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As I have the past few years, I started seeing stains from the returns on the liner as temps come up. In the past three years I’ve just bought a bottle of vitamin C and stuffed them in a sponge that had a slit cut into it. This year I bought a bottle of powdered ascorbic acid. Following the...

After the recent liner replacement, refill, and balancing the water looks great and feels great. However a month into the pool being open I am noticing a grayish film on the stairs and skimmer trim. I'm wondering what this might be other than sunscreen or body oils, but the swimmer load has...

After 10 years, four of which were owned by me, it was time for a liner replacement. The original liner was still holding fine, it was the track that holds it in which had failed due to poor installation practices by the original builder. They used standard screws to hold the track in versus...

My local Winn-Dixie store has Aqua-Chem stabilizer on clearance for $7.49 for a 3 lb. jug. Obviously your results may vary, but it might be worth checking out.

A couple of weeks into the new to me pool, water is clear, chemistry is right, now to figure things out. I have noticed that the skimmers don't do a great job of skimming. If there is a good wind storm, and the pine needles and palms attack the pool, they will congregate in the skimmers, but...

This week I closed on my new pool with a house that we will sleep in. I've never maintained a pool, but I've been reading the forums/Pool School and decided that I even as a noob, will be able to handle it! I ordered my TF-100, received it after two days and attempted my first measurements...