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If you have a Rural King nearby, they have 4 pack of 10% for $17. Current sale is $15. My local Home Depot has a 3 pack of 10%/$25.

Guys, it is very dangerous to use air to test PVC. Always use water only. PVC can shatter and shards will fly everywhere. Don’t ask me how I know…… Here is one PVC manufactures write up on it...

Love my TFP!!! It’s only 4 feet deep, but crystal clear. Thanks for all the assistance!

This group is the best!! I too am a new pool owner, having acquired mine when we bought it house last Oct. I knew nothing about pool maintenance and like you, was overwhelmed with all the information. The previous owner left us with a plethora of pool additives and told me “get several buckets...

I’m new too. Just bought a house with a pool last Oct. Learned a lot here by reading and going through Pool School. Pool Math is very straight forward and easy to use. Between that and the test kit, it took me a couple times to get the hang of it, but now very easy.

Dusted these chicken thighs with Yardbird and then cooked for 45 min. with the vortex. Family couldn’t get enough. Very juicy and flavorful.

Just picked up 10% from our local Rural King for $4.25/gallon. 4 gallon pack/$16.99

Yeah, the PO told me last October, “ stock up on 3” tablets while they are cheaper. We used 60-70 lbs. last year.”

CYA was 120

Well, not quite ‘right after cover was removed’, but I didn’t do anything to my pool except test and started draining water due to too high CYA.

Hey, I can add encouragement. I’m a brand new AGP owner with the house we bought last fall. Knew NOTHING about pool chemicals or maintenance. Did a bit of work over the winter here in the “Pool School” and learned a huge amount. I bought a TF Pro test kit and was overwhelmed at first with all...

Did the OCLT with these results. Seems good to me! Last night- FC: 8.0 CC: .5 pH: 7.2 TA: 70 CH: CYA: This morning- FC: 8.0 CC: .5 pH: 7.2 TA: 70 CH: CYA:

Added 4 lb. of Borax, ran pump for an hour. Here are the results: TA 70 pH 7.2 Are we good to go for now?

Added 1 gallon of 10% chlorine. Let pump run for a couple hours. Added 2.5 lbs. of baking soda. I’m at: FC: 8.5 TA 60 pH 6.8 CYA: 70 Should I try to get the pH up now?

On to the next steps…. 24 hour fill and ran pump for 2 hours. Here are my latest results: FC: 1 CC: 0 pH: 6.8 TA: 40 CH: 250 CYA: 70 Best steps next??

Yeah, the previous owner had some ‘neighbor relation’ issues and it appears that since any pool water discharge ran into the neighbors yard, I can understand. So, I purchased 160’ of lay flat hose for backwashing with Cam-locks on it.

Good! I was a step ahead and started the drain/ refill yesterday. Bought an inexpensive sump pump and used my new 1 1/2” discharge hose to pump it to the street. Took it down to just below 2 foot. Filling now and anxiously waiting to run the pump for a couple hours and retest.

Pool is not buried at all, all above ground. If I interpret your second sentence, you mean with a 52" pool water level is roughly 4 FEET, so a 50% drain should leave you 2 FEET? Yes, on muni water here.

No, we bought the house (and its AGP) Oct. 2023. The pump/filter were already removed for the winter. All I did was to put a winter cover on and add one of those winter floaty ball that had chemicals in it to last the winter.

Yes, I did the drop test. Here is my tap water results from today. House tap water 21 March 2024 FC: 2 CC: 0 pH: 7.8 TA: 110 CH: 150 CYA:

Sorry, got my colors mixed up. Yes, green is expected, but it never turned green. Stayed red. Tried it twice to verify. Will drain and refill and also test refill water.

Hi all, Been following along here and attending Pool School over the winter to get up to speed on my (new to me) AGP. I moved the pump/filter away from the edge of the pool (30ft.) and just filled up past the return and skimmer today. Ran the pump for ~2 hours to mix thoroughly. Here are my...

Hi all, New house, new pool owner since late October. You would think I would want it be pool weather, but alas, I had a LOT to learn. Previous owner had already disconnected hoses for filter and pump, so I just drained water (from both) and put new pool cover on. Knew nothing then, so bought...