Like many of you, I have been reading and trying to follow your steps to open and maintain my FIRST season of owning a pool!
I have about 17,000 gal in ground gunite pool...Hayward sand filter, and 1 skimmer that is considerably stronger than the other (closer to the pumps, if I block the closer one, the other works).
Opening the 'Swamp Thing'...
What I have done so far...
Day1-vacuumed out as much oak moss and leaves that I can... Dumped probably 3 gallons of bleach...left filter run all night.
Day 2-vacuumed more(I think I got all the big chunks out now) turned my sweep on and let it run...later added soda ash (just because previous owners left it) and cyuranic acid in a sock and put it in skimmer...let that circulate for a while and then added 3 more gallons of bleach...
I have a few questions...
1) I can't find the tf100 kit Anywhere online or locally... What out of the three is the second best?
2) I KNOW I need to test (taking a sample to Leslie's tomorrow morning)...but is there anything else I need to start doing immediately? I am trying to flow the slam method, without a test kit it is tough (obviously)...but I am trying to get one...
Any other pieces of advice?
(Thanks in advance for any help, and thank you for the knowledge you all have given to the public!!!)
Ps. I was trying to post a pic of each day, but I don't think I can with the cell phone?)
I have about 17,000 gal in ground gunite pool...Hayward sand filter, and 1 skimmer that is considerably stronger than the other (closer to the pumps, if I block the closer one, the other works).
Opening the 'Swamp Thing'...
What I have done so far...
Day1-vacuumed out as much oak moss and leaves that I can... Dumped probably 3 gallons of bleach...left filter run all night.
Day 2-vacuumed more(I think I got all the big chunks out now) turned my sweep on and let it run...later added soda ash (just because previous owners left it) and cyuranic acid in a sock and put it in skimmer...let that circulate for a while and then added 3 more gallons of bleach...
I have a few questions...
1) I can't find the tf100 kit Anywhere online or locally... What out of the three is the second best?
2) I KNOW I need to test (taking a sample to Leslie's tomorrow morning)...but is there anything else I need to start doing immediately? I am trying to flow the slam method, without a test kit it is tough (obviously)...but I am trying to get one...
Any other pieces of advice?
(Thanks in advance for any help, and thank you for the knowledge you all have given to the public!!!)
Ps. I was trying to post a pic of each day, but I don't think I can with the cell phone?)