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Until this past weekend it's been horribly cold in the Chicago area, so we just now did our opening. The cover came off Saturday afternoon (unfortunately dumping a bunch of spiny seeds and algae into one end in the process) and we started filling. After taking a break overnight, the fill was...

We're looking at replacing our pool next spring, probably ordering from the pool factory. Will be a semi-inground install just like our current one. Does anyone have an installer they recommend that works in the Northwest Chicago Suburbs?

For about a month, my SWG kept my FC constant at a setting of 3/8, running for 4 hrs/day, with the cover on. On the weekends we left the cover off, and I turned it up to 4/8 and an 8 hour runtime to achieve the same result. Throughout this entire time, pH remained rock-steady at 7.6. However...

We just cancelled our summer trip, and have decided to use those funds to replace our pool. The liner is on its last legs, and all of the caps are rusted horribly. I sourced replacement caps last year, but to do all of them with the trim would come to like $2900, and I'm just not willing to...

I've been having a lot of trouble reading the pH comparator block on my K-1001, so I just picked up a Taylor 9056 and the requisite reagents. This indeed is MUCH easier to read. Since I have it, I've been playing around with the DPD test, and so far it seems fairly accurate. For example, this...

So I've been looking at going the SWCG route for a couple of years. With Chlorine being in shorter supply and Menard's likely not doing their BOGO sales this year (first one should have been last week), thinking this might be the year. No guarantees I can get the wife to go for it, but I'll...

This is my third year of TFP, and just like last year opened to clear water, with a little sediment on the bottom. Opening test after adding probably 5,000 gallons (11,000 gallons total) of water from the hose: FC: 1.5 CC: 0.5 pH: 7.2 TA: 50 CH: 100 CYA: <20 Started off by adding 2lbs...

After 4 years and numerous repairs (guide wheels and axles 2-3x per season, motor once or twice), our Aquabot Breeze XLS is finally dead dead. So I'm looking for a replacement, and I want something a lot better. I'm about halfway through the giant S200 owners thread post, but most of those...

First off, I just opened my pool and it looks great! First test with the TF-100 I bought this time last year looked good, though of course no chlorine and CYA a little low from being partially drained over the winter and refilled. Added 1 lb of dichlor and it's now perfect. As for testing...

Tomorrow morning I'm leaving town and won't be back until the afternoon of August 4th, or 16 days. Here were my numbers as of this morning: FC 2.0 CC 0.5 pH 7.5 TA 100 CH 125 CYA 30 I added about a quart of LC to bring me to 5, and threw 2.5 lbs of trichlor in a floater about 3 feet...

I decided to go TFP this season, so about 6 weeks ago when I opened my (relatively clean) pool and found CYA at 120, I did a 2/3 drain and refill, followed by a SLAM. That overall process took a bit over a week, got me to CYA 40, and things were great. Over the next few weeks, the weather was...

Thanks to help here, I'm well on my way to a TFP! I've got a handle on the daily tasks, but have a couple of vacations coming up: 1) For Memorial Day, we'll be gone from around noon on Friday until around the same time Monday 2) We'll be gone 2.5 weeks later in the summer Assume for the...

Decided to abandon the chemical roller-coaster and ordered my TF-100 this morning, but it won't be here until sometime next week. That said, the weather is supposed to be decent this weekend and I'd like to take the winter cover off and start prepping for open, which will hopefully be in about...