Replacing liner and water

[brider18]

I am fixing to replace me liner. my pool holds 22,000 gal of water. my question is when i fill my pool back up with water do i need to add hardness, or can i just add bleach and baking soda ?

[JohnT]

What you need to add will depend on your fill water. If you will use your tap water, just let it run a minute and draw some for a water test. That will tell you where you'll be when you fill the pool.

[aylad]

In a vinyl pool, you don't need to worry about the hardness. However, you do need to test for pH and TA to see what to add. And you will have to add stabilizer as well.

Janet

[brider18]

What is TA if you mind me asking

[Tootie]

TA= Total Alkaninity


Margit

[aylad]

Oops, sorry......Total alkalinity

Janet

[Tootie]

soooooooooooorrrry about the Typo

Of course it's Alkalinity

[Tootie]

LOL

Thanks Janet


Margit

[aylad]

LOL You and I just posted at the same time--didn't see the typo until after you mentioned it :)

Janet

[CarlD]

If you are not familiar with Total Alkalinity, don't be confused by the name--it's a buffer that prevents pH from deviating too much. Suggested amounts are between 80 and 125, but with vinyl you can safely go to 180 without having to worry about lowering it.

Hardness is calcium and NO MATTER WHAT THEY TELL YOU, you don't need it in a vinyl pool. Calcium's job in water is to prevent the calcium in the walls of concrete and plaster pools from being leeched out, weaking the concrete, mortar or plaster. It has no effect on vinyl or fiberglass pools.

[brider18]

Thank you carlid. you really hit it home explaining what hardness does because that stuff is not cheap