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Hey all, been a while since I was last here - which is a testament to all the invaluable advice and information available here!! A brief history: Based in NC Gunite pool - about 18-20k gallons (an odd shape) TA around 80 CYA around 45/50 CH around 325 TC around 3.5/4ppm (I use liquid chlorine)...

SWG is definitely on my radar - been looking at the Circupool Core55 - anyone have any experience with this? Also I am not the most DIY guy when it comes to installing things like this .........what do you reckon a pool service will charge me to plumb it in?

Just wanted to throw this out there, does anyone else have issues with earth worms in their pool? - I seem to dredge at least 3 or 4 a day out

small update from me - bought a pump, and did the 'no drain water exchange' - CYA now showing at somewhere between 60 and 70 ,.......so still a tiny weeny bit high - but manageable? been tinkering with Muriatic and liquid chlorine this week - PH now about 7.6, FC is at 5 no CC and clear -...

ok - so a quote of 1700 dollars is not going to fly!! - so I will attempt to tackle it myself. Having read a little about the procdure - it seems to imply that you do it all in 'one hit. This is going to be very difficult in reality - so is it possible to do it in say 3 or 4 chunks?

Thanks for the feedback all - will see what the water guys charges and policies (re liabilities) are this weekend - but will have a go at the no drain exchange thing myself I think ....although just on a quick and dirty calculation (household tap about 10 gallons per minute) - will take 17 hours...

hey guys - just an update from me I did another CYA test (this time diluted as suggested - so 7.5ml of pool water + 7.5ml of tap water + 15ml of solution) I did four separate tests and had my daughter 'check my working'. On each pass it showed between 45 and 50, so i think my actual CYA to be...

HI again all - received my TF 100 pro kit yesterday (which is properly well done btw) and I have my first readings!! I hope you can cast your expert eyes over the below - and tell me if I have things right Ok - so let's start with the (what I know already) is the bad CYA the test itself took...

Hi all, pretty new to all this pool maintenance (after my pool guy disappeared a few weeks back) - and I have questions!! So the history is - we bought a house in Charlotte NC last year with an in ground gunite pool, which I believe is around 20k gallons (actually there’s my first Q - how on...

Hi Maddie - thanks for the Welcome! We are in Marvin - so not far from your bro at all!

HI all - my name is Peter, I am glad to have found this place as it looks like an amazing resource! We relocated at the start of last year from dreary old London England to warm and sunny Charlotte NC! So far, no regrets at all! The house we bought last year came with an inground pool. Its...