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Hi! I was so proud that we were able to resurrect our filter pump by replacing the capacitor last weekend.. It felt so good to avoid a costly replacement and a visit by the pool guy. High fives all around. But now our Pentair electric heat pump is useless. It is actually worse than useless...

Hi again guys and gals! You have taught me so much and helped us out so much with our pool. Thank You! Another season about to begin! We took the mesh cover off last week and the pool did not look so bad :) It was a little green but probably the best it has ever been on opening...

Hello again! We are later with taking the cover off of our pool here in eastern PA and we opened up to a swamp. I bought a bag of salt and a jug of liquid chlorine from the pool store today (yes mother's day!) I checked the numbers using my Taylor kit and I had a couple of surprises: FC 0...

Quick question, I hope. Today's numbers: FC 16.5 CC 0 (Slammed yesterday and it stayed Slammed :) overnight) PH 7.4 CYA 50- 55 ( It has been less than 40 since we opened and I have been skittish about adding too much. But I added stabilizer on Friday in a nylon in front of the return and it...

Hi Just thought I would share some things my hubby overheard today at the pool store: "In my next life I want to be a pool, so I will be catered to." Customer #1 waiting for advice from pool store guy :lol: "In my next life, I want to be a rock, so I don't have to think." Customer #2 waiting...

Good morning! We have been having some interesting numbers since we started putting the solar cover on the pool. The cover was grimy and hubby covered the pool so we could save some heat.:( Then our FC numbers started dropping. Our CYA is low - less than 30 - I can still see the dot. I...

First time opening the pool by ourselves! Took the cover off, took the plugs out, did an initial test with the Taylor 2006, and sent hubby to the store to get lots of bleach. FC = 0, PH is less than 7 (bright yellow), TA is between 20 and 30. Water is a bit murky, can't really see the bottom...

Happy Spring Everyone! We are going to try to open the pool ourselves for the first time this year. We paid a service to do it the past 3 years and we paid a lot for nothing. We paid $350+ for two guys to take the cover off, take out the plugs, flip the switch on the electric box, start up...

Hi all! Thanks again for being here. Hubby and I are trying to avoid paying 375 (plus 43 for winterizing chemicals) to the pool guy for closing the pool. We thoroughly cleaned the pool and put the safety cover on it. We have been reading the how-to info on here and watching youtube videos on...

Hi First I just want to say how thankful I am that this site is here. You are a wonderful resource! We paid our pool installer 350+ bucks each time for the last 2 years to close our pool :brickwall: I just can't do it this year. I was not happy about paying it the first year but figured I...

Hi and thanks so much for being here. I added MA yesterday to lower my PH from 7.8 so I can eventually add Borax to help stabilize the numbers and get that sparkly water thing going on. My TA before adding MA was 90 - This morning it is 90, possibly 95 - it took an extra drop to get the...

Forgive my ignorance on here - and thank you for your help and patience- We had the pool installed October 2012 and we are really just learning how to care for it now as we go along. So I will understand those of you who slap your foreheads when I ask: 1. - how do I know if I need to clean...

Hi all - I am learning as I go with this pool ownership adventure. I need "backwash for Dummies" . When we had the pool installed in October 2012, I insisted that the pool guy write down the directions for daily maintenance and backwash. He told me I would only need to backwash when the...

Hi all - We opened our pool and it is green - it was more of a brownish green until I put the Polaris vacuum in and brushed and skimmed as much as I could. It looks much better in the picture - I think the reflection of the sky gives it the blue.:D I did a mini test this morning and there was...

Hi all! I had a low ph and used the pool calculator to determine that I needed to add some Borax. I was in a rush and "guestimated" the amount of Borax. :hammer: Now my ph is 8 (or perhaps higher - it is a very bright 8.0) I plan on measuring this time - 20 ounces of muriatic acid. Two...

Hi I was wondering if it is possible for the water level to be too high? I have been finding next to nothing in the skimmer bucket (which is nice :-D ) but I am beginning to think the skimmer is not that efficient because the water level is really high - it is over the top of the skimmer...

Hi and thanks again for being an excellent resource for all things pool related! :goodjob: I am a newbie determined to take care of our new pool myself and have been reading pool school and the board posts. I have a Taylor 2006 kit. My CYA test results have dropped over the past week - we...

Happy Fourth of July! I was hoping for some confirmation that the pool is ok to swim in today.... I am new at this, have been reading Pool School and have started testing using a Taylor 2006. We did not use the pool in about 5 days due to rainy weather. Here are the results of the tests from...

Hi all! I am very glad I found this site! Taylor 2006 test kit is on its way but until then I was hoping for some advice. First some background - We had pool installed last October and had pool company winterize and open pool this spring. We are hoping to avoid that expense this year by...