Years ago, we installed our first above ground swimming pool. It was the beginning of a hot summer here in the midwest and we decided it was a good time to ...

All the info I can find these days says "drain and refill the pool" to lower the cyanuric acid level. However, that course of action is unacceptable. My pool is 34,000 gallons (in-ground), and was ...

Adding a stabilizer such as cyanuric acid helps protect the hypochlorous acid from degrading in sunlight. ... Pool disinfectants work optimally when the water pH is between 7.2 and 7.8.

In 100+ degree heat, swimming pools aren’t just luxuries—they’re lifelines. But extreme heat is tough on water chemistry, ...

As temperatures rise and summer fun begins, pools become a popular place to cool off and relax. But it is important to ...

Like most pool-sanitizing chemicals, trichlor is a way to add hypochlorous acid—the chlorine bleach HClO—to water. HClO breaks down quickly into hydrochloric acid and oxygen in the sun.