startup

Hey guys I just wanted to get some feedback on starting up new saltwater pool. What to do and what not to do. You should be able to find all my details in my signature. They are going to start filling my pool today. Questions I had: - when do you add salt - pool company is saying to put...

Opened the pool a few weeks ago. Slammed and scrubbed thoroughly. Successfully passed the OCLT test multiple days in a row at SLAM levels. Scrubbed again. Balanced all chemicals and brought the FC to normal levels. The water continues to be hazy after a week of 24/7 pump running. I performed...

I thought it would be cool (and useful for some folks in the community) to log and report my pool opening process for 2023...step by step. I assume this will take a few days based on what I saw in the water. DAY 1 We pulled to cover off earlier today, 9 AM...a bit later than normal as we are...

Hi All, I was given a used Intex EasySet 15' ABG and accessories last weekend. Unfortunately, it had a rip in the inflatable ring. I was gonna toss it out, but decided to tape a bunch of pool noodles I've acquired over the years together and threaded them in there instead. This afternoon I...

First ever pool....New ~ 9,500 gallon Hydrazzo plaster pool finished filling on Saturday night. The pool company didn't come until Monday morning. They added 2 gallons of muriatic acid, a small amount of chlorine, and what looked like a sequestering agent. I saw this on the pool camera and they...

Recently had our pool re-plastered on 4/19.. pool was here when we bought the house 2 years ago and it was painted, so that was a nice extra expense the previous owner left us for water blasting. When we bought the house and had an inspector check out the pool, he estimated it to be 25k...

I'm sure this has been asked a ton, but I'm mostly curious about my heater. It's an older Raypak 350k BTU gas, RP2100. I don't know if it automatically bypasses itself when it's off and water just flows through the front block thing, or if the water flows through the whole thing. If it doesn't...

Hi, I'm getting a new construction pool completed and I notice a large gray spot in the deep end on the new mini pebble. I 1st notice it the following day after my pool was topped off. My concern is can it be removed without draining the pool? It is about a 20k gallon pool with NPT stonescape...

My newly built pool is set to be plastered tomorrow, and polished/filled the day after. The PB is hiring a 3rd party startup company to start the pool up for us, and they utilize the Orenda method for startup and cover the first 5 days of startup. Because of this, I wanted to educate myself...

Hi all! I'm new here. i am very much interested with pool cleaning services and to start one for my own as a business to be proud of. i find pool cleaning very satisfying (its like polishing a metal to a mirror finish). with a community like this where ideas and thoughts are shared & to be...

We are FINALLY filling our pool. It is 18 x 9 intex ultra xtr with 1200 gph sand filter and intex swg. This is going to sound like the dumbest question - what order/timing do I do everything. I have read all the forum start-up guides, but i don't quite get the order. (We also have the TF pro...

Hi all, first time posting and newish to pool ownership. I have a 28000 gallon AG vinyl pool with sand filter, 1.5hp pump. My pool water temp is about 60. It’s time to get my chemicals going to stop the algae bloom I had last year. I leave pool uncovered all winter and run the pump at night...

I need help. We just remodeled our pool and had it replastered. When the water was filled in the jets were turned on and we discovered there was a huge crack in the pipes allowing dirt and rocks to shoot into the pool. They fixed the pipes and came to clean the pool. Dirt and rocks were still in...

Ok. pool finished filling at 11pm last night. i turned on pump and gave a light brushing. this morning i tested with my new taylor k-2006 kit. here are the results as best I know. So far, i have put nothing into the pool. What do I start with? I 've heard you don't put chlorine in for 48 hrs...

hi, finally getting my Sylvan pool resurfaced from old plaster to mini-pebble stonescapes aqua cool. We also had sea turtles added on the bottom and an umbrella stand/turtles on the deep end bench. They start filling pool on Thursday. What do I need to put in right off the bat? Do you have to...

Hello, guys, I am trying to open the pool myself this summer, I have been having this leak since last year as well I just never found a solution, just a small leak at the pump ring and no matter how i try to move the pump or ring around it doesn't stop the leak

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Good day all, Day 3 after pool company came to start up my brand new pool. (Details are in my signature) I believe they did an acid start up. I have three 3” chlorine tabs floating. Water is clear, ph is ideal level. However I’m not registering a chlorine level. How to proceed? I look...

My pool was installed over the winter here in New York, so after the brushing phase, they closed it without adding any of the salt, and said they would do it when they opened it this spring. They came out at the beginning of last week and opened it and cleaned it, but because they were “busy”...

Hello! We just bought one of those Summer Waves above ground metal frame pool. It's a 16x48 and currently filling up as I type. I feel so lost as to how to get it started with chemicals. The only experience I have with water chemistry was when I kept betta fish a few years back. I'm hoping we...

For anyone that has configured an Omnilogic, I have a question. On a new build, do I have to wait until my pool is full to power up and start configuration of the panel? I wanted to start the configuration early, but I am not sure if it is ok to do so. Does anyone know? Thanks for the help! Troy

Hey everyone, I am seriously loving this site and all the great advice. We just finished our pool remodel and had our pool replastered and we are in the process of doing a start up. I know many people on here don't like Leslies pool so I took my water to another store, as well as Leslies. I...