Hello from Portland area

Zalick

Bronze Supporter
Aug 7, 2023
43
Portland
Pool Size
13000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Salt Water Generator
SWG Type
Pentair Intellichlor IC-20
Hi, I joined here last August when we purchased a new house with a pool and integrated hottub. We are novices. We love the community here and how much true knowledge exists on these forums compared to our local pool store.

Our pool is in ground and about 16,000 gallons. It hade a Pentair gas heater amd SWG.

So far, we’ve been running it with the settings used by the prior owners. They paid around $400/mo for “maintemance”… we’ve just been having the pool store run their test for free and then plug in to the calculator here. So far, we haven’t needed to do anything to the water!
 
Zalick, Hi and welcome. As you've done some reading here on the forum this shouldn't come as a surprise but store testing and TFP are a no no. You've been lucky to this point but you need to fully take over your pool which includes water chemistry. I'll list some links below which are forum basics. Also, be so kind and fill in your signature below using the link in my signature.
Pool Care Basics
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FC/CYA Levels
PoolMath
Overnight Chlorine Loss Test
SLAM Process
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