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Thank you for your suggestions. I found the article for leaks. Will check once I get back home today

Hello, I have a built in floor cleaning system (paramount) and last two days returns started making bubbling noise. When the cleaning heads starts, bubbles coming in from that too. I can't find any leaks or anything. Is it something i should worry about? Anyone seen this before?

Thank you.... I will try amazon and eBay too

Hi, The CYA level in my pool is very low and I need to raise it to 40ppm. I did the pool calculator and it says 3.2 lb. The lowest I could find was Chem Tek 4lb in Lowes for $16. The liquid one seems very costly. If anyone has a preferred place to buy cyanuric acid/stabilizer, could you please...

Thank you for your replies. She does have automated pump. So we will SLAM, cover it and fill the inline chlorinator with tablets and set the pump to run full night. Hope that works

Hello, My friend has a pool and will be out of town for three weeks in May. She stays away from here and hence we will not be able to drive that far every week. Can you please let me know if you have any suggestions to keep the algea out for three weeks. May be balance PH, Double shock the pool...

Hello all, Its been a while and I wanted to give an update on where I am. I got my TF-100, have been doing the tests and I am getting comfortable with the process (or addicted to playing with it). Yesterday night, I got FC - 1, CC - .5, PH 7.8, TA = 130 (instruction said add drops till red, but...

Thank you. Walmart superstore here seems to have 10% liquid for $6.47 (which was on sale last week for $6). Its a little far away from my place. I will check Home Depot and Lowes too.

It was $2.98 a bottle (121 oz). Is that a good price? We need to test CYA only out doors? I guess that makes sense since it is about the dot disappearing. I thought it is 30-50 band in my test strip, but can't really say I guess. I ordered it from tftestkits.net since the west cost site didn't...

Hello, With the slamming and the internet problem at home, I missed to give proper updates in time. I was following the Slamming process from the article and kind of added more liquid chlorine that night and the subsequent couple of days. I didn't get the test kit in time and was going to the...

Hello all, The pool is still cloudy and I have the pump on. I am still keeping the Chlorine level above 10 (CYA=80), just to make sure the algae is not coming back. I had an algecide (Bio Dex skill it), so I added a 4 oz (advised dosage for removal) of that too to be sure. Haven't got a chance...

Thank you, Dave. I now have 6 gallons of 10% liquid chlorine in the pool. keeping fingers crossed and hoping they are on good concentration.

Hello all, I went ahead an added 23 oz of Muriatic acid as the pool calculator suggested. I have the pump up to have it mixed together and will add liquid chlorine in another hour. The CYA 80 needs 31 FC to shock. But as soon as I entered 94 degrees as today;s high temperature, it says use 44...

PH is 8 and total alkanity is 100. CYA is 80. This was from a TF-100 test kit (not done by me though). I still have muric acid which i bought more than 6 months back. I kept it safe and it hasn't changed color. Will it have a shelf life issue or can I go ahead and use that to reduce the PH?

The CYA level is showing 30-50 on the strips and PH is showing high. So I am taking the water to the store :( where they have the better test kit. I have ordered TF-100 and it is going to take a few days to come. I don't know if I can work from home today to get things done. Wasted on day...

Sorry for the delay in response. I didn't realize there is a second page. Yes, Clear O3 is an Ozone system that oxidizes the organic material in the water to have it degraded. This way it will not combine with Chlorine and form chloramides (?). This promises to reduce the amount of Chemical...

Hello again. The pool is almost filled. It may take a few hours to get the water circulated and get a good read of CYA. Should i wait till I know the CYA levels to shock the pool? I have a basic question on the CYA-FC chart. I was told FC 1-2 is acceptable for swimming. The article says places...

Thanks guys. There is almost 1.5 feet to fill now. There is a pretty think deposit of green (mustard green?) algae at the bottom, but the top layer looks clean so far. Haven't added any chloring so far. Waiting for the water to fill. keeping my fingers crossed and reading the articles again to...

Hello again, I just wanted to give a status update. We got a pool pump and started draining. Had a hard time opening the sewer clean out cap. Almost three hours now and it is down 2 ft. I think i can go one more feet since the hose is only that long. They said the pump is pumping at 3k gallon an...

Sorry, I am confused now. So I don't need a submersible pump? I can do it with just a hose? How do I do that?

Thanks. We did not see water while digging the pool...it was just hard soil and small rocks.

Thank you. Can you also please guide me on the risk associated with draining half of the pool in Phoenix weather (88 degrees). Is there a chance it will damage the pebble sheen finishing? Is there a risk of the pool shell floating? If so, will it be less since I am only draining half of the...

Also, I wanted to ask if there is an article on steps to drain a pool. I read City of Phoenix says use a 700 gallons/hr submersible pump and putting the hose to sewer clean out. I need to check for any backing up while doing this. I am wondering if I could put the hose to the regular drainage...

Thank you so much for your responses. The pool was green again yesterday and I got so frustrated and walked inside. I hope I should be able to get it back in shape. Here in AZ, the November, December is very cold (not always freezing cold). Charlie said I could wait till cold weather. That...

Hello, I am having a hard time getting the algea out and it keeps coming back. My CYA levels are showing 161 (after I used greenout a month back and steps suggested by a pool store expert, it almost doubled). I read the articles here and it suggests I should drain water and refill. Can i do a...