Am I on the right track?

[lgrw1995]

Hi everyone. My wife and I just purchased our first home with a pool and I’ve been reading up on TFP as much as I could for the past few weeks to prepare (awesome community by the way!). I used the TF-pro test kit this morning to run my first round of tests with the following results:

PH: 8.2
FC: 18.5
TC: 20.5
CH: 250
TA: 70
CYA: 42
Salt: 3,000

Pool details: refinished in the last year or two, plaster, 14k gallons, with SWG. Ongoing issue with calcium scaling on tiles but water is clear.

From what I understand, I should reduce PH, raise CYA, and increase calcium hardness. I’ll be buying the muriatic acid, stabilizer, and calcium chloride today. Am I overlooking anything? Is there a certain order of operations that I need to follow when adding these?

Thank you!

 

[PoolStored]

This indicates that your CC is 2. Can you confirm?

If that is correct, then follow the SLAM process to clear the CCs. Link-->SLAM Process

Your CYA is 50, always round up to the next 10. Don't raise CYA until you SLAM.

 

[lgrw1995]

This indicates that your CC is 2. Can you confirm?

If that is correct, then follow the SLAM process to clear the CCs. Link-->SLAM Process

Your CYA is 50, always round up to the next 10. Don't raise CYA until you SLAM.

Yes, CC is 2. Okay great, thank you for the clarification.