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Hey Everyone, Still on this learning journey as a first time pool owner. I've enabled the setting in the Pool Math app to Link from TroubleFreePool.com user profile to see the most recent test results. Question Free Chlorine week over week (we test on Thursdays) is inching up by 1 ppm...

Hey Everyone, My wife and I have been dlligently using the Pool Math app weekly to record the results from our Taylor K-2006C test kit. Results will be posted below for review (please ☺), but keep in mind that by next week we'll have the cartridge filter and the SWG cleaned. Before the...

Hii!! Please help! I’m having a hard time understanding what to do about water hardness. I have an above ground pool 26x14x4 ft oval. And it’s super cloudy right now. Ph 7.2 Alkalinity 120 Total hardness 500 I tested my tap water and it’s 250. If I lower it by about a foot and replace with my...

Pleasure to be a part of this community (so happy a resource like this exists)! The highlights: North Georgia Brand new 648sqft (18x36) Salt Water Pool Heated Tanning ledge to a max depth of 6 feet, approximately 22,000 gallons of water Wybot S2 Cleaning Robot Perfectly balanced right now...

Hello I have inherited a 53000 gallon concrete pool that was built in 1994. My father in law had been the primary caretaker of this pool but has passed away and now it is up to me. I am very much a noob to pool care and have contacted several pool professionals that will not respond or when...

Hi all, First time pool owner here. I need some advice to see if I doing the maintenance correctly. About 25000 Gallon Vinyl Pool, Hayward Sand Filter, 1 level pool pump, Heat Pump, Polaris - VRXIQ+ cleaner, K-2006C test kit. I believe the pool was installed back in 2006 Location: Long...

greetings, new tub owner (pdc spa- 325gal). i was following the pinned thread regarding how to use chlorine in my spa for my first fill of the tub. i completed all the water balancing steps with good results. however, when i got to the sanitation instructions, i misunderstood, and added enough...

This looks like an amazing community and i’m Grateful to the work by the admins for a super clean forum. I’m an ex federal communications specialist (1st retirement) and a communications researcher at the University of Hawai’i School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST). (2nd...

Hi, is there an issue with having pool equipment 65 feet from pool water? This is for a new build 18x36' inground steel frame vinyl pool. Would you suggest going with larger pipes than 1.5" do help with the longer distance? Thank you!