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We're in the process of opening our pool that had a poor closing last fall. It's no longer green thankfully but VERY cloudy. I'm following the TFP SLAM method and watching my numbers with my taylor test kit. My husband thought he'd be helpful and put a few packets of shock that he found in the...

We had an unfortunate fall/winter where the pool equipment didn’t get brought in as planned. We live in the Seattle area so it doesn’t freeze for a long time but at one point had 1 to 2 inches of ice on our above ground pool. Our freezes don’t last long, but we did get some pretty decent ones. I...

I’m not sure what’s wrong with our filter/pump system. The water fills in the preliminary basket and then rushes out with no suction. We have very little return pressure. (I took a video, but it isn’t supported to upload within The forum, hopefully you can view them here: Pool issues ) I’ve done...

In my excitement to get the pool opened and get the SLAM started (last week) so my kids could swim with friends at the end of this week (the water was nearly clear, I deep cleaned the sand filter, and there was very little debris) I jumped the gun on the CYA and added it BEFORE finishing the...

I watched the video for how to deep clean the sand filter. It DEFINITELY needed it but in the process of cleaning it, the center tube that attaches to the laterals made its way to the top. Now what!? Do I have to empty to get it to the bottom again? I tried shimmying it down and only got about...

I could cry right now....but it won't do any good so I'm hoping asking for advice in this forum might help. We just got the pool up yesterday and started filling it. It's an older Intex pool that we bought a new liner for. The old pool had holes, which was why we bought the new liner. We got it...

It's been two years since we had a pool and I LOVED TFP and all I learned from it. I'm back with a new set up and trying to find the "how to open your pool" links. I remember there being a specific order of operations, what to test when, what to add when, etc. The pool is currently filling...

We have pretty nice ground underneath with small pebbles and compact dirt after removing all the sod. There are random little roots here and there but the grass is gone. We gave up the idea of sand, gorilla pad and tarp (which was going to help with leveling out the pebbles) and we are going...

We moved our pool location this year and I'm trying to slow my husband down and encourage him to do it "right" this time :). It was simply on a tarp and the grass the last two years, so we've used a sod cutter and removed all the grass, used a 2x4 with a level to take down the high spots. We're...

We started with a an above-ground pond a month ago and we have the most beautiful oasis now. Thank you TFP!!!!:kim: I've been testing my water every morning (with a few exceptions!) and for the most part everything seems to be maintaining - even after a couple of kid-filled pool parties. But...

Last night we finally passed the OCLT. (we probably did the night before but it was my first time doing it so I made sure we passed a 2nd night) The numbers reflect that my kids played in the pool today and we had awesome sunshine all day on the pool - we're in the PNW so this is a big deal! :)...

I've been calling around trying to find more R-0871 to complete our SLAM. Most people who answer the phone have no idea what I'm talking about. On one particular call I was connected with their pool maintenance manager, because she couldn't understand what I was asking for and he must know. He...

I just went into a local pool store and tried to get more reagents for my Taylor kit. (My first visit to a pool store) The gal had no idea what I was talking about!! She said I must have an old kit with old numbers because they dont have reagents with those numbers. Huh? She had to call their...

7am, FC was zero and we're ready to SLAM. Blue water but super cloudy. Pool math calc said to add 442oz of 6% bleach to reach a SLAM level of 28. (CYA was 70, SWG) I added 2 186oz jugs plus half of another - approx 450oz. 8:45am checked FC and it took 135 DROPS = 67.5!!! (used 25ml for test...

My husband wanted to be helpful last fall and did what he could to help me get the pool closed for the winter. I had done all the research up to that point (brand new SWG pool, so huge learning curve!) and was too overwhelmed with the start of school to research how to do a proper closing so I...

So we are still trying to get our "too good to be true" Craigslist money pit pool (LOL!) up and running - kinda late in the summer but oh well. It's just a backyard pool that we'll probably only get to use 6 weeks this summer, maybe 7 if we're lucky. We're in the Seattle area so September...