Safe pH levels for vinyl pools

[Watermom]

Ruining a guys vacation because he's scared to death he might get a wrinkle in his pool liner doesn't seem too balanced to me.

I don't think we ruined a guy's vacation. He came and asked for advice and that is what we gave him.

[CarlD]

It was wrong on so many levels that I just couldn't respond nicely.

Then don't. We'll take care of it.

Carl

[CarlD]

Since many of us have run high levels of sanitizer for many years in liners that are 9, 10, even 15 years old, it's a little hard to tell which wrinkles are due to excessive chlorine, and which are due to age, sun, temp changes, shifting, etc.

DurhamHouses, you need to understand that many users come here BECAUSE they have problems they cannot solve and the pool store has only made worse. We have helped thousands here over the last 10-15 years and somehow managed to get their pools cleaned up and running nicely all on our own. Our advice is always intended to be clear, easy to follow, and, most important, effective. We also WELCOME new users and have answered the same elementary questions hundreds of times. That's what we are about. If you cannot accept that, this isn't the forum for you.

You are welcome to debate alternative treatments and techniques in the China Shop but not while we are working to help an OP clean up their pool. It is merely disruptive and confusing.

[SalemCastles]

Since you haven't been measuring your numbers up until now it's possible your PH has been low for a fairly long time. It's true that a high acid level can damage your pool especially if you have metal components such as as a heater inline or low quality stainless steel ladder etc. but for practical reasons I wouldn't sweat it that much. If you can get the PH up a bit before you leave then all the better otherwise just go and have a great vacation and deal with it when you get back.