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    Slam done.

    So easy clean up debris ph 7.0 cya 30 add chlorine 12ppm or higher. I hovered between 12 and 15 throughout the process. Clean filters and run pool bottom cleaner. Before. SUNDAY Now. THURSDAY PASSED OCLT LAST NIGHT!!! TFP IS THE BEST
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    High ph but ok TA

    Any suggestions. I experience high ph levels +8.0 but have a very stable TA at 70 Very difficult all last season to keep ph 7.6. Added muriatic acid weekly. Opening pool. these are the readings to start. Added salt yesterday. Fc 0 Cc 0 Ph +8.2 Ta 70 Cya 10 Ch 200 Salt 3200
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    Slippery Painted Concrete Pool Deck - Help

    The home I bought has a painted pool deck. Some chips. Very slippery when wet. I want to repaint in with a textured paint. Do I need to try to strip this back to raw concrete...I hope not. Can I scrape the lose stuff, then power wash and then repaint? Ideas on how to prep and what is the...
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    Need maintenance help - Relocation - House on the market - Lynchburg VA

    I certainly will. I have to leave the area beginning Oct 1. Family remains behind and I could possibly use your son's help to close it late Oct when water temp hit 60 degrees. Family is staying in the area until my daughter who is a senior in high school is finished in late May. I will need...
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    Need maintenance help - Relocation - House on the market - Lynchburg VA

    I have to move. What a bummer. So I need to find someone who can care for my pool while my house is on the market. I have to relocate so the house will be empty and the pool will need to be maintained. BBB method. Crystal clear water. Perfect readings. Only adding bleach on a regular...
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    I to did the big drain today

    Pool has turned out nice. Crystal clear water. The best it has ever look. Have had lots of rain so that has helped to reduce CYA Measurements this morning CYA 100 FC 14 CC 0 PH 7.4 AK 110 CH 70 I am going to keep my FC at 11.5% of CYA Thanks for the help.
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    I to did the big drain today

    Ok, thanks, I am a patient man
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    I to did the big drain today

    Is it possible for you to estimate how long it will take for me to get to achieve FC Hold. Just wondering.
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    I to did the big drain today

    used the k2006 CYA testing stuff put in 7ml pool water, then 7ml tap water. mixed, pour out half, added reagent up to 14ml shook for 30 seconds poured into the measure device took the reading showed 60 multiplied times 2 = 120
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    I to did the big drain today

    Thanks for the info. Appreciate the advice. Just what I was looking for. No problem taking it to 45. I have the chlorine and the requisite amount of reagent on hand to handle the testing.
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    I to did the big drain today

    So things are moving along smoothly. Pool is really clearing up. I could easily see to scoop worms off the bottom in the deep end. During each of the past 3 12 hour time frames my FC has drop from 30 to 27. Each time I have added one jug of bleach to bring it back up to 30. It has been...
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    I to did the big drain today

    Kit and refills on hand and ready to go. Water truck came on Friday and topped off the pool. I figure I drained 10,000 and replaced 3000 from home well and the rest for the water guys. I could see the bottom of the shallow end and about 1/3 down the slope on the deep end. Here are the...
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    I to did the big drain today

    Thanks for the advice. I will order the reagents. Once the pool gets refilled I will take measurements with the kit and post the real numbers.
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    I to did the big drain today

    I have had the pool for 5 years and each year it look ok but not has good as the year before. This year I decided to open the pool myself and take things into my own hands. Of course I immediately added pucks to the control flow unit and shocked with granules...Yeah all the wrong things to do...