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Simple 5 Way and 2 Way Test Kits (Taylor K-1000 & K-1004)
If you’ve opened up your shed or pool house and discovered that somehow, and most probably magically, your 2-way test kit or your 5-way test kit has disappeared or gotten smashed into little plastic...
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Liquid Test Kit Options (In the Swim)
Weather forecasters say the temperatures will get up into the 80′s for a good part of the country (United States) this weekend and that means a lot of you fine folks will venture out to the pool shed...
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Question: When Should We Test Our Pool Water?
Sam from Georgia wrote in and asked, I badgered my husband into taking the cover off the pool last weekend at our new house. The cover ripped part way off the pool and dumped a lot of ‘stuff’ into the...
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Cyanuric Acid Testing: Kits, Strips and Meters
Cyanuric Acid, LiquidPool Stabilizer Cyanuric Acid, PowderPool Stabilizer A key factor in determining how much chlorine your pool will use over the course of a swimming season: Cyanuric Acid level. If...
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Pool Chemicals, Pool Supplies, Pool… Stuff
OK, so you have probably WAITED with baited breath for us to post this collection of pool chemicals, pool testing supplies and more… so here you go! Enjoy the weekend! 2-Way Test Kits 4-Way Test Kits...
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“Proper” Pool Water Parameter Levels
Everyone always wants to know what levels of chlorine (tablets & powders), pH (pH increaser & pH decreaser), alkalinity, calcium hardness, TDS, and stabilizer they ought to have in their pool....
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You WILL Need Chemicals When You Open Your Pool
Over the years we have dealt with WAY too many people who had trouble getting their pool ‘right’ after opening it — because they DIDN’T add the necessary pool water balancing chemicals at the beginning...
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EPA Compliant Chlorine Testing in Pools Requires DPD
Although private pool owners do not have to abide by any laws when it comes to the frequency of testing and type of test they carry out when testing their pool water, operators of public swimming...
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Cyanuric Acid Saves Money and Keeps Water Safer
Choosing to ignore an often overlooked pool water parameter can result in a lot of wasted time, energy and money. Some folks believe adding chlorine to their pool water on a regular basis will...
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Step One: Test Your Pool Water, and Here’s Why
Taylor K-1004 Troubleshooter Test Kit One of the most important thing you can do at the start of any pool season: TEST the WATER before you add chemicals! Why? Because one of several things could...
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