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    Needing guidance on going without trichlor but maintaining chlorine

    Hello! Last November we drained our pool because of CYA at 160 and took over maintaining the pool ourselves. I have the Taylor 2006K test kit and have been taking care of it up to now by adding liquid chlorine a few times a week and using one trichlor tab a week. Now it is getting warmer here...
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    Freeze Mode

    I live in the Houston area and we don’t get many freezes but we have four days next week bringing freezing temps. Our freeze mode will keep the pumps on and water circulating from spa to pool but it doesn’t kick on the water feature and I’m wondering if it should. Do you also run the water...
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    Starting over

    We had really high CYA so we drained and refilled and got rid of the pool guy. I’ve been testing with my Taylor 2006K Kit this past month and maintaining it myself. Here are my test results from today. I’m unsure if I should just leave it as is or make some adjustments. 1. Should I increase...
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    Getting it Right on my own

    Hello! My pool guy has informed us he is raising rates understandably because of increases in prices for chemicals ($30 a month more) so we’re debating if we should begin taking care of it ourselves because we’re already questioning his methods. Occasionally we’ve had our pool tested at a local...