- Apr 13, 2022
- 90
- Pool Size
- 16200
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-20
Hey, all. Coming back here in preparation for opening our pool in the next week if possible. You all help me quite a bit last year at closing even though we didn't do it ourselves. We had some issues with the people who did close.
Everyone highly recommended coming back this spring and posting all of our info to get some guidance on opening.
We have an auto cover, fiberglass pool, sand filter, salt chlorinator, (the cell needs to be cleaned badly) also a gas heater, and a (joke of a) waterfall feature. Also the in line sacrificial anode needs to be cleaned or replaced badly.
I can share pics in a few, but what is the best place to get started? What might I need to purchase to have on hand? Any advice on the anode or salt cell?
No response is too detailed. I learned a LOT about maintenance last year but nothing about opening. Clearly we have to remove antifreeze and connect all the in pool parts. I'm more unclear about what to do on the equipment side of things though. Is there a step by step list that I can use to start with and then customize to our pool?
Also "fun," we struggled with yellow algae all summer last year, I assume because of our inept pool builder who shut our pool down with the auto cover closed in January, only half cleaning it, after letting it look like a toxic waste pit over the fall. I spent the entire summer after opening doing everything recommended herr to get rid of it. 2+ week process just to think I'm done and then see it come back again. I have a strong feeling the underside of the cover might be harboring something I can't get to. But also the pool guy scratched up the fiberglass significantly while getting gravel out that they dumped in there And it seems like some of the scratches are where the yellow algae always starts forming again. I spent countless hours scrubbing with no real success.
Everyone highly recommended coming back this spring and posting all of our info to get some guidance on opening.
We have an auto cover, fiberglass pool, sand filter, salt chlorinator, (the cell needs to be cleaned badly) also a gas heater, and a (joke of a) waterfall feature. Also the in line sacrificial anode needs to be cleaned or replaced badly.
I can share pics in a few, but what is the best place to get started? What might I need to purchase to have on hand? Any advice on the anode or salt cell?
No response is too detailed. I learned a LOT about maintenance last year but nothing about opening. Clearly we have to remove antifreeze and connect all the in pool parts. I'm more unclear about what to do on the equipment side of things though. Is there a step by step list that I can use to start with and then customize to our pool?
Also "fun," we struggled with yellow algae all summer last year, I assume because of our inept pool builder who shut our pool down with the auto cover closed in January, only half cleaning it, after letting it look like a toxic waste pit over the fall. I spent the entire summer after opening doing everything recommended herr to get rid of it. 2+ week process just to think I'm done and then see it come back again. I have a strong feeling the underside of the cover might be harboring something I can't get to. But also the pool guy scratched up the fiberglass significantly while getting gravel out that they dumped in there And it seems like some of the scratches are where the yellow algae always starts forming again. I spent countless hours scrubbing with no real success.