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I live in a heavily wooded area and have a pretty large pool. I also have 3 young kids, 2 of whom are now competent swimmers. Just between being busy and not having everyone in the household capable of swimming, we haven't opened the pool in over 4 years. I honestly wanted to get it filled in...

Jason, can you explain what's the "chemistry" behind needing the pH level to be appropriate prior to shocking? Just out of curiosity?

We're about to find out! NASTY! I guess that's what you get with a record setting unseasonably warm winter and a spring that starts off in the 80s and 90s. Pool was still quite clear when I peeked under the cover at the end of winter. I'm hoping that a long enough shocking will get it in...

I had my pool guys come to open the pool yesterday and I clearly have an electrical problem. Something is tripping a breaker so I've got an electrician coming this week to figure it out so I can get the equipment running. It seems like the likely culprit is a degraded wire outside, as you...

Bought a TF100 kit based on the site recommendation and am trying to clear up my pool. Also switched from pool store stuff to Costco bulk clorox to try BBB. Results so far. July 11th start FC 14.5 CC 0 pH 7.5 TA 220 CH 290 CYA 50 Tonight FC 21.5 CC 0 pH 7.6 TA 130 CHA 290 CYA 50 Got the...

I've been trying to get my pool under control using BBB and one of the problems is that we have a large amount of "stuff" at the deep end. The previous owner left a Polaris 360 that runs of a booster bump, but it takes a really long time and it's not getting up the fine stuff. The tail just...

We just moved into a new house that has an existing pool. I've been fighting with it based on pool store recommendations and am not having too much success. I tried a couple of the test kits they had but was not satisfied with the results or accuracy, so I found this site and ordered the...