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I'm sure that this is covered elsewhere - and I have searched a bit to find a straight ahead discussion - but .... still a bit in the dark I was about to stock up on bleach prior to Covid and failed to act quickly enough. I've balanced w/ bleach for years and years Was able to get two large...

Had these stains on my steps last year as well - pretty mild, but, I want them gone Have no recollection as to what product I used last year - totally escapes my mind Got the Jack's as shown above and have no problem meeting all the recommended parameters - except - I just raised my TA - it was...

Trying to upload photos from phone - hope they did Timer is "ticking" but not turning gears so not functioning to turn dial and turn pool on and off Any ideas short of call to electrician ? I can balance my water but that's where my know how of pool maint pretty much ends

quick and easy question I've been a TFPC man for 2 years now and assisting a friend with his new pool at a recently purchased home. it is a SWG pool - mine is not He had his liner replaced in the spring and has basically done "nothing" with respect to balancing water up until now - when algae...

TF100 user here for the past 2 years Had a recent bout w heavy thunderstorms that really bottomed out my TA - and after raising and retesting , got a wild hair and decided to check my CH for the FIRST time ever I have a 20k gallon vinyl with a new liner about 2 yrs old - been steady TFPC since...

My FC has been staying above 5 and I've been only losing around 2ppm per day so far this season - adding 2ppm nightly. Had first big pool party last weekend and everything stayed just fine - crystal clear and no major FC or pH changes Well- measured FC last night and it was oddly thru the roof -...

Just visited the local pool store I used to frequent almost weekly during swim season until I discovered TFP.com last year I had to pick up some Metal Magic. Had been over a year since my last visit to the store. They had installed brand new fancy automatic sliding doors and granite...

Having trouble locating a definitive "iron staining" treatment thread or area on "pool school" I have diagnosed the yellow staining on my pool steps as iron and am looking to treat and have found several threads addressing this in a number of different fashions. Any guidance to an appropriate...

Posted a couple of weeks ago about going ahead w/ borate (borax) addition Added enough per pool math to bring borates to 50ppm (although I have yet to test for specific levels) Well, a few days post addition I have noticed that my chlorine demand has dropped pretty dramatically. Enough so that...

Have some time tomorrow to start adding borates. Have the Borax and MA enough to get a little better than half way to 50 Won't have a chance to get more borax/MA until next week and wondering if I should just wait and do all at once? I imagine the answer is probably to just wait, however, as...

pH 7.5 CYA 50 FC maintained between 4 and 7 TA 80 CC Zero I have been noticing a "chlorine" (for lack of a better word) smell around my pool lately - but, only in the morning. Only noticed this within the past couple of weeks It's not overwhelming, but it is there At first, I was worried that...

I have been maintaining my FC between 4 and 7 (20K gallons, CYA 50) I add bleach at night after testing and shoot to raise to somewhere between 6 and 7 and have been steady seeing that FC has maintained nicely, not dropping below 4 even on sunny days. My question is, are most here using the...

Been using TFPC with my pool for a few months now and have great results pH 7.5 TC maintained between 4 and 8 CC zero CYA 50 TA 80 Manually vacuum 2X weekly minimum and brush every other evening upon addition of that evening's bleach Have been noticing dirty areas in a few consistent spots...

My pH tends to stay a bit on the "high" side of normal range. Typically hovers around 7.8 - possibly a BIT lower, as I'm not the best with reading the pink color gradation on the TF100 kit for some reason. I have been concerned about it sneaking higher than 7.8, so, I have attempted to lower...

Posted a photo of my pool in another thread to see if I was able to successfully upload photos - and I was! - so, gonna go with my question with regards to why I took the photo in the first place In the photo, the far wall tends to stay in the shade for the majority of the day - the wall itself...

Forgive the basic question. Presently CYA 50 (may be slightly lower) TA 100 pH 7.5 FC 7 - tested this morning at dawn CC 0 - every now and again will turn slightly pink w 003 - but, subsequent tests don't turn - so, could be 0.5 Water looks beautiful and clear (!) Depending on the day's...

New pool built in the fall of last year that I pass on my way to work daily. Intermittently over the fall/winter months I would notice this thing pop up and stay for a few days and then be gone. It's been there steady for a couple of weeks now. Just curious what in the world it is??

Pretty sure that the answer is to SLAM - however, having not had to do so myself I am not 100% sure I have been using TFPC for a bit now with great results The following are the Taylor 100 results of a friends pool She indicated that she had algae and was "getting rid" of it - and that she...

Should I bring a water sample home!?

Been using TFPC method for a few weeks now Bleach addition has been around 60 oz daily in the evenings to go from Fc 4 to 6 Was away for a day and my neighbor was kind enough to add for me but to keep it easy for him I simply asked him to pour into the skimmer Should this cause any problems...

Ok I posted a few weeks ago about new liner and water fill which I just had done Have been using TFPC method to get my levels right and currently looking like: 20k vinyl liner / 1.5 hp motor / sand filter FC 6 adding about 60+ oz 8.25 bleach daily in the evening - so, losing around 2ppm a...

Been all over the site for the past couple of days Just replaced liner in my 20k pool as well as sand filter and pump Previously used stingy sticks etc for the past 10 years CYA levels were so off the charts that I couldn't properly ever get my chemistry correct Excited to get started with...