Forum: The China Shop

After reading several post here about the merits of salt in a non SWG pool I decided to take the plunge and add salt to my pool this last week end....

Any views on this index (link below)? If it is useful? If so can Ben's excellent calculator for CYA be adjusted for shocking? Is it correct or...

This is a continuation (or side thread) of this thread http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?p=29505#post29505 that I thought was better...

Evan (waterbear), The acid and base demand tests actually do not make any assumptions about the alkalinity which is why such tests are in fact...

Is "Ben's Best Guess Table" too conservative for some residential pools? I've seen more than a few people here claim to keep their chlorine at...

I've got a pool with quite a bit of plumbing and filtration for it's volume. It seems to me that as an improvement I'd like to reduce head wherever I...

I see everyone talking about using bleach, is that the same as using chlorine? Thanks! I'm a rookie here!

I suggest that you look outside your narrow-minded box and do more research of your own. I've had a vinyl pool for years. We have used both...

Quats and Polyquat Algaecides Quats:- most often found in active concentrations of 5-10%. Such "quaternary ammonium salts" are surfactants (like...

My mom and I both have IG Vinyl pools, mine is slightly larger but roughly the same size. We have been in disagreement over how to maintain them...

I never thought I'd start a thread here, but what's a pool guy to do? I caught myself starting to flame...