We moved to our house in January. We hadn't planned on ever having a pool, but the house we liked the best happened to have one, so we decided to take the "plunge". I'm so thankful for all of the information that I have found here.

We just had a pool service open it for the first time. The process looks totally doable for next year, but we were busy and intimidated this first time. I just ordered my Taylor K-2006 test kit, and I intend to use the BBB method. Seems easy enough to me after reading the details about a hundred times.

The only thing I'm not certain of is rust. We are topping the pool off with well water. I know, we are asking for trouble with the well pump, but we figured we would try this time and cross fingers. The pool guy said that there will be visible rust in the water, so I might have to go with something beyond the BBB to remove it. I'm sure I'll be able to find my answer by searching this forum.