times for tips on how to run a trouble free pool! We bought this home 4 years ago with the pool... in ground gunite. It is an odd hybrid shape where it is oval on ends, but has 4 interior corners, as well as a love seat that makes a total of...