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    Pool is in trouble

    You just brought a smile to my face!!! I feel like we're in such a similar situation. This weekend will be our dedicated time to the pool and then fingers crossed it will all turn out okay! Thanks so much for the encouragement!
  2. L

    Pool is in trouble

    Thanks so much Vanessa! My husband and I were just saying last night how much we hated the pool! I have hope we will start to enjoy it though. The two days we planned on working on it, there were thunderstorms the entire day...figures! Great idea about the squirt bottle - I do the exact same...
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    Pool is in trouble

    Thanks Scott! My husband added the granules of stabilizer (he had some left from the previous owners and used that until we could get out to purchase more). I'll check with him tonight to see exactly what he added. We also bought the 5 gallon liquid chlorine from Namco. I didn't write down...
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    Pool is in trouble

    Hi again, We added the stabilizer on Saturday - mixed it with warm water to dissolve it and then added 2.5 gallons of liquid chlorine that afternoon. My husband added another 2.5 gallons or so Sunday morning and will add more this evening. I tested this morning and found the following: FC: .2...
  5. L

    Pool is in trouble

    I'm sorry. I didn't disappear! My husband added the stabilizer this morning and then the chlorine. I have my husband rereading all of the pool school stuff. Will update when we retest. Thank you all so much!!!!
  6. L

    Pool is in trouble

    Hi all, Please be gentle with me :) - my husband and I bought our first house last summer and thought we could handle the pool ourselves. However, we can't get it looking great since we opened it. I've never owned a pool and my husband grew up wiht an above ground pool. It's currently bluish...