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We have had a lot of rain here in West Alabama. Did my full testing and my salt reading is 2600ppm, with a goal of 3000. According to Pool Calculator, I need to add 54 pounds of salt. Couple of questions. 1. I know I need to add salt specifically for pools, I read somewhere it was ok to use the...

Hello TFP friends. Here is a picture of our new pool surrounded by 25 of my husband's vintage Coleman Lanterns.

Pool was completed July 9th. Smooth sailing untiil today. Got home from work, and OMG, water is cloudy. Hubby says it came a pretty hard rain. When he went out to check pool, he noted the water cloudy then and water level high. He did a back wash. We have had several very hard rains in the last...

Hello, my pool was completed just at 2 weeks ago. I have been adjusting my SWG sanitizer output down. It has been at 60% for about a week, we had a party yesterday, lots of people in the pool. Today FC value is 12, so I have turned SWG down to 40%. ((FC had been trending down since startup of...

My Polaris 280 keeps sucking its little tail thingy up into the suction part. Any way to keep it from doing that?

Ok, pool was completed on Saturday and filled with water :-D . Sunday we had a very heavy rain. I added 180oz 6% bleach and used pole/skimmer to mix. PB was here yesterday, hooked up everything, all pumps and SWG going. He added salt, calcium and stabilizer. Completed his Pool School obligation...

Hello all. Pool build started Thursday. PB said we may be able to starting filling on Tuesday. I don't see it happening, but I'll be ready one way or another. So I have tested my fill water and obtained the following results: FC 1.5 CC 1 TC 2.5 TA 30 CH 50 CYA 0 pH 7.5 Pool will be 18x36 Sport...

My T-100 arrived today. Now I just need a pool. :-D Dig starts tomorrow. IG vinyl, 18x 36 sport pool with SWG. So maybe I'm putting the cart before the horse, but once pool gets built, filled and all up and running. When should I start testing to be sure all is OK? Our contract includes pool...

So excited! Official dig by PB starts Wednesday. Hubby planning to start digging up grass today. Grass to be transplanted to family land damaged by April 27th 2011 Tornado. Became a Lifetime Member of TFP yesterday. Now need to figure out how to order my test kit and get my discount. Setting up...

Ok, keep seeing "OTCL" but could not find it in Pool School abbreviations section. Probably going to feel really dumb when someone tells me what it means. :oops:

Calculating pool volume question Ok, so I know how important it is to know how many gallons my pool holds. I understand how to use my width, length and average depth to calculate? But how do I factor in the Grecian corners? Maybe I am getting way ahead of myself, pool not even started yet, but...

Hello, first post :-D . I have been reading and learning. So glad to have found you all! Plans right now are for an inground vinyl, 18 x 36 grecian, sport, 3.5 each shallow ends, 5' 6" in the middle. Cantilever coping, liner over stairs on one end, bench with jets on the other end. Dig to start...