I grew up with a pool, my dad used the pool store and baquacil so the only thing I leaned with that pool was cleaning out the skimmers and backwashing the sand filter. Then 10 years ago my wife and I bought a house with a pool and just hired a weekly service. In January we had the pool plaster redone. I realized that a service spending 45 min on it once a week probably was not the best way to keep it in the best shape so I took on the job and as my dad had for many years went to the pool store. It only took one trip to realize they only serve to upsell irrelevant chemicals. Long story short the App Store led me here and my TFPro test kit is due any day now. In the mean time I’ve been using two different kits from Home Depot and Lowes along with test strips. My levels are pretty close but I’ve still got a small problem with algae in the shaded areas so I plan to SLAM if the proper test dictate that it is needed.
40,000 gallons
Plaster with waterline tile
Sand filter
Using a Polaris 9550 as needed.
Really enjoying the great info both on these forums and on pool school in general.
40,000 gallons
Plaster with waterline tile
Sand filter
Using a Polaris 9550 as needed.
Really enjoying the great info both on these forums and on pool school in general.
Welcome to TFP! 