Just had the pool water tested and ph is 7.6. I was told to add 16.9 pounds of alkalinity increaser. If ph is in the ideal range why would they tell me to add that?
PH vs alkalility increaser
- Thread starter Shar47
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Because you went to a pool store whose sole purpose in life is to sell you something.
Stay out of them and learn our methods and you'll have a much clearer, clean pool and save a ton of green!
Maddie
Stay out of them and learn our methods and you'll have a much clearer, clean pool and save a ton of green!
Maddie
I am new to this and would love to learn your methods. Will I find out how in the pool school portion of this site?
Yup! First and foremost is pool owner testing. We've found that pool store testing is often (more than you'd think!) inaccurate due to a variety of reasons, yet no one is going to be as concerned with accuracy more than the pool owner.
Which means you need a GOOD test kit and there are only two we endorse. The TF-100 (my personal fave) or the Taylor K-2006C. Both can be found at tftestkits.net
The TF-100 runs about $70 but will save you much more because you won't mistakenly be adding chemicals you don't need!
We need to know (and these kits will tell you):
FC
CC
pH
TA
CH
CYA
Please consider getting one ASAP and we'll walk you thru all the tests and the results.
Also go dig in to PoolSchool!
Maddie
Which means you need a GOOD test kit and there are only two we endorse. The TF-100 (my personal fave) or the Taylor K-2006C. Both can be found at tftestkits.net
The TF-100 runs about $70 but will save you much more because you won't mistakenly be adding chemicals you don't need!
We need to know (and these kits will tell you):
FC
CC
pH
TA
CH
CYA
Please consider getting one ASAP and we'll walk you thru all the tests and the results.
Also go dig in to PoolSchool!
Maddie
S,
Here is a good place to start...
TFPC for Beginners (I fixed the bad link... Oops..)
Read the link and then start asking questions...
We believe in never adding anything to your pool without knowing first exactly what to expect...
My question for you is... what was your TA reading at the pool store before they told you to add alkalinity up?????
Thanks,
Jim R.
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We don't normally tell anyone to increase TA unless it is below 50....
Here is a good place to start...
TFPC for Beginners (I fixed the bad link... Oops..)
Read the link and then start asking questions...
We believe in never adding anything to your pool without knowing first exactly what to expect...
My question for you is... what was your TA reading at the pool store before they told you to add alkalinity up?????
Thanks,
Jim R.
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We don't normally tell anyone to increase TA unless it is below 50....
Yay! Ok, it shouldn't take too long to arrive as they ship out of NC. So sometime this week I bet! Get us those test results and we'll ponder them with ya.
Maddie
Maddie
cfherrman
TFP Guide
They like to sell you over priced baking soda so later they get to sell you dry acid to lower the pH, then since you used too much dry acid, more baking soda and/or new equipment from the dry acid
Circle of green
Circle of green
Shar47 welcome!
Please ask any and all questions. We were all once newbies like you. So no question is out of bounds.
Make the TFP crowd happy and replace "Test with chlorine and ph tester and have water tested at pool store also" with "TF-100 on order"
Please ask any and all questions. We were all once newbies like you. So no question is out of bounds.
Make the TFP crowd happy and replace "Test with chlorine and ph tester and have water tested at pool store also" with "TF-100 on order"
Read Pool school until you feel like
Once your test kit arrives and you start doing, it will make start to make sense. Two, three weeks and you'll be a pro at testing and already have a pretty good idea of what does what and even roughly how much you'll need. By the time school lets out, your pool will be clearer and more sparkling than you thought possible. No smell, no itchy skin, no burning eyes, no cloudiness, no green. I kid you not.
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