Search results

I hope you folks can help me again. Here is the story. I replaced a 16 year old liner in my inground pool end of June 2019. About 2 or 3 weeks after the 24,000 gallons of new water was put in I noticed the steps and swim out were turning brown. Against my better judgment and probably most of...

I had my liner replaced end of June and obviously had all new water trucked in. About 3 weeks later I noticed my steps and swim out were turning brown. Using a magic eraser I was able to clean them with the exception of right at the water line. I added a small amount of ascorbic acid to the...

Not sure this is in the right forum but here goes. I have a 12 year old loop loc safety cover and some of the stitching is coming out of the straps so they are no longer attached to the cover in spots. There is also about a dime sized hole in one spot. I would like to get this repaired and am...

I have a manually chlorinated pool and TA -70, PH -7.5 and has been for a week. Question is since it is much easier to raise TA than lower it is there any reason other than PH buffering for me to raise it to the 100-120 recommended range. My PH seems to be holding fine with TA at 70.

I am going to remove a leaking tablet feeder from my pool plumbing (don't use it anyway). Currently there is a check valve between the feeder and the heater I assume to prevent high concentrations of chlorine from reaching the heater. My question is whether or not I need the check valve in...

Thanks to TFP!

What's the general rule, keep chlorine at current level then elevate some after party, elevate some before party, or business as usual regarding chlorine level?

Bought HTH brand CYA and noticed it has 96% CYA and 4% inert ingredients. Any reason not to use this? Can you buy 100% CYA.

Probably been asked before but what kind of sock should I be using to add granular CYA?

Have been using the BBB method for two years and it has been great, CYA was about 100 when I started BBB and this year I filled the whole tube and the dot is still there so it is less than 20. I have a chlorine pac left from two years ago I would love to get rid of, it is trichlor about 5 1/2...

Since I have been using the BBB method I have noticed my pressure really doesn't move. I know you are supposed to backwash when the pressure rises about 6psi above starting pressure. The question is should you backwash on any frequency if the pressure isn't going up? My pressure starts at...

Since I have been using the BBB method I have noticed my pressure really doesn't move. I know you are supposed to backwash when the pressure rises about 6psi above starting pressure. The question is should you backwash on any frequency if the pressure isn't going up? My pressure starts at...

O.K. pool has been open a week and here are the numbers. FC-8 CC-0 PH-7.4 TA-60 CYA-50 Borates-30 Should I be raising the TA some? Will adding more Borax do this?

I am sure this has been covered but here goes anyway. I will be closing the pool in the next couple of weeks (PB closes). I have to do it before the leaves start falling or it is a nightmare so the pool will probably still be 65 degrees or so. I used to use the winter Kit by Bioguard before I...

Pool store has a good deal on 12.5% "bleach", 10.99 for 4 gallons. I would like to stock up but do not know how long it will keep before it is say 10%. Apparently they usually only stock 10% but couldn't get it so got 12.5% and are selling it for the same price. They only have a few cases...

I wanted to do the loss test again just to make sure all was good. I checked my FC after sundown and had FC of 7 so I added 182 oz 6% which should have raised the FC to about 10.5 according to the pool calc. I checked an hour after adding and FC was at 10.5, perfect. I asked my wife to check...

Just curious what everyone uses to clean the vinyl liner, painted coping and plastic steps/swimout.

Is there any benefit or reason to treat the pool with a weekly dose of some kind of a algecide? Before starting the BBB method I always was told to add this product weekly.

I did this test a week ago when I first received the TF-100 and it was 190. The test worked just like the instructions said, went from green to red. I have tried this twice since and it starts green and then goes clear. I have added 25 drops and it stays clear. Any idea what I am doing...

Does FC drop faster when you are at high (shock) levels than when you are at normal (maintanence) levels?

We added this product to our pool this year after opening before I found this site. We had used it last year and it did give the water a "softer" feel. Is this product o.k. to use or will it cause other problems?

Twice today I have added the scoop of powder to the 10ml of pool water to perform the chlorine drop test and it has not changed color. I went and got a new sample the first time and a scoop changed color. The second time a new sample did not change anything so I added a second scoop and it...

I just received the TF100 test kit to try and figure out why I can't hold chlorine in my pool. I have a 24000 gal vinyl liner pool in MI. I do not trust the pool store anymore so decided to take the advice on this forumn and go it by myself. I have an inline chlorine dispenser but have...