Forum: Pool Startup, Shutdown, & Winter Operation

Hey all, We go away for two weeks at the end of August, come home Labor Day weekend. We always struggle with what to do with the pool. Hubby worries...

We bought a new pool for our son for his bday. It is 21' Round ABG. It was installed yesterday. Based on how it's been filling I think it should...

So we had some problems with the winter cover this year and all the crap on the cover went into the pool. Now we have green swamp water in the pool....

I have been fighting algae in my pool for a while. We haven't been in it for a couple of weeks. I had the solar cover on it and it was in the high...

My pool is really green & really dirty. I have not cleaned the pool in 3 years, we got all of the leaves out & the pool is really green I have bought...

Because of various circumstances, this is the first time I'm opening my pool in a few years. I have a 28000 gallon inground pool. I have had a mesh...

First Time Pool Owner (Michigan) I purchased a house that has a 20x40 Pool In-Ground and it is around 10Feet Deep Last year I drained the pool acid...

I didn't see a general discussion section but I wanted to say thank you for everyones help and advice here. My pool is crystal clear and running...

I just filled my 15' by 48" pool with well water and need to know what chemicals I need to start with. I checked it with the cheap Walmart test...

I just bought a 24" x 52" round above=ground pool and a SWG system. The cell were getting caked with what looked like salt so I've taken and soaked...

In my previous post, the Cyranic levels were off the chart because I was using tablets for years not knowing I was building CYA levels, so I drained...

First, thanks to those who posted to help me and who put all this information up here. Even if my results haven't been an overnight success I feel a...

What's the best way to clean an above ground pool that set for 2 years? This is actually the third year now since its last cleaning. There is algae...

Well, folks, I'm three weeks late getting my pool up and running, and I'm paying for it! Three weeks ago the water was still clear and blue, with...

Prior to knowing about this site, I've done a combination of listening to the father-in-law and the instructions on packaging. Then I found this...

Hi everyone, I just purchased an intex pool (12'x36''). I'm working on getting the ground level before installing it. Once that is done, would...

Thanks for all of the help with the algae problems! Now I need help figuring out what my ideal numbers should be and what I need to adjust to get...

New Pool Owner, No Chlorine less than 24 hours after shocking. Bought house. Pool sat for a week with no maintenance (just pump running 75% of...

Hi all. This is my 7th year with our 27' round 48" deep above ground pool. It has been a pretty easy ride keeping things clear and clean....until...

Just purchased a home and have a 18x40 inground vinyl liner pool. DE filter and here are my number for the chemicals so far PH 6.8 Free Cholrine...

My husband are newbies to pool care. We put a new liner and water into our pool last September and ran the filter and treated the pool through the...

We had a very green pool. 48"x 15' intex. With test strips, FC didn't show, PH & TA were max 8.4/240, I suspect higher. CYA 0. We have a SW...

Hi, (and sorry for the REALLY long post but I'm unsure what background information is important, so I'm giving it all...or most of it anyway) I've...

I was just doing a Google search on 'cleaning out a pool that's turned into a pond' and stumbled upon this site. I wanted to view someone who had a...

We opened over 10,000 gal above ground pool last week in April. Any how this is our 2nd year with the house and pool. 1st year was great. Opened ...

As mentioned on my old thread, I was battling the algae and finally gave up and drained and power-washed. I'm doing some tile repair and fixing the...

I recently upgraded some older pool equipment with a Raypak 407, Pentair 4060 DE and intelliflo VF. The old Hayward pool vac gets stuck in some...

Opened to another green mess this year. Shocked the heck out of it, but I dont think my filter is running properly. I have a Hayward EC-65 DE filter...

Hello, I have a 24'x52" pool with a suacered bottom, Im estimating 15k gallons. I have to empty 2/3rds of the water to do a repair on the wall...

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...