Hello Everyone,
I bought a house last year that had an above ground pool around 12,000 gallons. Sand filter. I went to open the pool this year and there was a big hole in the cover and a lot of debris got in. I live in Michigan so we don't get a long pool season so I was eager to try to get it running and went to Leslie's first. Now I know from all I read here that probably wasn't the best place to start. They sold me about 100 bucks worth of stuff and had me do the following steps.
1. Add Green to Clean wait 5 mins
2. Add 2 lbs powder shock wait 12 hours
3. Add 2 lbs powder shock wait 12 hours
4. Add 2 lbs powder shock wait 12 hours
5. Add half bottle of Clear Aid
Left me with a Blue cloudy pool with about 1 foot of visibility. When I put my arm in to my elbow I can't see my finger tips. Went back there and they told me to add the rest of the clear aid and told me to add stabilizer. Did both while only having a floater in my pool to maintain chlorine. I scooped the bottom with the leaf net and there is still green algae under there. So I gave up on Leslie's bought the TF-50 as I had the PH test already and went and bought 4 cases (16 bottles of 10% chlorine) The box says it was packed 5/31/17. $13 at Meijer for 4 so i figured it was a pretty good deal. I haven't added any chlorine yet and my test kit will arrive today and I will post my numbers. I have read a ton in pool school and messed with the pool math but I just have a few questions.
1. When i test my water is there a certain spot I should be testing at? Closes to the skimmer furthest from the skimmer etc?
2. Should I add the chlorine at the jet or around the outsides?
3 Pool math says to add like 2 gallons to get my pool to shock level assuming my CYA is around 40. But I know I have algae that is going to eat that up. How much should I add at first?
4. I am going to vacuum to waste first and brush the walls but is there anything else I should be doing?
Obviously I am going to be trying the slam method and I know there is no set thing on how long it will take but is 16 gallons going to be enough for my Slam or will I probably need more? I am not going to add anything else to it until I get the test numbers back and figure out what I need.
Thanks for all your help in advance.
I bought a house last year that had an above ground pool around 12,000 gallons. Sand filter. I went to open the pool this year and there was a big hole in the cover and a lot of debris got in. I live in Michigan so we don't get a long pool season so I was eager to try to get it running and went to Leslie's first. Now I know from all I read here that probably wasn't the best place to start. They sold me about 100 bucks worth of stuff and had me do the following steps.
1. Add Green to Clean wait 5 mins
2. Add 2 lbs powder shock wait 12 hours
3. Add 2 lbs powder shock wait 12 hours
4. Add 2 lbs powder shock wait 12 hours
5. Add half bottle of Clear Aid
Left me with a Blue cloudy pool with about 1 foot of visibility. When I put my arm in to my elbow I can't see my finger tips. Went back there and they told me to add the rest of the clear aid and told me to add stabilizer. Did both while only having a floater in my pool to maintain chlorine. I scooped the bottom with the leaf net and there is still green algae under there. So I gave up on Leslie's bought the TF-50 as I had the PH test already and went and bought 4 cases (16 bottles of 10% chlorine) The box says it was packed 5/31/17. $13 at Meijer for 4 so i figured it was a pretty good deal. I haven't added any chlorine yet and my test kit will arrive today and I will post my numbers. I have read a ton in pool school and messed with the pool math but I just have a few questions.
1. When i test my water is there a certain spot I should be testing at? Closes to the skimmer furthest from the skimmer etc?
2. Should I add the chlorine at the jet or around the outsides?
3 Pool math says to add like 2 gallons to get my pool to shock level assuming my CYA is around 40. But I know I have algae that is going to eat that up. How much should I add at first?
4. I am going to vacuum to waste first and brush the walls but is there anything else I should be doing?
Obviously I am going to be trying the slam method and I know there is no set thing on how long it will take but is 16 gallons going to be enough for my Slam or will I probably need more? I am not going to add anything else to it until I get the test numbers back and figure out what I need.
Thanks for all your help in advance.