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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    Thankyou everyone for you tips and help. After a week of testing and balancing, scrubbing and vacuuming, and a step learning curve the pool has achieved homeostasis. With a minor addition of about 20 -30oz of 6% a day I've achieved the following. ========================================== Home...
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    So an update. After alot of chlorine, brushing , and fighting with me DE filter we have achieved the following test results ========================================== Home ------------------------------------------ Build Type: Vinyl Volume: 17234...
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    It's the first thing the test kit suggests.... so that's what I did. Lol
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    Weird. I swear I added my signature day 1. Hold on.lol
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    Should I add the soda ash straight to the skimmer? I ask because I have a DE filter and dont know if that matters. Lol
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    Merged threads -- TFP Mod. Ok. After a few days skimming brushing filtering ad bleaching I think its time for a SLAM. Test results are as follows ========================================== Home ------------------------------------------ Build Type: Vinyl Volume: 17234 gallons...
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    Ok. After a few days skimming brushing filtering ad bleaching I think its time for a SLAM. Test results are as follows ========================================== Home ------------------------------------------ Build Type: Vinyl Volume: 17234 gallons...
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    So its opening day! Still amazed at how clear this thing is. The company that opened it said that the clarity is due to the high quality solid safety cover it has. Found some minor repairs needed. The bolts for the railing are stripping, the pressure gauge for the DE filter is leaking due to...
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    Thanks everybody! Yeh I should know better than to use that glass jar, but it was handy and had a tight lid so I could take a water sample to go. Lol. In the future absolutely no glass for sure. Solo cups by the keg will do nicely. ?
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    1st time pool, new home, long time closed IG pool, Surprising find!

    Hello All, First time IG pool owner. Just purchased a new home with a 16x32 rectangle, 3ft shallow 6ft deep. Pool was closed for 3 years! (it was professionally closed) no filtering, no chemicals, winter cover never removed. I was ready to find my very own black lagoon. So I peek into the...
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