Planning an AG pool

[aylad]

Any getting started links I should check out?

The stickies at the top of each forum--followed by all you can read from the forum and our sister site, Poolsolutions.com. The better you understand this from the beginning of your pool's life, the easier and more fun your pool will be.

[Watermom]

I would just add, go ahead and order a K-2006 or 2006C kit from the test kit page in my signature below so you'll have it from day one as you start filling the pool.

You're gonna love having a pool!

[BethyM]

Test kit ordered, install setup, electrician scheduled, building permit in the works.. thank goodness its a small project!

Big tall... it was 600 less for steel but had walls that were 2 in shorter so we opted for the taller :-) swcg is in the future, but not this season. Now to see how it all comes together!

[BethyM]

Working on my 'plan' for when the pool gets here as far as getting the water going. Kids are asking for what date they can swim!! LOL I'm not much more patient than them :-) I assume if they want to freeze their butts off day 1, the hose water is no worse than the kiddie pool but then we need to start adding stuff to get the levels right. My "package" comes with all these handy dandy poolife chems. Is there any harm in starting the pool with them and then immediately starting to use the BBB? If I'm reading it right, the only 'poolstore' chem I need is the CYA, so part of me wants to call up and ask him how much the chem package is worth and convert it all to CYA or get a credit I've already ordered a snazzy test kit so the strips are, as pointed out earlier, not useful.

Thoughts?

[Watermom]

See if you can get a credit on the pool chems. On many of them, they are blended mixes and have stuff in them you don't want plus they usually also give you a bunch of stuff you don't need.

[aylad]

If they'll give you credit for it, I'd use that for your CYA and for liquid chlorine, if they sell it there (which is the same thing as bleach, just 12% instead of 6%).

[BethyM]

Thanks! I'll discuss it when I call to pay the balance.

I'm officially a water snob -- just got home from taking the kids to the Y and it was cloudy! Like, can't see your toes in 3'6" water - We didn't stay long... before studying up for our own pool I don't think I would have realized how 'off' it really was. Makes me glad ours is installed next week!