new water

Hi all— Replaced the vinyl liner after likely 20+ years so obviously starting with brand new water. I’m starting with PH (lower than 7.0). TA is about 40 to start, so I’ll add a little baking soda to raise it. Anything else in particular I should be looking at/for? 18x30’ oval Sand filter Thanks!

Hi there! Sorry in advance for the long post. I've been deep in Pool School for a couple of weeks and am finally starting the balancing process today. We recently purchased a home with a salt water pool; the previous owner walked us through his care routine when we got the keys in Feb. He told...

We will be re-re-tiling our pool deck at the end of the month. Need to drain pool for about one week due to anticipated mess. I could not find a thread for pool startup on used pebble-tec (not a new build). Also, It’s still hot here (Carefree AZ). Tile guy says pebble tec not at risk for one week.

We recently purchased a new home/pool with sky high CYA. I emptied the pool this last weekend and completed a chlorine wash and power wash to the entire surface. I also cleaned and soaked the 4 cartridges in a TSP solution. I started filling the pool today (from homes city water) at a rate of 96...