Hi!
I am new to the site, but have been lurking/learning since we decided to buy a home with a pool, which we closed on a little over a week ago, and finally got to move into this past weekend. First of all, this site is great and seems to be full of nice, helpful people! Second of all, I was able to do my first water tests today :-D , which took me about 45 minutes. Besides the water tests, the only other thing Ive had time to do is clean out the skimmer and pump baskets. I tried to put as much info as I knew into my signature, but Ill lay it out again just in case I missed something. 18,000 gal, IG gunite pool with black sand mixed, DE filter with (according to PO), a nature II system. The pool as been maintained mostly by a pool/lawn company, and they have been using "smart sticks" :? The water is clear, but does seem to have a chlorine smell. My initial test results are:
FC- 15 (High)
CC-0
TA-120
CH-270
CYA >100 Im estimating 120-150 (High)
PH-7.5
Based on what Ive read so far, I need to possibly remove the nature II insert (?), have a pool store test for metals in the water due to the nature II system, such as copper, and do a partial water replacement due to the CYA being so high. I have a couple of questions about getting things going the BBB way.
1) If there are metals in the water, will a partial water replacement fix that and the CYA problem?
2)How much water would you recommend draining? I have a fear of this thing popping out of the ground. My wife is already nervous enough about me maintaining the pool on my own. :lol:
3) Should I go ahead and remove the float that Im assuming is carrying "smart sticks"?
3) And after the water replancement, I feel I can follow pool school and use the pool calculator to then adjust my numbers accordingly. Does this seem like the right steps?
Thank you in advance for all the help!
Jeremy
I am new to the site, but have been lurking/learning since we decided to buy a home with a pool, which we closed on a little over a week ago, and finally got to move into this past weekend. First of all, this site is great and seems to be full of nice, helpful people! Second of all, I was able to do my first water tests today :-D , which took me about 45 minutes. Besides the water tests, the only other thing Ive had time to do is clean out the skimmer and pump baskets. I tried to put as much info as I knew into my signature, but Ill lay it out again just in case I missed something. 18,000 gal, IG gunite pool with black sand mixed, DE filter with (according to PO), a nature II system. The pool as been maintained mostly by a pool/lawn company, and they have been using "smart sticks" :? The water is clear, but does seem to have a chlorine smell. My initial test results are:
FC- 15 (High)
CC-0
TA-120
CH-270
CYA >100 Im estimating 120-150 (High)
PH-7.5
Based on what Ive read so far, I need to possibly remove the nature II insert (?), have a pool store test for metals in the water due to the nature II system, such as copper, and do a partial water replacement due to the CYA being so high. I have a couple of questions about getting things going the BBB way.
1) If there are metals in the water, will a partial water replacement fix that and the CYA problem?
2)How much water would you recommend draining? I have a fear of this thing popping out of the ground. My wife is already nervous enough about me maintaining the pool on my own. :lol:
3) Should I go ahead and remove the float that Im assuming is carrying "smart sticks"?
3) And after the water replancement, I feel I can follow pool school and use the pool calculator to then adjust my numbers accordingly. Does this seem like the right steps?
Thank you in advance for all the help!
Jeremy