New Pool Owner -Bacq Conversion

Giventofly · Jun 10, 2015

At 7:15 this morning my levels were FC 11 and CC 0.5. FC only dropped 4 from last night so getting close.

As expected the FC was zero when I got home from work tonight so I added 1 gal of 12.5% shock. I'll measure again in a bit too see where that brings me. Based off yesterday it should get me back to 15.

I took a few pics but haven't had a chance to post so here they are.

At the beginning:

This was the worst it looked. I didn't have the typical color show.

Last night before dark:

Husky25 · Jun 10, 2015

Nicely done, "Eddie (I think "Jeremy" is in poor taste

)." Keep it up.

kimkats · Jun 10, 2015

That is so pretty! Good job!

Kim

Giventofly · Jun 13, 2015

Lost 0.5 FC last night. Time to change filter sand today then balance the rest of the chemicals and the conversion will be complete. Aiming for first swim tomorrow!

Thanks for all your help everyone!

kimkats · Jun 13, 2015

Good job! Have fun swimming! :paddle:

Kim

Giventofly · Jun 14, 2015

Changed the sand in my filter today, but I did something wrong because the filter is now spitting out sand. I backwashed for a couple of minutes and rinsed for 2-3 minutes but there is still a ton of sand coming out. Guess I'm going to have to rip the filter apart again to see what's going on. Another annoying thing is the filter is located under the built-in deck so doing any work on it under there is a pain.

kimkats · Jun 14, 2015

Take the sand back out. Look over the tube and laterals. Look for any chips in the tube and missing ribs on the laterals.

When you put your sand back in were you VERY careful to not get any sand down the tube?

Did you backwash and rinse the sand/filter before you started the filter?

Just shooting ideas out there.

Kim