We are just finishing construction on our pool, approximately 20,000 gallons, gunite and plaster with a pebble finish. PB is doing startup on Monday but I wanted mess around with my TF-100. I tested our tap water and it had a FC of about 2.5. I didn’t test CC but the water has a noticeable chlorine smell which we usually treat with a whole house softener/filter (those have been bypassed for the pool fill).
We are in Houston and about 36 hours into the fill and just about done. I wanted to see what the pool water was at, with no chemicals added, and here’s what I came up with:
FC = 0
PH = 8.2
TA = 300
CH = 125
CYA = 0
The CYA doesn’t surprise me, as I doubt tap water is stabilized. And I assume being in the sun all day, any FC burned off since it’s un-stabilized.
My questions are, for the PH and TA, are those “typical” values when you’re just starting out? As I said, we haven’t added any chemicals except the PB put in about 1.5 gallons of “Startup-TEC” as they started the fill. And CH should go up as the plaster cures, right?
We are excited to be finishing this build which has been about an 18 month design process; although excavation only started on Jan 27th so the build itself has gone pretty quickly.
We are in Houston and about 36 hours into the fill and just about done. I wanted to see what the pool water was at, with no chemicals added, and here’s what I came up with:
FC = 0
PH = 8.2
TA = 300
CH = 125
CYA = 0
The CYA doesn’t surprise me, as I doubt tap water is stabilized. And I assume being in the sun all day, any FC burned off since it’s un-stabilized.
My questions are, for the PH and TA, are those “typical” values when you’re just starting out? As I said, we haven’t added any chemicals except the PB put in about 1.5 gallons of “Startup-TEC” as they started the fill. And CH should go up as the plaster cures, right?
We are excited to be finishing this build which has been about an 18 month design process; although excavation only started on Jan 27th so the build itself has gone pretty quickly.
