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    Drained Hot Tub

    Right, which is why i'd like to skip the decontamination process so I don't have to fill then drain again... I didn't test the water in the spa water at all. I guess looking back I should have, but the water looked fine to me. I was left with spare filters. They are clean and I plan on using...
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    Drained Hot Tub

    Good afternoon... I'd first like to thank TFP for helping me with my pool summer. I don't post a lot but I have been reading and learning a ton about how pool chemistry works and I have had a very successful summer with my pool... I bought my house in June and it came with a pool and a hot...
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    New homeowner w/ pool!

    Roger. Going to buy the chemicals I need to get the PH up today. It's pretty hot today. Should I wait till it cools off tonight or does that not matter for PH
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    New homeowner w/ pool!

    using the pool calculator it says I should add the following. FC: 106oz 6% bleach PH: 18oz weight/16oz volume washing soda or soda ash (because TA is low) TA: 309oz weight/246oz volume baking soda This should get the FC to 4, PH to 7.5, and TA to 100
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    New homeowner w/ pool!

    Wish I saw this before I did the test today! Oh well. I'll do it next time... For now my hacked up results will have to do!
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    New homeowner w/ pool!

    Ok I just did the test and here are the results: FC 0.5 CC 1 PH approx 6.8 (it looked a little lighter) TA 10 CH 60 CYA 20? I was still able to see the black dot after emptying the tube
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    New homeowner w/ pool!

    Thank you everyone! I'm in the process of painting so I cannot do the tests right now. Once I get some downtime I'll do another set of tests and post my results. Thank you for the help!
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    New homeowner w/ pool!

    Hello! My wife and I recently purchased a house near Baltimore MD and we are lucky enough that this particular house came with a pool. I've been stalking this forum a little bit to get spun up on how to maintain a pool since I have never done this before. I put that I think are the correct pool...