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Other than buying the 55 gallon drum (which I think I can get at work for fee), hose and chemicals it doesn't really seem like that much of a hassle. My pool is built and l'll be plastering in the spring, I'm gonna do it.

Just curious if any homeowners have performed a bi-carb startup as recommended by OnBalance. It seems to be great way to preserve the plaster and get the maximum life out of it.

Very interesting thread, any updates to it?

I just found this, looks like a pretty well explained way to do a bi-carb startup http://www.poolhelp.com/oB-BicarbStartMethod.pdf

If you're having a new pool built how would you go about a bi-carb startup? How could you pre-treat the fill water with bi-carb? Can you purchase it trucked in that way? I'm sure PB's are not up to speed with methods like this and will just do whatever startup they have been doing.