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    Closing the pool for a Canadian winter

    Thanks to this forum we had a lovely summer of swimming this year, but the temperature is starting to plummet so I'm hoping to get the pool closed up this weekend. I have my chemicals and a print out of the closing procedures from here, but does anyone have any extra advice or know of anything...
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    Canadian Test Kits

    I did a quick search and see that this comes up every year or so, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend a test kit other than Taylor's, since I can't find any information on Apollo's still being in business and not one else seems to carry their products up here (even Amazon just has them...
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    Greetings from balmy Canada

    Hi everyone, I've been reading your site for the past 2 weeks and following your SLAM religiously for 1 1/2 of those, so I figured I should go ahead and sign up. I live in Southern Ontario (a few hours north of Toronto) and we generally have the pool open from late May-Mid October. We...
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    Raising Alkalinity

    So I've just finished the SLAM mentioned here on our pool (took about a week and a half) and I can see the liner pattern in the deep end for the first time since buying the house last year. :D Next, though, my PH and alkalinity are too low (PH 6.8, ALK 60) and I just opened the pail to discover...