Pool/ Spa question

[FloridaPoolNewbie]

Helping out a neighbor with a newly installed pool and spa. They dropped off some samples and are dealing with the classic green pool, need a SLAM story as old as time.

I've noticed the samples are a little different in the results and without seeing it or asking them, I assume you treat the pool and this same water supplies the hot tub. Is there any exception to this rule?

 

[mknauss]

How new of a pool?
Testing the water chemistry is the same.

The water is all the same in an integrated pool spa system.

 

[ajw22]

You need to look at their pool/spa setup and see if they have a raised spa with a spillover, and the spillover is running, in which case the SLAM Process will treat the pool and spa.

 

[FloridaPoolNewbie]

How new of a pool?
Testing the water chemistry is the same.

The water is all the same in an integrated pool spa system.

1 month.

 

[mknauss]

Yikes. Doing a SLAM on very new plaster is not good. What happened to the start up process?

 

[FloridaPoolNewbie]

Yikes. Doing a SLAM on very new plaster is not good. What happened to the start up process?

It's fiberglass. I have no clue, they had a lot of trouble with the builder and it seems like they disregarded adding the appropriate start up chemicals.

 

[mknauss]

OK -- fiberglass. No real start up. SLAM away.

 

[Mdragger88]

It's fiberglass. I have no clue, they had a lot of trouble with the builder and it seems like they disregarded adding the appropriate start up chemicals.

This makes me sad - but it happens all the time!
Get your friends their own test kit & set them up with
PoolMath & the
Pool Care Basics
so they can manage their new investment properly after you are done helping/guiding them through this
SLAM Process
Being a nice neighbor is one thing but you wanna set them up to be self reliant, not reliant on you. Ask me how I know lol