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Just an FYI...a few weeks ago I took 3 water samples to three Leslies stores in the area. I don't have the results anymore, but suffice to say that, for the most part, they differed wildly. That kicked off my Google search that led me here. I am now officially a liquid chlorine convert. I'd...

Kelsey, please relax and just follow these folks' advice. Look up the info here on test kits. Strips are horrendous, pool stores can be OK if you trust the person, but at the end of the day they want to sell you chemicals to stay in business. My best recommendation would be to find an...

I kid you not....in 1960 my dad took me down to the river, walked me down to the end of the dock, and said to me "do you see what those kids are doing?" I barely said "yes" when he grabbed me by the scruff and threw me into the water. I mimicked the other kids, and swam right back and climbed...

I just discovered that my local independent pool store 4 blocks from my house (they've been in bizness for 50 years) sells 12.5 pct liquid CL in 5 gallon carboys for 19 bucks. Essentially a wash pricewise with with Walmart's 8.25 at 3.64 per gallon, and I don't look silly checking out with...

Just my 2 cents...trust these folks. I found this site last week, been following their advice, and my pool's numbers have behaved EXACTLY the way they said they would. I had been following Leslie's numbers, which do not resemble TFP's, and woke up to a green pool in early July. Again...

Learn something new every day on this site. I used Green to Clean a month ago (before I found TFP) with a ton of chlor brite and I couldn't understand why my FC was 0-1. Never again. Oh yeah, after all that CB addition, my CYA hit 100.

Sorry, I'm new to TFP and didn't think to check the date of your OP. Sounds like you now know more than you've ever wanted to about building a pool!!!

+1 on the weir/skimmer thought. Algae loves to hide there, and surprisingly around and under my basket/tophat. I basically swim around the pool wearing my little scrubber mitt and get in all the nooks and crannies in my skimmer. Rest of the pool is spotless, but not there.

Had exactly the same problem early this month. Woke up one morning and the bottom was nearly covered. I had to chlorinate the heck out of the pool for a good week (this is before I found this website and knew what SLAM was--Leslies sold me a ton of stuff that fixed the problem, but at a...

Sorry, really bad terminology on my part. He is caulking, not grouting. These are the folks that did the rehab work on the pool, and are fantastic. Naturally I waited too long for them to re-caulk. I know I should have done it myself, but was just too lazy. My neighbor is going to repaint...

Re: Chlorine tablets Common complaint about the in-line chlorinator units. I found that silicone O-ring lubricant keeps things working nicely. Don't go overboard forcing it off, because you might not get it back on again...better to let the pucks dissolve and then just let the unit collect...

I live in Phoenixville Chester County....on a rainy day, give Callahan's Pool Plastering in West Chester a shout and hit them up for recommendations. They've been around forever, and are super nice people. They don't do construction, but I bet they're plugged in to do the finishing work for...

Warmer is good...in June. Not so good now!!! Say hello to my little friend (don't mind the lack of grout....contractor is coming early next week to install it if we can get two days without rain):

I will attempt to replace as much water as I can....we've been really wet here in PA and the water table is pretty high these days. I might have to make do until I drop the water in September. Funny how Leslies tested my CYA last week and came back with 50...and their guidelines say that 30-99...

Just got my 2006C test kit and did my test on my 36,000 gallon plaster pool. Water is crystal clear, but I noticed a little tiny spot of algae on the wall that was summarily brushed along with the rest of the pool. FC - 2.0 CC - 1.4 pH - 7.2 (2 drops base demand to get to 7.4) TA - 80 CH - 260...

Just went through this process myself....except that the pool literally turned on me overnight. Pool looked a bit cloudy to me the previous night, and then the next morning I looked out and ....bam...green algae all over the bottom. SLAM and brushing for a couple of days took care of it. I...

Thanks for the welcomes...will post my numbers and collect the info for my sig ASAP. And, BTW, dummy here meant to type "Lazy L" not "Lazy Z". It took a few days, but I killed that Algae dead and have vacuumed out its filthy white corpse and did a backwash (which I have been doing wrong--as...

Found TFP via Google, and after 30 minutes of perusing the advice, I had to sign up. You folks seriously know your stuff. I have owned my pool since I moved to this house 15 years ago. It's plaster, 50 years old and, at 36,000 gallons ("lazy Z" shape, 10 feet deep) is one of the largest...