- Jul 5, 2013
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uncovered pool and need help
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Hello, Everyone I've followed this thread and recently purchased a home with a 18x36 pool. When Memorial Day arrived I contcated my local pool company and paid for them to open my pool. I'm a pool novice with no skills as to how to take of one. After time, money spent and taken, I have realized I'm getting nickled and dimed and HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO USE MY POOL> I'm $650 deep from multiple visits and different instructions given to me by the pool technicians.
1} 1st vist they finished taking the cover off the pool, I already unhitched from the perimeter. They sprayed it, dropped chemicals in the pool and explained how to utse the filter after they put it together. Explained backwashing/priming/Testing levels/Vacumming. Here is the problem. WHen they revealed the pool it had tons of algea {which had a black tint covering the entire bottom of the pool. After showing me how to vacuum they just dropped everything, pumped to waste and left.
Over several days I believed it would clear and we could begin using it. Well I then found situation #2.
2} They failed to explain weekly maintenance thoroughly, which I'm learning through money spent and time on this site as well as time spent at my pool. I couldn't tell you the countless amounts of shocked dropped in this pool along with the amount of chemicals dropped in the pool. This led to them coming back and dropping more in the pool and leaving. They left with backwashing instructions to complete over a 48-72 hr period until clear water comes out of the discharge side. I tried to do so and water continued to get murky again. Chlorine levels 0. They aslo explained CYA doesn't matter, only PH, TA and FC. I then broke the plastic handle on my Hayward EC65.
3} This leads to problem #3. I know understand I'm fighting myself because since day 1 I can't get the water to clear up. I then noticed what the pool techs noticed on visit #1. Everytime they attempted to vacuum, pool filter was losing suction. No matter how many times you recharge it. I then tried to do this over several days, and continued to check on filter. Noticed pump running, no water filtering. Steam was releasing from the basket. I then primed it and got it flowing but my wife informed me, she and the pool company which came out for a third time discovered a possible air leak in the 2" pipe leading from the filter to the pvc pipe leading in the ground. It has a locknut and about 3" long, connected into the 2" filter PVC going into the filter basket. As the water fills into the basket when I first turn on the filter it runs well but flow drops off.
My questions are, how do I go about repairing this leak? DO i replace this small pipe or can it be patched?
What do I do next to get the water balanced? I read where people are using regular bleach, 6% by the gallons and baking soda for ph.
I didn't know you could pour liquid bleach in pools you swim in {please don't laugh}. Is the baking soda better than the PH or TA you buy in a pool store?
I'm in desperate need to get this up and running. I have a 1 yr old and 7month preggers wife who wish to enjoy it this summer.
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Hello, Everyone I've followed this thread and recently purchased a home with a 18x36 pool. When Memorial Day arrived I contcated my local pool company and paid for them to open my pool. I'm a pool novice with no skills as to how to take of one. After time, money spent and taken, I have realized I'm getting nickled and dimed and HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO USE MY POOL> I'm $650 deep from multiple visits and different instructions given to me by the pool technicians.
1} 1st vist they finished taking the cover off the pool, I already unhitched from the perimeter. They sprayed it, dropped chemicals in the pool and explained how to utse the filter after they put it together. Explained backwashing/priming/Testing levels/Vacumming. Here is the problem. WHen they revealed the pool it had tons of algea {which had a black tint covering the entire bottom of the pool. After showing me how to vacuum they just dropped everything, pumped to waste and left.
Over several days I believed it would clear and we could begin using it. Well I then found situation #2.
2} They failed to explain weekly maintenance thoroughly, which I'm learning through money spent and time on this site as well as time spent at my pool. I couldn't tell you the countless amounts of shocked dropped in this pool along with the amount of chemicals dropped in the pool. This led to them coming back and dropping more in the pool and leaving. They left with backwashing instructions to complete over a 48-72 hr period until clear water comes out of the discharge side. I tried to do so and water continued to get murky again. Chlorine levels 0. They aslo explained CYA doesn't matter, only PH, TA and FC. I then broke the plastic handle on my Hayward EC65.
3} This leads to problem #3. I know understand I'm fighting myself because since day 1 I can't get the water to clear up. I then noticed what the pool techs noticed on visit #1. Everytime they attempted to vacuum, pool filter was losing suction. No matter how many times you recharge it. I then tried to do this over several days, and continued to check on filter. Noticed pump running, no water filtering. Steam was releasing from the basket. I then primed it and got it flowing but my wife informed me, she and the pool company which came out for a third time discovered a possible air leak in the 2" pipe leading from the filter to the pvc pipe leading in the ground. It has a locknut and about 3" long, connected into the 2" filter PVC going into the filter basket. As the water fills into the basket when I first turn on the filter it runs well but flow drops off.
My questions are, how do I go about repairing this leak? DO i replace this small pipe or can it be patched?
What do I do next to get the water balanced? I read where people are using regular bleach, 6% by the gallons and baking soda for ph.
I didn't know you could pour liquid bleach in pools you swim in {please don't laugh}. Is the baking soda better than the PH or TA you buy in a pool store?
I'm in desperate need to get this up and running. I have a 1 yr old and 7month preggers wife who wish to enjoy it this summer.