Pool Care Question

We have an inground pool with a vinyl liner. We use chlorine. We do not have any problems. I personally prefer chlorine. Our pool is very easy to maintain.
I would recommend finding a professional pool installer. We have a few pool supply stores here in town and most of the people who work there are not professional pool people. They only know what they've been trained to say. Half the time they can't even find us the parts we want, we have to find them in the catalog! So when we have questions, we call the company that installed our liner.

A.,

I know that Baquacil is more expensive but stick with it. We have an above ground pool also and Baquacil is what we started with then my husband decided to try chlorine what a mistake. We only use Baquacil now. When we switched to chlorine hair turned green, eyes burned, swimsuits faded and my allergies almost killed me. I firmly believe that Baquacil is worth the extra time and money.

J.

I have used both Baquacil and Chlorine. I would choose Baquacil over chlorine any day!! Yes, Baquacil is more expensive but you only need to use it every 10-14 days not every week like you do chlorine. Since Baquacil won't bleach out your swim suits or damage the elastics it will save you money there. Also, it doesn't bother contacts if you wear them in the pool and it won't make your eyes red, itchy and swollen like chlorine. You can stay in the water all day and it won't dry out your skin like chlorine. Also water won't pool in the ears to cause ear aches as much as chlorine. In all of these incidents Baquacil will save you money. Plus the smell isn't as strong as chlorine. You can treat and swim. I have a daughter that has extremely dry skin and she couldn't stay in a chlorinated pool more than a couple of hours without being miserable. With the Baquacil she stayed in the pool all day AND evening! And her skin never got the whitish residue. I used Baquacil for about 15 years (no pool now) and would never go back to chlorine.

A....i have the same size pool as you and we do cholrine now. You have to test it everyday and add chlorine to it. It is really a pain in the butt. I spend 750.00 a summer (not to talk about what i spend through the winter months)keeping my pool up. Chlorine is very expensive too. We are currently converting our pool to a saltwater pool and it is going to be less expensive and not as much upkeep as chlorine. You will still have maintenance but not like you do with baquacil and chlorine.

Pools are like boats ...one big money pit but that is the price you pay to have one at your leisure...

Let us know what you do. And i will let you know about the saltwater as soon as i am at least a month into it.

It would be my suggestion money wise and up keep of it to convert to saltwater...it will cost you roughly 900.00 at first but only about 300.00 in salt a summer.

Hi A.,
We also have a non-chlorine pool that we bought last year. I too had considered changing to chlorine this year, but was told that we would have to change everything from the filter to the sand underneath. I don't know if this is true or not, but we decided to keep it non-chlorine for now. However if you can find a place that sells SoftSwim products, they are the same as baquacil. Just less expensive. I was able to find them at our local pool and spa dealer, but I'm sure you could find them online as well.
M.

As long as you don't still have the other water in your pool, it shouldn't be a problem. I don't know about Baquacil, but I know with chlorine I have to test every day, and almost every day I have to add chlorine. Chlorine, if you don't get the levels right, can burn your eyes and fade your swimsuits, but that is what testing kits are for. So good luck.