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I wanted to thank everyone for the tips and advice. Just an update as I travel all week for work and just got back home late last night. On Saturday last week I added 26 lbs of baking soda to my pool. so this morning, I tested the water. I now have 70 TA, 3 FC, and 7.5 PH. So I'm figuring I...

No I don't have a heater and haven't used any algaecide this season or for that matter any season. Source of water was/is city water.

not cloudy at all. Clear green... and just a tint...

I added 13 lbs of Baking Soda yesterday and then tested this morning. The readings I get this morning are PH 6.8, FC 4, TA 60, CYA 50. But I am concerned because my pool before adding the Baking Soda was chrystal clear. Now this morning, since adding baking soda, the pool at the deep end from...

Oh sorry, CYA I believe it around 50

Thanks Much appreciated!

I'm sorry, just one more question on the baking soda. Do I mix it in a bucket before pouring it in front of a return or just sprinkle it in front of return dry?

Ok, thanks it must not be zero then, cause nobody has melted yet:-) I'll go out and pick up a drop based kit to test TA and pH and get 20 Lbs or so of Baking Soda to start the process of getting the TA up. I will definitely purchase the TF-100. From what I'm reading on TroubleFree Pools, I...

Thanks for the replies. Before last year I never actually tested my pool. The pool has been operational for about 25 years (first liner lasted 22 years and replaced the liner 3 years ago). I only started testing it and not very often 2 years ago. I've been using test strips but will now purchase...

Hello, I run my Filter/ pump over night, every night. With Automatic Heyward Clorinator. In the morning when I test these are the readings I have: 0 total Alkalinity, 6.2 PH, 2 PPM Free Chlorine. When I test 2 to 3 hours later, TA and PH readings are the same, but FC then shows 0. From my...

Hi All, Just an update and thanks for the previous answers... I was able to drain the pool. I then cut the liner at the bottom of the walls and I used 1/4" X 8' strips of wood screwed into the walls with self tapping screws to re-attach the bottom of the liner to the walls so that water...

Thanks for replying JasonLion! My thinking would have been that aluminum would have been more durable than plastic, so, I'm wrong in assuming that. I was thinking that plastic over the years would have a tendancy to get brittle and possibly crack or break. So, probably the best way to go would...

Hello All, A quick question... With a new liner installation, I also need to replace the coping as some of the original coping is broken and missing. The guy who is installing the liner was going to replace the coping with a vertical plastic coping and include it in the price of the liner...

Hi Ted, My pool is 18 X 36 inground with what I think is considered the "Old style hopper". Around 8' at the deep end. If I use a garden hose and city water, I shouldn't get any metal when filling, correct? When you say "If you have any sort of metals in y0ur fill water, it would probably be...

Thanks for taking the time to answer, Dave. I am on city water so the garden hose should work out well for me then. I was unsure from talking to both installers with both ideas about water on which way to go... I'm glad I found this forum and you guys have been great! I will post with how my...

Thanks Ted, sorry it's taken me a few days to get back as I travel quite a bit for work... I appreciate the information. The guy I had talked to had mentioned taking the liner out of the coping and putting it back in like you said. I just don't think that I'd be able to get the liner back into...

I have a inground pool that's about 30 years old. When I bought my house the pool was there but was empty, liner torn up very bad and galvanized walls were caving in in some spots. I dug out the spots that were caved in and straightened the walls. A fair amount of the wall panels were rusting...