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These guys seem to have things in well in hand, so I just wanted to say I love how your pool wraps around the corner of the house

I agree nothing there that a little care should not fix.

I know you likely have a lot going on right now, but when you get a chance I would suggest reading over this recent thread started by another new indoor pool owner, as it covers a lot of ground that may also apply to your pool. On a separate note, you may want to look at liquid chlorination...

The danger with the ionizer is the ever building levels of copper in the water and all it takes is a slight pH shift at some point for stains that are very hard to remove to appear like magic.

The CH is manageable at the current level with no problem, we have members here that would almost kill for 400 ppm CH FILL WATER. The CYA of 90 ppm is more of a concern, but as long as you stay on top of thing and don't let algae get started then you can live with it for now, hopefully through...

I agree there are a few key concepts you need to know 1, The correct FC level is determined by your FC/CYA ratio, so without accurately knowing your CYA level you can't know how high you need to maintain FC in order to have a properly sanitized pool 2, scaling is caused by CH and the potential...

Welcome, many of the aspects of the TFP pool care method can be used with an indoor pool, however there are a few indoor specific issues that you will need to address. First you will want to run a lower level of CYA (I keep mine between 20-30 ppm for my indoor pool and an FC level at about 3.5...

Welcome, and I am sure someone will be along that knows your climate and can give better advice on materials for it.

I take it from this thread you are new to the Houston area? Your part of the Texas gulf coast on annual average gets more rainfall than evaporation will remove. Meaning if you leave a pool unplumbed and empty it will fill up with water over time. Normally for a swimming pool you don't really...

This is why I was asking what part of Houston, the chances of high water table is a lot greater on the south and east side of Houston vs say most of the Woodlands

What part of Houston do you live in?

Let us know how it turns out, I am thinking of repainting / replacing mine next time the liner is changed which will probably be in the next year as the current one was installed around 12 years ago.

We really can't answer this without more specific information, however there are narrow excavators that can fit through surprisingly tight spaces, this may add some to the cost of the pool as these models tend to lift less dirt per scoop so extend digging times. Take for example the Bobcat...

In addition to the advice above, I suggest taking some time to read over the pool school link in the upper right of this page, there is a lot of good information there, however it often takes 2 or 3 times through before it all starts making sense.

Having spent one summer with an Intex easy set pool as an experiment in the backyard using the stock filter, I would suggest not getting the pool if you can't replace the water or upgrade the filter and add a real skimmer. The Intex filters are pathetically undersized which will become even...

Have you tried the extended CYA test Extended Test Kit Directions This should give us an idea of how high your CYA really is, if it really is at 400 then you will need to replace about 90% of your water, since you have a vinyl pool you will want to do a series of partial drains so as to always...

You can use the Intex sand filter and SWG on their smaller pools, although you may have to get a little creative making adapters as Intex traditionally uses 2 different hose sizes for their smaller / larger line of pools and pumps. As of last year though there have been reports that Intex has...

My suggestion is don't chase a TA number, instead chase pH stability after all as long as you are not concerned with calcium scale and watching your CSI, it does not really matter what the TA number is, what you should care about is your pH stability.

Ah, does sound nice, at least when it is cold outside. Swim Spa's are kind of a strange case, and should probably be treated more like small swimming pools than a typical hot tub as the bather to water ratio is more like a small swimming pool than the typical 350 gallon hot tub. Hopefully...

With your size pool assuming no water features or spa, you would be much better off with one of Haywards smaller 1.5 HP VS pumps like the Max-Flo VS or Superpump VS, note at least the Max-Flo VS now comes in 2 varieties the original integrated controller only version, and the new version that...

Welcome, and sorry about your troubles, Let me add one other thing to what has already been said, we strongly advise NOT using any copper based algaecides, they can cause stains in the pool, blond hair to turn green, and worst of all while they are somewhat effective at controlling algae, which...

Let me add my welcome to the others, and hope you stick around. It is always good to have another person that is willing to jump in and understands chemistry when the technical doubters show up.

Welcome, but this is the wrong time of year for the forum to be flooded with Australians, we typically see that around November

In general the feeling around here on epoxy paint is just don't do it

Welcome we are glad to have you around.

Also everything there is old, my guess is the newest thing there is over 15 years old

It does sound like you have a nearly 50 year old fixer upper, I am sure you will be much happier with it when you get all those patched repair jobs fixed right and then it will hopefully all be smooth sailing

Welcome we are glad to have you here, but you should be aware that there are some special rules for people that are in the industry as we have had issues with people pushing their products, etc. in the past. I don't see the link at the moment and am not at my home computer, but someone should...

Welcome, if you suspect a leak you can perform a bucket test to confirm it Pool School - Leak Detection

My only complaint about Exede is they nickel and dime you for everything on the install, as I recall my free install ended up costing nearly $150 to run the wire through the attic instead of stapled along the exterior of the wall, plus fishing it down a wall by way by tying it onto the old...