Replacing liner and water

[brider18]

What is TA if you mind me asking

[Tootie]

TA= Total Alkaninity


Margit

[Tootie]

soooooooooooorrrry about the Typo

Of course it's Alkalinity

[Tootie]

LOL

Thanks Janet


Margit

[aylad]

LOL You and I just posted at the same time--didn't see the typo until after you mentioned it

Janet

[CarlD]

If you are not familiar with Total Alkalinity, don't be confused by the name--it's a buffer that prevents pH from deviating too much. Suggested amounts are between 80 and 125, but with vinyl you can safely go to 180 without having to worry about lowering it.

Hardness is calcium and NO MATTER WHAT THEY TELL YOU, you don't need it in a vinyl pool. Calcium's job in water is to prevent the calcium in the walls of concrete and plaster pools from being leeched out, weaking the concrete, mortar or plaster. It has no effect on vinyl or fiberglass pools.

[brider18]

Thank you carlid. you really hit it home explaining what hardness does because that stuff is not cheap

[aylad]

Oops, sorry......Total alkalinity

Janet