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Originally Posted by lrvalley
Balancing a pool is very easy. Visit TroubleFree Pool and read the getting started articles. You'll have a clearer pool that is far less expensive to maintain. You only need two chemicals for 95% of the maintenance - Muriatic acid and Baking Soda. One raises pH, the other lowers.
Get a good test kit to start with - not strips, they are highly inaccurate. Either get a TF-100 kit from TF Testkits or the Taylor K2006c. Both will give you accurate readings. I would never trust a pool store - they are in business to make money.
TroubleFree pools has an app that tells you exactly what to add based on numbers for either of these kits.
Weekly maintenance is not enough in FL due to the heavy rains and sun. That's why the pool services add so many chemicals - because it needs to last for a week and they over saturate the water so it's sure to last a week.
Once you have balanced the pool, I check twice a week - and usually a day after a heavy rain. That way I add a minimum of chemicals and don't have to worry about any type of issue.
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We have used T&D for 8 years and never had a problem with our pool water. For what we pay for that service and the peace mind it provides it is well worth it, and believe, they can’t be making much based on what they charge and factoring in they have to pay the pool person something and also provide a truck and maintain it, etc. At any rate, it is personal preference. I like spending my time elsewhere and not having to bother and train a neighbor to test and watch it for me when we are gone.