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Thanks for the reply! I've never actually seen it low before, it's usually the other way around so I'll need to grab some more Borax in the morning

Update: got salt to 3100ppm, gonna leave it here for now. Tested PH and it was low today (6.7) after adding CYA yesterday so I added 3# of Borax and it's at 6.9 right now (I have a digital meter that measures salt and PH, it is always in agreement with the liquid test and seems to have a more...

Tested Chlorine last night, was at 7ppm, this morning 1.5 hours after sunrise was at 6 ppm. I believe even though I overslept the sunrise that's a pass. Just added 2 more bags of salt (was at 2600ppm) which should bring us up to around 3100ppm. Will check CYA later today it should be a little...

Awesome, thanks! On to CYA adjustments after lunch. Looks like we'll be swimable in just a couple days!

Got test results today, almost a day out,- of course it's raining fairly hard right now. FC is at 9 today after adding 3 gallons of liquid bleach yesterday (should have brought it up to around 15 at that time) but CYA is below the 30 I can read on the test, so that makes sense. Salt was...

Just opened today and am very pleased considering we have a leaf cover, and I expected a fair bit of debris to make it through. There was a bit on the steps, mostly because we have 2 anchor points for the cover that aren't installed yet because they need to go into pavers This was my first...

Thanks, cell wound up looking good, left it alone. Equipment is up and running, well at least the heater and pump run, waiting for SWG. Glad I hired out the opening because one of my only 1 year old GFI outlets was shot and needed replacing and some tiny little piece that's like a back up...

I've been reading for a couple weeks trying to see if I have the methods straight. 18kG SW vinyl pool. We have a guy coming to open, mostly because hooking up the heater and plumbing stuff is beyond me for year 1. Water still looks clear when I peek, but it's a leaf cover so I'm expecting some...

Just popping in to say hey to a fellow HV resident and to say that filter socks do wonders in May when the pollen settles over everything here like a blanket. Really helped us from having to constantly clear up the cartridge filter. We're supposed to open ours tomorrow (hiring out because I'm...

That's good to know, I think we started with it pretty low, probably 2 feet below the top (we have a 4.5 foot water depth all the way across so even keeping it above half full we can take out quite a bit) but it sounds like I may have just lucked out that it made it to spring without needing...

I know it's late to be asking this but I'm wondering if I was misunderstanding pool water levels over winter. Our inground pool has a safety leaf cover- the kind that allows water through. We live in NY where there is lots of rain/snow. When the pool was winterized the water level was lowered...

Hudson Valley, downstate

That's good to know, thanks! I imagine that will depend a lot on what the weather does. We were waiting for install to finish last year so didn't heat until 2nd week of May, took about 3 days to get to temp then without the solar cover.

I live in NY state. First year opening a pool that was installed last year. Heated in-ground pool and we hope to be using by early May. SWG. Here's the thing... we're on vacation from April 11th-23rd. Do I attempt to open the week before we leave so that I can SLAM and then have my house sitter...

I apologize in advance as this is probably asked a lot but we're first time pool owners and this site has been great help this Summer, but sadly it's time to say goodbye to the pool until Spring. We are hiring someone to help us winterize mostly because I don't want to fight the cover and mess...

I just saw this, but i recommend the PH/salt meter posted above, it lined up perfectly with my 4 drop tests and it's reassuring to be able to check one against the other

Okay, I tried the electric meter and it read 7.74 on the opposite side of the pool from returns, so I'm officially leaving it be for now

Ha! I actually own this exact one, maybe I'll give it a whirl to see how it lines up wiht my test block results. So far I've only used it for salt.

I've seen this picture here before- and I do use a bright white paper and stand outside or hold it up to my glass back door usually. I'm going to post a photo of what it looks like with 5 drops held in front of the backlit screen. When diluted to 4 drops it's almost the exact same shade as the...

I have a lot of trouble getting an accurate read on PH- the best I can tell it hovers right around 7.8. However when I add 5 drops to the container it doesn't match anything on the test block. When I asked about it previously here someone recommended I add 4 drops and see if that helped get a...

Thanks for the advice everyone! I think I'll go LC before the party, turn up the SWG a bit and then test after to see if I need to add more. I am optimistic because it's more adults than kids that there'll be less pee in the pool lol

I have a salt pool, 70 CYA and usually keep FC between 6 and 8... we're having a 4th of July party with about 25 people and since our pool is new it's never see that many people before. I've see it recommended to bump up FC before a party or heavy use, but by how much. Do I bring it to the top...

Yes for sure- like you said there seem to be 2 lengths so I'll need to determine which one we need. Thank again for all your help!

I just want to say I'm not trying to be contrary, I truly appreciate your help and time. The screws aren't cheap or easy to come by so I just really wanted to make sure I get the right ones, but I 100% hear what you're saying now. Do you have any insight about whether or not it's okay to...

I understand what you're saying now- that makes more sense to me.

I'm going to look tomorrow to see if I can find an identifying number/model on the light somewhere before I order screws- I'll report back