Forum: Pool Startup, Shutdown, & Winter Operation

Ph and alk are now good. CYA is at the low end. Hardness is a bit high. I have dumped in a total of 27 Bags of shock in the past week. 8 bags...

Here's my dilemma. Do I drain pool or fight it w/ BBB , Vacuuming, Filtering & brushing down. Specs on Pool: N. Ga. Pool - Temp. outside - 90's, ...

I've been reading here and I thought I was getting it but now when I have to put the info into use. I'm not so suere which issues to addres...

Can someone tell me how the eyeball should be positioned? Some online seem to say to position it so water swirls around the pool, others say down...

The winter before last the cover didn't get on our pool and last year I spent all summer fighting the alge, it never truely got totally clear so I'd...

I'll try to keep this brief and to the point. My pool's stats are in my sig - came with the house and I got the impression that the pool was original...

We have a 10'x30" 1018 gal intek easy set "kiddie pool". I've wanted a pool for 20 years, and I'm very happy to start with this one. We actually...

Hi All, New poster here. We've had out 24 ft round above ground for 8 years now. I opened it just two weeks ago and I notice I had a rip in the...

8,200 gallons based on 20' round, 3.5' of water. Vinyl above ground pool. I'm trying to get it started, and I don't know how much CYA and bleach to...

I have opened my solid covered IG 30k gallon liner D.E. pool for 7 years straight with the water being crystal clear and roughly a 2-3 FC. This year,...

Been doing this for a few years now, but still can't remember - Which do I adjust first? And where can I find the "dosage" for each (borax and...

I think I have made some mistakes and need help. My pool started to give me trouble last season. I followed every direction my local pool store...

Hi, everyone. I too feel like I forgot everything! Please be patient with me, hopefully I can help others sometime. Okay, we changed over from 16...

Ok, we just purchased this house back in February. The pool was "closed" at the time by the winterizing company (house was a foreclosure, but they...

Hello all, I have read many of the posts in this form for over a year now. Just reading what others have gone through and how they fixed them has...

just changed liner and starting all over water is full pump running water clear and just cant get stabilizer up and pool to hold clorine i am new to...

Hi there- We are new to pool ownership and have opened our pool on 5/21/11 and the water is till cloudy. We have a Sand Filter and about a 38k...

I have an above ground pool. The cover was not on properly so leaves and other debris have fallen in. It is green and with buildup on the bottom of...

My cya is -0-. It was about 35. Can' keep cl- in the pool. I'm thinking to use pucks until the cya levels come up. Plus black algae spots, not major...

Opened pool last Wednesday -- live in Northeast, 22,000 gallons 18x36 oval, vinyl liner, solid loop-loc cover removed -- put in 1 quart of algaecide...

I am a bit confused about the instructions for first time post, so please forgive me if this is the wrong forum and for some reason, I can't search...

Wish I would have had enough fore thought to look for this site sooner. Just went through a nightmare in purchasing a 33' AG. After 6 no shows from...

Ok, folks... I've got a bit of a mystery on my hands, starting with a pool full of clinging green algae. It's a concrete / plaster pool of about...

Howdy all! It looks like I've found the hands-down best pool forum on the Web. I've already started reading threads and learning tons, but I thought...

Getting pool ready for 90-95 degree daytime highs this week here in E Tennessee. Would like to be swimming later this week. Last couple of days, ..I...

I went to the local pool store today and had my water tested to make sure my test kit was reading the same. The values came up the same. The only...

We've been running our pump non stop for the past week. Shocked it twice with bleach. Today's numbers are : Total Chlorine = 10 Free Chlorine...

I opened my pool yesterday. It held the water over the winter. I drained it just below the return. I filled it up and over night it drained back...

This is only the third year I've had a pool (it's a rental house) and the first that I'm opening it myself. I've been working on my pool for two...

I just found this forum this morning and have been reading ALL DAY! Very Informative and helpful! I will be bookmarking! Anyways, the closest I...