New Pool Owner

[waste]

Hi and WELCOME to The Forum!!

What usually causes this is a combination of greed and ignorance on the part of the pool store.

A contributing factor is your own ignorance

However, this can be corrected

My prescription to you is to get to know your pool (we'll help and answer [U]any[U] questions you have). To do this you need to read through The Forum (& the Pool Solutions site) to get a basic understanding of what's going on with any pool - viewing the 'stickies' in any area of interest should be enough to start.

Next you need to get a GOOD test kit and test the water for yourself (there are links in the Mods and Pooldoc's signatures) [unless you've been backwashing every other day, you shouldn't need more cya (stabilizer) and calcium every 2 weeks]

I know that it's intimidating at first but, you can quickly and easily learn how to care for your pool with a good test kit and the knowledge we proffer.

[jennandlucy]

I will get busy on the research. I do feel overwhelmed and at the mercy of what the pool company tells me.

I am not backwashing every other day. Their instructions were to do it once a week. Again, I have been living by their instructions. My cheap test strips show that everything is in order. I will look into purchasing a GOOD test kit.

Thanks for your help.