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    Do you drain your pool yearly if you are in Arizona or other super hot places?

    Just wondering, if you have a smaller pool, like a play pool, how often do you drain and "start over"? I don't recall it being too expensive for us to drain and fill our 12,400 gallon pool so........ Also.....in that same size pool, how long would it get to reach 100 CYA throwing pucks in? I...
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    CYA 100- need help with chlorine balance

    12,600 gallon pebble tec pool. Drained in April 2016 by pool guy. Pool guy serviced with pucks until October 2017. Then we decided to take care of it on our own but were clueless so used pucks. Fast forward to now, I have educated myself and got the Taylor kit, the good one. Anyhow, CYA is 100...
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    CYA off charts after draining pool April 2016!

    So, I joined a few years ago and moved but did buy a good kit, a Taylor kit. Big learning curve. Anyhow, life got in the way so when we moved in in April 2016 we had the pool drained and acid washed. 12,000 gallon pebble tec, by chosen pool guy. He continued to "maintain" the pool until Sept...
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    Irregular toy stuck in pool line-HELP!

    I am absolutely at a total loss, I need direction! I have an irregular shaped pool toy that has gotten caught between my skimmer and my pool pump, likely at one of those 90 degree angles. I cannot see it. I had a pool guy come out with the usual CO2 gas and it DID NOT WORK! We have tried...
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    Need Help with Water Analysis!

    I don't know what has happened to our pool in the past year or so but please help me figure out how I can make it safer for the rest of the season. I'm pretty sure I need to have it drained/start over! We added soda ash per Paddock instructions but the free chlorine is not coming down despite...