refilling pool

Hi everyone, We have a pool with a capacity of approximately 57 m³. Last year, we completely replaced our old filtration and water treatment system and have been using a modern saltwater chlorination system (salt electrolysis) since then. In previous years, we would start each swimming season...

Hello everyone, This is the first time I am posting to this forum, though I have been reading it for a while now, and it's been eye-opening. I live in Las Vegas, and I am getting ready for the new pool season. I'll be draining my pool (water has been 3 years old) and refilling it. I’ve been...

I've had the pool for 5 years and had a company maintain it but they started doing a really bad job over the winter and it was green and awful this opening season and so I decided to take over myself. The calcium levels were through the roof and it was so dirty that after a bit of work we...

We have a pool in Palm Springs. The quotes we got were so outrageous that we're going to update the pool ourselves. I have a 8 foot deep pool that I want to make shallower to about 4.5 feet. Here's what we're going to do: 1) We will raise the drain and add dual drains 2) Fill in the...

Hello, Been a lurker for a month! I live in Arizona, and recently bought a house with a pool. The water in the pool seemed ok, but consistently tested high in chlorine and just below "ideal" in pH... after reading here I assumed the CYA was high. After having it tested at a local pool place...

A pool company is coming in tomorrow to RE-RE-plaster a pool after doing a subpar job the first time, and after that experience, I decided I should probably avoid trusting them as much as I did the first time. After doing some research I asked that they wait six hours to start the adding water...

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...