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Pool calculators that do the arithmetic for you

Most pool dosing mistakes are arithmetic, not chemistry — a volume that was guessed years ago, or a product strength nobody checked. These 12 calculators cover the math that actually comes up at the equipment pad.

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Pool and hot tub test logKeep every water test on your phone. The latest becomes a plan for what to add, and the history shows what keeps drifting. A hot tub gets its own maker’s ranges.Open the log

Pool Volume Calculator

Work out how many gallons or liters your pool holds, in feet or meters. Covers rectangles, circles, ovals and freeform shapes, and pools with a deep end.

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Pool Chemistry Calculator

Enter your test results and get a plan: what to add, how much of it, and in what order, from chlorine through alkalinity, pH, calcium, stabilizer and salt.

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Chlorine Dosage Calculator

How much chlorine to add to reach your target, in gallons or liters. Covers liquid chlorine, bleach, cal hypo and dichlor, with shock levels scaled to your CYA.

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pH and Alkalinity Calculator

Work out how much muriatic acid, soda ash or baking soda to add to move pH and total alkalinity into range, in gallons or liters.

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Pool Pump Running Cost Calculator

See what your pump costs to run per season, and what switching to variable speed at a lower RPM would actually save you.

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Pool Pump and Filter Sizing Calculator

Work out the flow your pool needs, whether your pipes can carry it, and the pump and filter that handle it, from volume, turnover and pipe size.

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LSI Calculator (Langelier Saturation Index)

Work out your pool’s Langelier Saturation Index from pH, temperature, hardness, alkalinity and CYA, and see whether the water is corrosive or scaling.

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Pool Salt Calculator

How much salt to add to hit your target, in pounds or kilograms and whole bags. Also works out how much water to replace when the salt level is too high.

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CYA Reduction Calculator

Cyanuric acid only leaves a pool with the water. Work out exactly how much to drain and replace to bring a high CYA reading back to target.

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Pool Heater Sizing and Heat-Up Calculator

What size heater your pool needs, in BTU or kW, how long it takes to reach temperature, and what that heat costs on gas, propane or a heat pump.

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Pool Shock Calculator

Work out your shock level from your CYA, how much chlorine the whole job takes, and whether diluting the stabilizer first would be cheaper.

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Pool Bucket Test Calculator

Enter how far the bucket and the pool dropped, and see whether it is a leak or evaporation, how many gallons or liters a day, and where to look.

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A word on precision

These calculators give you a starting dose, not a laboratory value. Real pools have inaccurate volumes, products that lose strength on the shelf, and test kits with their own error bars. The professional habit is the same one I would give you in person: add about two-thirds of any correction, circulate for a full turnover, retest, and finish the job. It is slower on paper and much faster in practice.