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Even with a deck over it I still fear water will run under the pool. My retaining wall and sloping the ground away should do what I need it to do. I've got some spray cans of rubberized undercoating used for the underside on cars and trucks. I'm gonna wipe down the pool wall and spray it on...

But is it ok to put the stone and soil against the pool wall with nothing else on the pool wall? Will this cause the pool wall to rust over time? It's a mid grade pool. Not the cheapest sold but also not the most expensive. When I call the store I bought it from originally they told me I can't...

I think I've got a plan. I'll give the ground a bit of slope away from the pool to a trench with the drain pipe wrapped in gravel. Then take the drain pipe and trench to an exit point on the edge of my property. What can I put on the pool wall to separate the dirt from the wall? I've heard of...

I don't have any good pictures showing the ground slope in towards the pool. I've been very busy working to get the water out and away from the pool. The flooding rains we seen only a few days after the pool was installed was scary seeing that water up against my new pool. Happened 1 time and...

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I'll try to upload some images of what I've got going on. I see what you mean about the drain needing to take the water away once it flows downhill to the drain. I've spent alot of time trying to figure out how to go about it and I've got a plan now just gotta do the work. And it's alot of work...

I'm wondering if digging is necessary. When the pool was installed they basically dug out a bowl in my yard and placed my pool in the center of the bowl. I was thinking maybe just laying the drain pipe on top of the dirt opposed to digging a trench for it. Or will the French drain not do what...

So I've finally got around to landscaping around my 27' pool that was installed in July of this year. Throughout the summer I was adding a great deal of water. Expected to find a leak over the winter but the water level has stayed perfect since covering for the winter. I didn't want to put...

Funny you say that! Did a test last night for fun and my FC is at 9.5, CYA still around 65. Ph somewhere between 7.5 and 7.8 We had some rain and very little activity in the pool. I was told by the pool store chemical lady to skip the usual weekly shock and shock AFTER the party. Also I asked...

Thanks for the replies! I found a setup that will meet the requirements for the time being. We are having a pool party Sunday for my 5 year olds birthday. I'll try to upload a few pictures. I did go with a 14" gate closing spring from a big box store. Not happy with it though and will start a...

My return jet is pointing down so no noise is heard. I assume by pointing that up some and allowing some aeration my PH and TA levels would change?

Should i be concerned with my TA at 130? Im assuming this is why my PH level likes to creep up. However now that I have an accurate test result my PH being 7.5 seems near perfect. Water is still clear enough i can distinguish the individual squares on the floor of my liner from the deck.

Nice! Thank you! I should have a read into that a little more but I felt reasonably confident knowing whether i could see that dot or not. Until i actually had the test kit here in front of me. The pool stores number was 65 on the CYA last week and that seems pretty accurate from what my results...

It is brand new and I've monitoring what i thought was a leak from the 1st week it was installed. Adding water way too often from what i can tell. It rained for the first 3 days the pool was up so it hid the leak. Then took a couple of days to dry up. Then the heat wave began. So hot that the...

Not 100% sure on the plans for winter yet. I spoke with the pool store today about the suspected leak. If i do indeed have a leak a new liner will be going in next spring. Or whenever best for me. They will cover water replenishment and chemicals as well. Still havent managed to keep the kids...

So i got my test kit and love how simple it is. Tf100 should have got the speed stir though. Kicking myself over it. Anyways allow for room for error. 1st time tester here. Cl/br 5/10 Ph 7.5 Fc 5.5-6.0 CC 0 CH 275 TA 130 CYA...

I'm just gonna let it play out. No sneaking around or asking for explanation. I already know how that will go. Next question. I have a 6 feet wide set of stairs going from the higher level deck to the new deck that is against the pool. I have 2 3 feet wide gates on the stairs. I havent found a...

I'm enjoying the thread as much as anyone. You hit the nail on the head with the crazy internet people. I'll be more than studied up on TFP school and caring for the pool for when the symptoms arise. I may not get it 100% down pat but ill do my best. And your exactly right on the bleach the...

Good point. The pool holds water. It appears crystal clear. All is well and I have dark brown hair.

It's just frustrating knowing we are spending a ton of money to upkeep the pool and from what I'm seeing all over the forum gonna cause more problems than using the cheaper easier to upkeep methods.

Well let me ask this. If i test my water with the test kit coming will I instead be able to have her pickup the chemicals that are actually needed? Or here's kinda what I have in mind. I test the water. See whats out of balance. Use pool math and send her after what is needed. If i eliminate...

So how do pool store employees get trained up on this stuff? Your job is to sell chemicals regardless of what it does to the customers pool or what? Are ALL pool stores this way or is it specific stores?

Heres my thoughts as far as being sneaky. I'm not totally against that idea but I'm also wanting to do a couple of things with this. I almost want that i told you so moment when the hair is green etc. Sounds crazy but i was boiling mad when we had our discussion about the pool chemicals being...

Potassium Monopersulfate. Just found an empty packet near the bottom of the trash can.

We used the last of the non chlorine shock this week. So knowing the ingredients etc is unknown at this time. She's supposed to call the pool store we bought the pool from and ask what we've been using. Ill update you all on that as soon as possible. Let me see if i can find an empty packet but...

Another point i should add is that the pool store has me shocking the pool once a week. Chlorine shock one week. 3 pounds. The next week it will be non chlorine shock. The schedule they gave me has this listed for 4 weeks. Not sure if they want me to continue this way or change after the 4 weeks...

So calcium hardness is not anything that needs to be even monitored with my pool? And the water sample isnt good for testing after 90 minutes? I'm actually scared now to see a true test of where my pool stands as far as Ph and CYA.

Lol. My oldest son has bleach blonde hair. My wife is a cosmotologist. She literally colors hair every day. I wonder how she's gonna react to her own son having green hair? Maybe thats what it'll take to convince her the trips to the pool store are useless. - - - Updated - - - I just did my...

Finally found that latest pool store water test results paper. This was not from the pool store where the pool was purchased. I'm roughly an hour and a half away from there so purchases will be made closer to home. 7 lbs of calcium hardness and 3 lbs of Ph minus were what we took home and went...