Hi! New here. Have browsed around the site for awhile and now have decided to get some real help! I have owned pools in AZ for 25 years. The one I currently own has been 18 of those years. I believe it is original plaster and it is in horrible condition, but right now, we do not have the money to get it resurfaced so are trying to limp along for another year or 2 until we can resurface. Had a regular pool guy for a couple years when my husband was sick and it was too much for me. Even for an old pool, it is relatively trouble free most of the time. He was a common sense guy, but just no longer in the budget. He said we should probably drain and refill every year to help with maintenance. For various reasons, we have not drained and refilled for 3 years. That being said, this winter has been rough with the pool (algae even in cold weather etc) so we drained a couple days ago and have now refilled. We bought the Taylor K2006 test kit and just completed the tests. I tried putting in the results in the pool math calculator, but am confused how to interpret and about what I am seeing.
Here are our test results: pH 7.7, 0.4 Free Chlorine, 0.4ppm combined chlorine, 130ppm TA, 0 CYA, 230 ppm Calcium hardness.
I am just looking for help on what to buy and how much I need to get the start up going and how to effectively use the calculator. I usually use 3 in chlorine tabs (trichlor) for maintenance and either powder shock or liquid chlorine for shock. I am reading on here about household chlorine bleach and am sold on that from here forward.
Let me know if more information is needed.
Thanks!
Here are our test results: pH 7.7, 0.4 Free Chlorine, 0.4ppm combined chlorine, 130ppm TA, 0 CYA, 230 ppm Calcium hardness.
I am just looking for help on what to buy and how much I need to get the start up going and how to effectively use the calculator. I usually use 3 in chlorine tabs (trichlor) for maintenance and either powder shock or liquid chlorine for shock. I am reading on here about household chlorine bleach and am sold on that from here forward.
Let me know if more information is needed.
Thanks!