Low Calcium Hardness In Vinyl Pools

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Low calcium hardness in vinyl pools.

This can be a very expensive problem so pool owners need to address low calcium quickly. Is this really needed to keep the water correct or just important for concrete pools. Low calcium as is often the case will cause long term serious damage especially to plaster vinyl liners grout in between tiles metal rails and even concrete decking around the. Calcium hardness is also very important to the chemical balancing of your vinyl liner swimming pool.

Low calcium levels in the pool. Is it really necessary to have the calcium hardness up to levels in a vinyl pool. Just tested the water per ben s pool testing kit and my calcium hardness is 60ppm which is low. If a vinyl liner s calcium level is too low this soft water situation could lead to foaming and other water problems and can harm the vinyl.

I have read that the ch should be between 200 and 400 but that it does not matter for vinyl pools. Calcium for a liner pool can be a bit lower than a plaster pool in the range of 150 250 ppm. My ch tested today was 90. Thanks for the heads up here.

Calcium on the low and high end of the scales will eventually cause problems and when they do be ready for some serious problems. So i am guessing it is the pump etc that would be of concern to a low ch. It is at 75 ppm. My pool is four years old and nobody ever measured total hardness until now.

Just a quick question y all. Soft water low calcium levels can cause plaster or concrete pool walls to lose their calcium to the pool water and can cause vinyl pools to lose their elasticity.