Add diluted granular chlorine or non-chlorine pool shock according to package directions, typically one pound per 10,000 gallons of pool water. This treatment removes contaminants that could cause ...

Question: I have been told that if you add muriatic acid diluted in a bucket of water around the perimeter of a pool, it will lower alkalinity and pH. However, if you add diluted muriatic acid to only ...

The pH scale measures the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, ranging from 0 to 14, with values below 7 representing acidity, above 7 representing alkalinity, and 7 representing neutrality.

The customer was a single mom moving into a home with a swimming pool. “I remember her coming in. She was completely terrified,” said Tabatha Poling, who at the time, the mid-1990s, was opening a new ...