HereWeGoAgain
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I mention that because the pool we had, that I got rid of, was way too much frigging work to keep molds/dirt out.
You could spend half your dang weekend fooling with it.
I would get the chlorine levels right only to send the ALK to the moon. Then try to get the ALK down and be left with no chlorine.
Yeah... I don't want a pool ever again.
Salt water pools are the way to go they're far easier to take care of. And you cant tell there's salt in the water except that your eyes dont burn.
There's about a teaspoon of salt per gallon in the pool. The water runs through cell that has current running through it which turns the salt into chlorine for a brief moment and that kills the all the crap in the water. All you need to add is a bit of salt and some acid occasionally.
I used to take care of ours myself but those damn automatic pool vacs wear out fast and they cost around $600 bucks so we just said to hell with it and hired a pool guy.