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Hello all! So we’ve had our pool for a bit and our liner just is probably a lost cause. Want to replace but was curious on a couple things from you pros! Here’s my questions: The pool originally came with whats called a beaded liner, which we helped install at the time. It was hard to...

It’s toward the top but dropped my water level down more than I’d like. Is there a patch we can buy?! A good brand recommendation so we can avoid draining the pool and replacing liner?

I took out my nasty pool ladder that was left in since fall, forgot that Algae builds up inside it. Anyways, took that out, I’m now passing the overnight loss test. (My refill TF kit came, yay! See results). Vacuuming daily and brushing for two or three days straight now. Pump running...

Can someone recommend a deck ladder that doesn’t allow algae to to build up? We originally had a regular ladder but put in a deck. When I pulled the old ladder out, there was so much algae INSIDE it, it was coming out brown! So I need a ladder to go with the new deck, but want...

I shocked last night and things are sparkly again this morning, butmy question is, how low does the chlorine need to be to be safe? Its currently 17.5 at the moment and it’s in the sun so I’m guessing will drop down a little since my CYA is only about 25. (Rounding to 30 I guess). But the...

I don’t get it. I was in Slam until my water turned clear. (Based on cya level but then bumped up even more because it wasn’t clearing)... Never let FC drop below recommended levels, and now it’s cloudy again! It never got below 7 after I was cleared from Slam. but I was in Slam for...

Hey guys. So I tried to search and didn’t find any answers. I used this Metal Out last year not knowingly and it DID seem to help my water get clear from the browing caused by chlorinating. But now that I’ve been reading on TFP, I wanted to check with the pros that it’s actually okay to...

I couldn’t find pictures of the difference. I’m just curious if the maple syrup filter I put on is working wonders, or the fact I bumped my FC up to 20 made the difference in my pool clearing so quickly. I was battling for over a week, and I did both at the same time. So I’m trying to...

Is there a chart or something to reference to make sure I have a large enough pool filter/pump for my pool? It seems burly, but my pool just isn’t clearing. I’ve been in Slam for over a week. Essentially filtering 24/7 besides when my generator runs out of gas for a few hours in the...

Please tell me there’s some tricks of the trade to get this to filter out faster?! I’ve been in slam for like 5-6 days! I’ve added a filter sock, some filter floss, some DE and still cloudy! I feel like there’s improvement but this is sooooooo slow! Any other thoughts of what works...

Hey guys, So I’ve never really thought about getting a automatic vacuum before, but the last two years I’m really thinking it would be nice. We just have a small pool, 18’ round and live in New England so open season is about June through August/ or mid September depending on the weather...

Hi everyone! So my pool started turning green so I figured I should shock and work on opening it for the season. I accidentally used the “10000” pool volume in pool math and started messing things up right from the start. Estimating it’s more like 8100/8600. ?. But I’ve got my...

Hey guys! Been ages since I've had a pool. We just had a small 18' AG pool. 52 inch wall installed here for the kids. We now have well water, and I know from the baby pools we had, chlorine turns our pool brown. I don't really remember what ORDER to add chemicals to this, and knowing that...

I just got my TF test kit today and here's what I came up with. FC 8 CC .5 TC 8.5 Ph- 6.8 (maybe even lower :( ) TA-60 (This one I wasn't sure about because it never really turned RED. So I redid the test and documented at 6 drops when it changed to a reddish/pinkish color from the green.)...

I've been looking for something I came across last summer and I don't know if it's stickied or not or even still around. Does anyone know where the post about "Breakpoint Chlorination" or something to that effect is? (maybe under a different name, that's just what comes to mind"

Hey guys, I'm gonna break down and cough up the money for one of those nice test kits. I have one question though. Is it easier to tell the results than say one of the walmart drop test kits? I can never really tell what color it falls under and I still don't feel confident as to what my...

Hey guys, I'm just opening my pool for this season and can't remember how many gallons I have... (this is only my second year) I just measured and it's a 24' round AG and although the depth changes I'm gessing average about 4 ft deep. (about 3 1/2 on the outside and about 4 1/2 in the middle)...

Hi there, Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but bleachcalc is telling me I need 3 litres of bleach to raise my pool 12 ppm. Does that sound correct if I'm at about 3 and my cya is at like 30? My pool is 14800 gallons. I'm using the big walmart 6% bottles of bleach ( 174 ounces) That would...

Hey guys, I found this kit on ebay, is it any good? The price is pretty reasonable if it is. Thanks! Mary~

I don't remember how to figure it out and cannot find it either. I have a 25' round AG - Average water level is about 4 feet. Thanks! Mary

My local grocery store has bleach on sale. They have two bottles of Ultra "Best Yet" brand on sale for 2.98. I think I should go buy a bunch of them up so I can have bleach for the remainder of the summer, What do you think?

Hi everyone, I am a new pool owner, this is my first year ever having one. I've been reading quite a bit on your posts and I must say that you have helped me learn alot about how to maintain my pool. ( I think I'm catching on...lol) I did have a question about vacuuming. If I just...