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I received new test reagents recently and my tests with new CH reagents gets 525 and my old reagents was 250. I simply moved on, but after reading another thread about high TA, I think I might test my tap water. I tested tap at pool startup 2 years ago and CH was 225. Last year when I was...

Anyone know if tftestkits.net will have a sale on the refill set? I see in past threads this usually happens in the spring. Also wondering if the little k100 set for chlorine/ph is available. I did not see it on the website

Sorry if this gets a little long winded, but I just read a Matthew Berry Love/Hate article. And if you can relate without having to google the reference...we might be new besties. So today, I had to go get a my yearly exam (2 years overdue). The eye doctor had just finished putting several...

The reason I am wondering is I had some 3/4 pvc from my sprinkler system that I dug up and left sitting in a pile in the yard. I went to discard it yesterday and notice a lot of "burn" spots on the PVC. Curious if this will happen to my pool plumbing. If it is a good idea, any particulars...

I am not sure what exactly it was and my water is suddenly way off. I have been maintaining the pool myself for the last 3+ weeks without any real issue. Last Wed #s FC 5 CC 0 PH 7.8 (I consistently add 35 oz of muriatic acid to knock this down to 7.8. by the next evening it is 7.8...repeat)...

Here are my numbers from Sun TA - 120 CH - 425 CYA - 80 Salt -3800 SWG was turned on Saturday and I overshot the recommended ppm Last night: FC - 5 CC - 0 pH - 8.2 My pH was probably a lot higher. Last night after measuring, I added 48 oz muratic acid to get me to 7.2 (PoolMath). This...

My pool has had water in it for 2 weeks. The PB was not around for 5 days (no notice) so I was a little worried about the chemistry and started using my test kit. The first thing I checked was the CYA and it was 70. FC was 4.5 so I was not too worried about it so I took his floater out...

A sub panel needs to be installed for my pool equipment. It will be attached to the opposite of the house and it will be 130ft buried underground. My equipment will be a pump/sand filter/2 pool lights/SWCG. I might add some landscaping lighting later. The PB wanted to charge some silly amount...

My first post!! The first thing I need to decide is gunite or fiberglass. My house was built in 2008, I have records for the soil evaluation from them. Sand until 16 ft deep. At 16 ft is sandy/clay and they hit water at 24 ft. Just looking at my foundation, I can state that I have 3ft of...