Chemical sources Canada

[HeidiP]

Hey Canadians - looking for your best BBB chemical sources. Especially CYA. Thanks!
If you go to your pool store for CYA tell me that too - so I don't feel so bad for going there too.

 

[mknauss]

Not in Canada but when I have visited Walmart and Canadian Tire had most items we need. Not sure about muriatic acid.

 

[Pool_Medic]

Your local home hardware will have MA, cya can be bought at Walmart or crappy tire. Still cheaper than pool stores. I vacation on PEI every summer, so I check pricing.

 

[HeidiP]

Thank you!

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Thanks!

 

[Poolzzz]

I buy my cya and 10% chlorine from Canadian tire. They also have MA in the paint section. Borax and washing soda from Superstore.

 

[Steve Bee]

I 2nd Crappy Tire, got my 10.25% LC on sale for $4.99 for 5L, so cheapest source of LC. I have a SWG, so I bought 3 and that should hopefully last me all season + if I don't have to SLAM. I think I paid around $10 for 900g of CYA there also, seemed cheaper than the 2nd round of CYA I bought from the pool store. Unfortunate for us, most bleach sold in Canada does not list the % of sodium hypochlorite and can range in actuality from 3% to 8.25% with varying levels of sodium hydroxide. The pool stuff is always listed, and tends to be cheaper by strength/volume than discount brands of bleach in my recent experience.

I needed to raise my CH, so bought Calcium Chloride Dihydrate from the pool store, as that was the most convenient place to go. I only needed about 4kg, so bought a 8kg container for about $25. Home depot sells 4kg for $11.30. I hear the bags of straight calcium chloride are much cheaper, but I have a vinyl pool and am only raising CH to the minimum requirement as set out by my heater warranty. I think this is mostly marketed as ice melter in Canada, so I'm not sure how well this does for pools. A 20kg bag of calcium chloride is $21 at Home Hardware.