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You mentioned that you have an above ground pool, but in another one of your threads you show a picture of an in-ground pool? If you are talking about pool safety fence that goes around the pool deck, then I can give you a recommendation as I recently (February 2014) had one installed in my...

I purchased some liquid chlorine from the pool store today and asked the clerk what % it was. He said it comes off the truck at 13%. When I look on the website this is what is listed--- Available in refillable 2.5 gallon containers Most affordable and effective chlorine type available...

For the Florida folks, Pinch-a-Penny has a coupon on their site that is good over the memorial day weekend for Buy One Get One Free for the 2.5 jug refills. That works out to 640 oz for about 5.65 or $0.084 an oz. Note this is only for the refill (the jugs are an additional cost if you don't...

Just to close out this issue I ran the CYA tests again yesterday, outside with sun to my back, and got 40. I then had my wife run it without telling her my result and she also go 40. As most above suggested the pool store employee was either in a rush or his lighting was playing tricks on him...

Thanks guys for the vote of confidence. Now if I had followed their advice I would have spent 30 bucks on stabilizer to add 7.8 lbs to my pool, using the pool math this would have raised my CYA to 90, yikes!!!

I did a full testing this morning around 6:30 a.m. and also pulled a sample to take to the pool store to test. All the numbers match up close enough except the CYA number (see picture attached, my results are written in pencil). I am getting a reading of 40 and the pool store got 0 :confused...

Thanks for the information and quick review.

Yes, that is correct. For back washing the filter, I do that when the pressure reaches in the "red" range on the pressure gauge, correct?

So when I backwash the water goes through the "backwash line" and travels somewhere? I am use to my old AGP and backwashing right into my yard with water coming right out of the filter?

Everyone has been helpful in working with me to get my water balanced that I decided to reward the group with a new challenge. Below are the pictures of my pool equipment pad, I am trying to get a general understanding of how the system works and which lines are for what, what valves do what...

I would be very interested in finding out how it works for you, as a brand new user, ease of setup, any hiccups---that would make a good post if you have the time.

Thanks Mark, the pool cleaner seems like it has made a lot of people happy on the board.

Jason, I see in your signature you went with a Dolphin, what made you go the robot route? Which Dolphin model do you have? Any regrets on going with the robot? - - - Updated - - - Thanks for the input---manually vacuuming is not that bad, just time consuming, in my opinion. When I had my...

I have read countless threads on the pros/cons, like/dislikes, benefits/drawback of the various type of cleaners and models available. Base on the article in pool school on cleaners and from the posts I have read my needs are suction side cleaner that utilizes skimmer port (no dedicated cleaner...

I am having some debris issues as the oak trees have just about finished dropping leaves and the new leaves are forming (lots of pollen and other debris). The pool is in a screen enclosure so it is not to bad, but still finding a lot of oak tree particle gunk along the tiles at the waterline...

Here is the follow up to the conversation we had going yesterday: Test Results @ 10:15pm FC = 3.5 CC = 0 pH = 7.5 to 7.8 TA = 100 CH = 310 CYA = 40 Richard suggested getting FC up to 10 and then running the OCLT---> added 288 oz of bleach at 10:40pm and let pump run---> @12:30am FC =...

OK, I can another OCLT tonight and see how that goes to make sure I did not goof up the test somehow. Should I bring up my FC before I do the test? or should I first do another full series of test and post results as Richard suggested to see where the numbers are at before running the OCLT again?

Correct, I am not at SLAM level, when I tested last night pH was between 7.8 and 8.2 (btw, is there any other way to test pH besides the basic OTO test kit i.e. red drops), not sure I trust my eyes sometimes on the comparison charts :confused: I will hold off on the TA as you suggested. The...

I took the advice given above and ran the OCLT last night. The results were positive as FC changed from 5.5 to 4.5 (10:30pm and 7:00 am) and I had no CCs present either time. I purchased the 31% muratic acid from the pool store and added 20 oz this morning to try to bring the pH down. Also...

Thanks, correct not SWG---I will read the article on DE. Where is a good place to get the muratic acid needed to lower the pH?

Hello all, We recently moved into a house with an in ground pool and I wanted some help with my test results and getting on the right track to crystal clear BBB water. I owned an above ground pool with SWG for the past two years and this site was key in me setting it up, maintaining it and...

Here is the review from a couple weeks ago: vinyl-freestanding-deck-review-t44482.html

Thanks for the responses. I will get my FC up with bleach and add some stabilizer to get up CYA, will wait to work on TA once I get those two in line. As far as I can tell the Intex SWG does not give any readings on salt level (only a code for low salt and high salt). I used a test strip to...

I did some testing tonight and wanted to post my results just to see if any of the experts can point me in the right direction. I used the pool calculator with my results and have an idea of what to do but trying to build some confidence based on feedback from the board. My main concern based...

I did the following today and got the results below (shown in comparison to yesterdays results). Added 87 ounces of bleach this morning. Ran the SWG for 3 hours. Squeezed sock with stabilzer near return until it was all dissolved. Total Hardness - 250 (CH = 2/3 x TH = 167) ---no change...

For now I am using the strips from a "not so good" kind. I have not ordered the good one yet, looking at the TF100.