Hey Everyone,
Recently stumbled upon TFP and think this is the resource I've been looking for! Family bought a house with a pool ~4 years ago. This is the first pool I've owned. Being busy with young family/work I wanted nothing to do with maintenance and, up until ~4 months ago, I was paying a pool company an obscene amount of money to maintain my pool. After number of issues with said pool company plus cringing every time I saw the monthly service bill, I've taken over as the family pool guy. I've taken a tour through "Pool School" and read a number of posts on the forum and purchased a solid test kit (K-2006C).
Here are my first set of numbers:
FC: 5.4
CC: 0.2
PH:7.9
TA:120
CH: 950
CYA: 43
I've known the pool has had high calcium numbers (it is evidenced by large deposits along the waterline and spa spillover). Assuming my refill water is not too "hard" is the recommendation to go ahead and drain as necessary to address the CH prior to doing anything else?
In addition, I had some a couple of "learning weeks" as I took over pool maintenance duties. We had a pretty bad round of algae build up that I've largely addressed at this stage. However, there is still some faint green staining on the bottom of the pool nearest the deep end, which does not come off when brushing. Is the recommendation here to go through a SLAM process? If yes, should I address the CH prior to SLAMing or can I put off draining/refilling for some time (preferably indefinitely... water is $$$ here in ATX).
Pool Details:
20,000g
PebbleTech
Chlorine (historically tabs + shock but now switching to bleach)
DE Filter (Pentair FNSP 60)
Recently stumbled upon TFP and think this is the resource I've been looking for! Family bought a house with a pool ~4 years ago. This is the first pool I've owned. Being busy with young family/work I wanted nothing to do with maintenance and, up until ~4 months ago, I was paying a pool company an obscene amount of money to maintain my pool. After number of issues with said pool company plus cringing every time I saw the monthly service bill, I've taken over as the family pool guy. I've taken a tour through "Pool School" and read a number of posts on the forum and purchased a solid test kit (K-2006C).
Here are my first set of numbers:
FC: 5.4
CC: 0.2
PH:7.9
TA:120
CH: 950
CYA: 43
I've known the pool has had high calcium numbers (it is evidenced by large deposits along the waterline and spa spillover). Assuming my refill water is not too "hard" is the recommendation to go ahead and drain as necessary to address the CH prior to doing anything else?
In addition, I had some a couple of "learning weeks" as I took over pool maintenance duties. We had a pretty bad round of algae build up that I've largely addressed at this stage. However, there is still some faint green staining on the bottom of the pool nearest the deep end, which does not come off when brushing. Is the recommendation here to go through a SLAM process? If yes, should I address the CH prior to SLAMing or can I put off draining/refilling for some time (preferably indefinitely... water is $$$ here in ATX).
Pool Details:
20,000g
PebbleTech
Chlorine (historically tabs + shock but now switching to bleach)
DE Filter (Pentair FNSP 60)
