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Not that I am complaining at all, lol. I just find it really odd, when I see so many post about battling PH rise and such, especially with a SWG. Typically, I have to adjust my ph once a year, and that is usually to bring it up some after opening for the season. Otherwise, every single time I...

I ran the full arsenal of tests after getting my SWG installed and everything seemed good except CSI. According to TFP it's -(negative)1.50, and it says it should be -0.60-0.60. Do I need to get this adjusted? Results are a few days old. FC is up as is water temp now. FC 3 CC 0 PH 7.2 TA 40 CH...

Seriously considering switching to saltwater, if not this year then next. The price of chlorine is just outrageous as is the availability - last year every week was just a stress-filled "who has the bleach?" The only thing holding me back is the up-front price, we already have some debt to pay...

I've had my pool a few years but still not so sure what to do in freezing weather. It seems it is happening more frequently, and happened in February last year, too! I can't decide if I should drain my filter/pump and turn everything off, or gamble that my power will stay on. If it does go out...

Hello! Well, we replaced our liner a few months ago. With that came brand new water and everything had been crystal clear and perfect since then. I had been using liquid chlorine from Atwood’s, 10% specifically meant for pools. But they ran out, and the absolute only bleach I could get my hands...

We've had the house 3 years now so I am "use" to the spiders outback, but this year seems worse than EVER. Especially in the evenings. Went for a swim last night - and tonight - and was constantly swimming away from spiders and avoiding the edges because of spiders! Lots of them were full of...

I scheduled back in March but it wasn’t until today that we were able to get things moving. Every company in town is overbooked and we have over a month of constant downpour so everyone also got really behind. Which means i’m now finally getting my liner replaced in the middle of a heat wave...

I am replacing my liner soon. It's probably going to be some time in June, as all the companies are really backed up with covid delays, but we signed and put our deposit down today. In the meantime I am trying to come up with a plan to avoid the issue I've been having since I inherited the...

For the past few weeks I have been calling around trying to get some quotes on replacing my pool liner. Turns out in my small city there really aren't that many places that do it. The first company I called is already booked up into next year. The second company can get me in this year, but it...

I’ve only been living in this home for about 2 years now and the two winters were very mild besides a very few 20 degree nights. We keep the pool “open” though it is unused. We just put some bleach in it once a month and keep the leaves out. That’s what we did this year. Well, there is some...

This time of year the only chlorine I can get is in the form of bleach from the grocery store, and they've all moved to "concentrated" formulas.. the old 6.0% 121oz jugs are now 7.4% 81floz jugs. PoolMath does not have a selection for 81fl, and I am horrible at math. Unless I just don't see it...

We’ve had historic rainfall this month. A few days ago, we had an extremely heavy rainfall after a full week of nonstop rain... which lead to the side of my yard flooding, and a LOT of mud washing into the pool. I’ve had the filter going nonstop but it doesn’t look any better. I thought I...

I've had a problem with my pump since about the very end of the season last year and I have been trying to figure it out but I have no been successful. I am sure it is an air leak? But the symptoms have changed recently and I'm not sure anymore. So, at first, the pump basket wasn't holding...

I'm not in dire need yet, with the temperature still cold my pool is only needing bleach every few weeks. However, it's warming up, and there simply isn't any bleach due to the virus. Every store is wiped out, and to be honest, I am not going to keep going back in the next few weeks as this...

We did not winterize the pool because our winters are very mild the last several years. It was nearly 80 degrees last week. On the nights temps drop to 20s, which is rare, I just ran the pool pump. However, I forgot to do that last night, and woke up to a frozen pool. It is a pretty thin sheet...

Hi all, My pump has been great all summer and was just bought in April brand new. I’ve had a problem with it since Monday. We had a big wind storm the night before so I am not sure if that is related. My pump basket is running half full. When I first start the system it primes fine, and will...

Hi all, First of all i don’t take any credit for this discovery as it’s something I found on these forums while researching my iron issues. Unfortunately i’m having trouble finding the threads I had read as they were years old. I will include them later if I can find them again. So the best...

Despite my best efforts it seems there is an algae bloom or something going on with my pool. My chlorine demand is currently unmanageable and whatever is going on is consuming more bleach then my initial slam / inheritance of the pool! I do not think ammonia because my CYA has remained level...

I have been reading over and over the forums and just had a whole journey restoring my pool from a foreclosure home that we purchased (our first house!). You can see all of this on the thread here. I had never had a pool of any sort in my life, so this was all a crash course learning experience...

We just bought this home about 2 months ago and finally started addressing the pool this weekend. Neither hubby nor I know a thing about pools so we are learning as we go. Right now we have a swamp and I'm awaiting our test kit before I really start trying to get the water clean. Have been...

Hi! I found this place after seeing it highly suggested everywhere I've looked so I hope you guys can offer us some advice :) My fiance and I just purchased our first home. It's just what we wanted and it also had a pool, which we weren't looking for but always wanted. But, we have NO clue...