chloramines

Hey TFP! We're in the early planning phase of a new concrete pool. We live in a warm climate, and want to warm up the pool year round using a heat pump. To reduce our costs and carbon footprint, I'm hoping to use a pool cover when the pool is not in use. This means very little of the sun's...

Apparently chloramine is used as our tap water disinfectant. Our water doesn't have much of a smell at all to it. Our city is doing maintenance that requires switching to free chlorine to perform a Chlorine Burn and said that the water will have a strong chlorine odor (see artlicle below)...

Hi Everyone, I opened my pool last week and got almost all of the visible organics out. I’m on Day 3 of the SLAM. My CYA was high 70, so I needed to get FC up to 28 according to the chart. I’m almost there - FC dropped a little bit after the first day, and I added some additional chlorine...

Hello Everyone, I opened my pool about a week ago and I'm dealing with a semi-cloudy pool (not bad, I can see main drain fine) and the smell of chloramines. I'm in the NE, I have loop lock cover and the pool water is usually disgusting when I open it - that's why I try to start early. I...