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Hello, I have an above ground pool which I have been closing / opening for the past 7 years without issue. I drop the water level below the intake and cover the pool with a winter cover, take off the cover in the spring etc. The pool and liner were installed about 7 years ago. This year upon...

Here is my pool 24hr after opening in New England thanks to TFP and Pool Math. Thank you to this community for teaching me the best way to handle my pool. I’ve passed this knowledge onto many other neighbors and friends in my area, all with success. Thank You! Have a wonderful pool season. Dave

Hi, I opened our pool for the season 3-days ago to already find a green pool with 50 degree water temperature. I have been SLAMing for 3-days with little to no improvement. I know I made a mistake initially vacuuming and assuming my sand filter would trap the algae. As soon as I realized...

*EDITED* Greetings, Need some encouragement/help...keep shocking or SLAM? My kids are going to make me walk the plank soon... Note on pictures: Pictures are chronological; Picture 3 is at dark dusk; Lots of seedling/leaf debris that gets cleared 2X day 3X vac to waste 2X cartridge rinse...

Hello! We have just bought a house and along with it, a 27,000 gallon saltwater pool with a vinyl liner. We are brand new to pools in general so any and all information is appreciated. Our pool is dark green and we have been vacuuming and scooping as much as we can. Our equipment seems to be in...

Hello Everyone! I recently (like last night haha) purchased an Intex type pool. I have read tons of forums here and various places all over the web trying to learn all I need to know about the proper care of this pool. I see the Pool School tab here understandably puts these types of pools...

We just opened our ag pool up and it was sparkling clean! From what I can tell, our numbers seem to be alright but the CYA is low. What are some recommendations for raising it to about 50? Our pool is in direct sunlight so the chlorine takes a beating. Should we put the solar cover on it until...

Hey everyone! Opened the pool today to no algae and just some cloudiness (yay). Most recent test results and log attached. Based on these results is it ok to start slamming? I’m mostly concerned since the pH is slightly lower than the recommended levels here on TFP to do so. Thanks for reading...

Good Morning! I have already learned so much from reading the forum, but I still feel a bit overwhelmed with opeing my pool for the first time this year. We got our 21ftt, bleach based, round AG pool late last summer and didnt really get to use it much. After reading though the Pool school and...

I’m a first time pool owner. We recently bought a 27 foot round pool for our back yard. We live in South Georgia. We are excited to start this new journey of pool care and I want to do my best. Any advice is appreciated. We are about to open the pool this week we just filled it up yesterday. I...

Hello all, first post here. I’m a new member as well as a new (to me) pool owner. My wife and I just moved to Olive Branch, MS and the house we bought came with a 15,000gal in ground, SWG gunite pool. Over the last few weeks of winter when we moved in, I learned which pumps/ lines control which...

New 20x40 IG pool last summer, winterized/closed by installer company and just opened by me today after watching a couple YouTube videos. The pressure on my Hayward S244T filter is reading at 32 when it read around 22 last summer; when I turn off the pump it reads around 8. Additionally, the...

I was having trouble getting my heater going when I opened the pool for the season a few weeks ago. It was my first time opening the pool. A friend was able to help, so I’m confident I was following the right steps. I’ve owned the pool less than a year and the heater worked without issue for the...

New guy here looking for help identifying the parts left behind by the pool company that winterized my pool. I inherited the pool for the last 6 weeks of the 2019 season so this is my first open. I have the pump drain plugs, filter drain cap, and sight glass figured out. There’s this odd shaped...

Hi All, Been lurking for a few years, following the local pool store guidance. The first year or 2 was fine, but last year was a certifiable gong show with chemicals. I'm going all in on TFP method, but I only just ordered my test kit today (2-4 weeks to ship). Tomorrow is supposed to be a...

This is my first year closing the pool. I understand it is desirable to open the pool before the temperature hits 60F - I'm not sure what time of year that is for me. Recently, on cloudy, normal temperature days, the first inch of water is 58F and 6 inches down it is 52F. On a sunny above...

I am getting ready to start the opening process in the upcoming weeks. I want to know if I should start pouring bleach into the pool now to kill off some of the algae now to make it easier for myself later?

In the middle of last season I bought a TF-100 kit and started using it. So I'm still new to all of this. We just opened the pool yesterday. Uncovered tarp (Put on in March to help with pollen) and mesh pool cover. Water was clear (you can see the bottom), but light debris on bottom. We...

Just started to open the pool yesterday. It was a little dirty on the bottom, but water was clear. So I filled it up, got the pump started, and vacuumed out the dirt. I had to leave for my son’s soccer game, so I put some shock in it until I could check everything. A couple hours later we got...

Hey all, So I this is my first time closing AND opening in succession... 2 autumns ago I had a pool store close the pool, then in Spring I opened it to see fairly decent/clear water! I closed the pool myself last fall (withOUT polyquat) and this Spring is... a different story! (Noooooo!)...

Hi guys! Just took my first readings for the season, trying to get this bad boy opened so I can get the solar cover on and start warming that water. Here are my numbers. I didn't do pH because usually you have to adjust TA first, so pH doesn't matter much. FC: 0 CC: 0 TC: 0 CH: 50 ppm TA...