First year with 21' round above ground pool. When we took off the cover the center tore a bunch of leaves and nasty gunk fell into the pool....hoping not to have to drain pool! Any suggestions would be appreciated!! ?
New to TFP and having a pool!
- Thread starter Jaye Carson
- Start date
Wobblerlorri
Bronze Supporter
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2,010
- Pool Size
- 4024
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Liquid Chlorine
Welcome, Jaye! 
First thing to do is vacuum up as much of the leaves and stuff that fell into the pool. Then fill it, test your water with either a TF-100 or Taylor K-2006C test kit (not test strips or pool store tests, they're notoriously unreliable). Add chemicals as indicated by PoolMath, then start the SLAM Process. Scrub and vacuum your pool at least daily, more often is better. Continue the SLAM until you can pass the Three Criteria: OCLT (overnight chlorine loss test) is 1 or less, CC (combined chloramines) is less than 1, and the pool is crystal clear.
You'll have a beautiful sparkling blue pool in no time!
First thing to do is vacuum up as much of the leaves and stuff that fell into the pool. Then fill it, test your water with either a TF-100 or Taylor K-2006C test kit (not test strips or pool store tests, they're notoriously unreliable). Add chemicals as indicated by PoolMath, then start the SLAM Process. Scrub and vacuum your pool at least daily, more often is better. Continue the SLAM until you can pass the Three Criteria: OCLT (overnight chlorine loss test) is 1 or less, CC (combined chloramines) is less than 1, and the pool is crystal clear.
You'll have a beautiful sparkling blue pool in no time!
You'll want to get out as much as you can with a leaf net. Get your chlorine level up & run the filter 24/7 until the water clears. Once you can see the bottom use the leaf rake again then vacuum. Draining could be the easiest option but may not be a good idea if the liner is more than a few years old.
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