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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    Okay, I added Stabilizer/Conditioner and the FC is holding thruout the day. That's the good news. The bad news is my water is getting cloudy. It was clear. After adding the stabilizer/conditioner it seems cloudy. FC is holding right around 3/4. I'm not sure what my CYA level is now as I...
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    I was just at Walmart and looked at the Stabilizer/Conditioner and almost bought some. But I didn't want to spend another $20 if I didn't have to. Guess I'll get some tomorrow.
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    I could be. The instructions are not very good. The tube was full and I could still see the dot. How do I raise the CYA. My chlorine is gone by the time I get home from work. The pool does get a full sun all day.
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    Test results as of 6:45 tonight. This is after adding PH minus around noon. PH 7.2 Chlorine .5 TH 160 TA 310 CYA 30+ I could still see the black dot on the bottom.
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    CYA levels are good according to the test strips. I picked up a 6 way drop kit last night. I'm not sure the brand..HTH I believe. I'll test everything later when I get home and let you know. I've read a bunch on Pool School. But it's a slew of info and hard to process it all. I went by the...
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    Chemical Question - new pool - Help

    We now have our 16 x 48 Intex Ultra Frame pool set up and filled. So two nights ago we started to tackle the water balancing. The PH was high so we added PH minus. That brought the PH down to 7.4. So then we shocked it let it sit overnight. In the morning the chlorine was 8-10. By the...
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    New pool

    Pool calculator says our pool should be 70-90+ is ours is at 280 via drop test.
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    New pool

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    New pool

    All is good..TA is alittle high but, the rest is good...Have some rocks popping up through some of the dirt..some bumpy in spots on the floor. Went over the whole area really good...cleared rocks with rake and by hand...hope the vinyl is tuff..just need 2 months..next year will get a larger...
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    New pool

    Inchish...off..no more..one square!
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    New pool

    Yeah..feel alot better about it, looks better..keeping at about an inch, no more!! Almost full. Not in that much pain either..
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    New pool

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    New pool

    I think we got it...10 hours of work today..sod cutter..lots of cutting, the area I cut out is alot larger than what was needed but, I wanted to get the area down to dirt and eye ball the best place with the least overall cutting.. ...and leveling..Filling right now, looks to be just about an...
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    New pool

    Think I might just get the sod cutter...looks like the easiest! https://plus.google.com/photos/10059428 ... banner=pwa put some pavers under the posts..the clay I have should keep the posts from settling to far down. Thanks for tips..I will keep ya posted!!
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    Attaching pictures on the forum

    [img ][/img ] Look for the IMG tab...tool bar top of reply window..you will get whats above, put your pic info in between the img]and the[/img
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    New pool

    will have to find something...powerful to dig..tried just for the past little bit..no go..with a shovel it will take a month :0 Found another spot..lumber and level for the most part looks good..just gonna put the pool there, see what a little water does...
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    New pool

    Did not need to do anything with the sod..dead...cut it low with the mower and then weed eated it to dirt..Had a neighbor have the stink problem...just threw his up over grass... Yeah, I did not like the way it looked, and did not want that thing to break loose..kids get hurt...posts, fence..Do...
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    New pool

    It is draining as we speak..try a couple other locations that still may not be perfect but, maybe at an inch instead of three...we will find out...again not much can be done with just manual tools to this ground..
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    New pool

    Might not happen...I could not dig a foot square into my ground right now..have some insane clay about 4-6 inches down that has had pole diggers working..Have to get professional eq. out here and at that point not gonna be saving much in $$..call a pool co. and call it a day...
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    New pool

    Yeah, watchin the girls swim in there, I see the back (heavy) poles moving....
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    New pool

    Have the 16x48 Intex pool. Knew it was not gonna be 100% level, turned out to be 2.5-3 inches..low on one side, drain slope off the house, I will get a pic up. Luckily the pump, drain is on the right side towards drainage not towards house and on the deep end. Of course about half of the post...