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I need to order a replacement liner for my above-ground pool. The repair guy just said 24 x 54 unibead liner. Are there any brands or other details I should be looking for? Thanks.

We've had our above-ground pool open for about five seasons now and I am so unbelievably tired of manually chlorinating the pool with liquid chlorine every day. I'm considering purchasing and installing the Hasa Liquidator. A few questions: Is it a reliable product that's fairly easy to use...

I opened our pool about a week ago and the water was pretty dirty, so I started the SLAM process. I've been maintaining my FC levels overnight and the water looks nice and clear, but the CC levels are high now. Yesterday, I got a 2 and then got as high as 3. This morning, it dropped down to a 2...

I'm getting ready to close down the pool for the fall/winter and this is the first year we've had our deck up. The deck is made of composite wood and there's no gap at all to put the pool cover in between the decking and the pool. In other words, it can't hang down in the space between the deck...

Yeah, it seems really messed up. Like an issue during install or something? But would it have taken a year for me to notice (we've only been actively swimming in the pool for about 2 months and I probably didn't check all the corners super throughly when it was first in. Only happened to see...

Above ground pool has been up and running for about a month or two and we are currently working to put a deck up on one side of it. Yesterday, as I was vacuuming around the pool stairs/ladder, I noticed that there was something small and hard poking out of the vinyl liner right at the corner. At...

I was telling my husband it feels like I am starting to use a bit more chlorine than normal, but I've just been daily testing with the basic residential kit (the one marked OT that I use to test pH as well) and I've noticed it giving me lower than normal results). I'm gonna try doing the FC test...

I don't brush much. Probably only once in the last month. Maybe twice. Should I be doing it more? I wasn't sure if it was just normal build up on the walls and I should just brush it off and let it get vacuumed and filtered up or if it's a sign of a worse problem. I chlorinate with liquid...

Pool has been up and running for about a month now with no issues, but in the last week, I noticed a faint brownish ring start to appear around the bottom of the pool. At first I thought it was my eyes playing tricks on me, but then I got a pair of goggles on and dove down and I can clearly see...

Did quick evening test and here's what I got (using the heaping spoonful of DPD powder, carefully watching each drop go in one by one to make sure they were all about the same size, and swirling well in between in each drop): FC: 9.5, CC: 0.5 My CYA is 50 and I was shocking at 20 just 48 hours...

Good to know I'm know the only one who found the thought of waking up before the sun rose in the summertime a bit shocking. I can't believe I did it Friday morning honestly. The alarm went off at 5AM, and all I could think was, "Wow. I must really love this pool."

To answer your questions: Pump has been running on high all week, so circulation is very good. I would think a dosing error is a more likely issue (not enough powder, drops not dropping properly, that kind of thing). It's also possible my test from last night was incorrect, but since I didn't...

I posted about this before, but I'm starting a new thread because I think I'm onto a different issue. I have a Pentair Clean & Clear cartridge filter & pump system and every single time I have cleaned my cartridge element out so far this summer (which, since it's brand new has been like 3...

Thanks. It's good to feel I'm not alone at least! I wouldn't put it past faulty testing methods. It's possible that the test from last night was wrong, too. I thought about retesting, but just really wanted to go to bed, so didn't bother, but the rise in FC this morning just didn't make sense...

Pump has been running for days. I will try the heaping spoonful (I'm trying to conserve whatever chemicals I can since I'm testing so often). I feel like that guy in Jaws. "I'm gonna need a bigger test kit."

I will throw another wrench in the works. I tested this morning (unfortunately not before the sun rose, because, in my fireworks induced sleepiness I ignored my alarm, but I got to the pool about 7AM) and, of course, my test results were really weird. I even did two one right after another...

No, we were gone all day. Added no chlorine. No swimming. No vaccumimg. It did rain a bit in the morning. Let the pump run all day.

Tested this evening after the fireworks and got: FC: 10.5, CC: 1 So, of course, now the CC is throwing me off. I know the CC of 1 is bad. What does that mean? Bring the pool back up the shock level then to kill of whatever's causing the raised CC levels? I'm gonna test before sunrise just to...

Oh, I didn't mention it, but I did do this part. Once I put in the 5 drops of R-0003, if I saw any color change at all (even the super subtle one), I did add a drop of R-0871 to see if the water changed back to crystal clear. The last four tests I did correctly I got: 0.5 0.5 0.5 0 (that was...

So, it's 5AM here in Cleveland and I just did my first OCLT and, guess what, I passed? Last night, after sundown at 10PM, I had a FC of 20ppm and this morning at 5AM (before sunup here) I also got 20ppm. So that means there are no living things in my pool eating up the chlorine over night...

Quick update: retested when I got home with the correct number of R-0003 drops (five) and the water barely turned pink. I recorded it as 0.5 anyhow, because I thought I saw just the tiniest hint of pink. Gonna keep SLAMing and testing. Am also looking into the Speed Stir for the future. Maybe I...

I will! Still trying to get the pool SLAMed properly and opened for business, but this site has been my lifeline so far!

Thanks for the link! It looks nice! I don't see the conversion kit link though... Also, do you use a mat under the stairs with this one?

Fudge. Good to know about the vials though. I'll just switch the the "Chlorine Only" one from now on since it's in there.

Okay, I just realized that, yes, this is user error as I have been adding one drop from the second bottle (R-0003) instead of 5 DROPS. Blerg. Not reading carefully! Hopefully that's making the difference and it means my CC is in the clear (not the other way around). I'm at work, but I'll retest...

I did see a nice "wedding cake" style step online and thought that would be perfect, but people were saying it ripped holes in their liner. But, assuming there are more than one makers/manufactures of this style. Some of probably better than others.

Wow. That is clear. I have an above ground with the vinyl liner, so no drains with screw heads, but now I'm kind of tempted to drop a dime in there because the water is looking pretty good. CC tested at 0.5 last night, but at 1 this morning, so I don't think I'm there yet. Will keep SLAMing...

Oh, sorry, I didn't know they were listed in the order that I should do them. I'll look for CC to consistently test below 0.5 then? Then I'll do the OCLT (that one is the biggest pain because it means getting up early to test). And then I'll check for the clearness of the water? - - - Updated -...

I'm looking at the pool this morning to test and it's looking pretty good. I've had been adding bleach at pretty high levels for the past two days (finally got my CYA up to 50 on Monday, so I brought my FC up to 20 and have been trying to maintain that while testing 3-4 times per day and adding...