Hello. We just had a new liner installed and are refilling the pool. What do I do about the chemicals before closing? Can I add them without filling it full and turning on the circulation system or can i get away without balancing everything before covering? thank you.
Closing after installing new liner
- Thread starter Jim'spool
- Start date
- Jun 22, 2014
- 47,844
- Pool Size
- 17888
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
If you can get enough water in the pool to run the pump for a couple hours or more, that should mix the water enough to get a good sample for testing so that you can add chemicals as needed. Then you should be fine to close. Hope that helps.
- Jun 1, 2018
- 13,747
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I see you’re trying to avoid filling then draining again and having to drain all the equipment.
Do you have a submersible pump? If so you can do what you’re proposing using that to circulate & have a stream to pour chems in taking care to brush things well & avoid anything resting on the liner.
Be sure to account for less water volume in your PoolMath
calculations if you’re not filling all the way up.
You’ll mainly be concerned with ph (in the 7’s)
Having some Cya (which can be a bit tricky dissolving in cold water unless you use liquid)
& slam level fc for closing.
FC/CYA Levels
You don’t really want to go all winter with no fc.
That’s how you get a swamp.
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Do you have a submersible pump? If so you can do what you’re proposing using that to circulate & have a stream to pour chems in taking care to brush things well & avoid anything resting on the liner.
Be sure to account for less water volume in your PoolMath
calculations if you’re not filling all the way up.
You’ll mainly be concerned with ph (in the 7’s)
Having some Cya (which can be a bit tricky dissolving in cold water unless you use liquid)
& slam level fc for closing.
FC/CYA Levels
You don’t really want to go all winter with no fc.
That’s how you get a swamp.
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