Hey y’all,
New owner here. We got our water last week. My only instruction from the builder was brush it twice daily. He’s been out once since the water went in last Saturday. I’ve read a lot in here on chemistry and new pool start ups. I got my TF-100 kit and did my owns tests this past Saturday. I took my water to Leslies and had them test as well to double check my work. Here are my results from Saturday.
FC 0.1
TA 50
CYA 0
pH 7.6
CH 375
(Leslies told me to shock it)
I sent the numbers to my builder and questioned the fact that there is virtually no chlorine in the pool and the low TA and no cya, his reply was “stabilizer shouldn’t be touched” and ”chemistry is Dang near perfect.”
Every time I ask a question he makes me feel like I’m an idiot for wanting to do my own maintenance. Today I get a call from a pool maintenance company that he owns and they say as of today I’m on my own and the pool builder has no responsibility from this point forward. I can either hire them for 205 per month, hire someone else, or go it alone.
I’m fine with taking over, but I really don’t want to mess up my week old plaster. Should I just start following TFP rules for getting my cya, ta, and FC up? Do I shock it? What should my next steps be?
I really thought they would give me a little “pool school“ to get started as a first time owner, especially after the amount of money we spent. However, I‘m not surprised by anything with this company anymore.
I have a swg, but since the plaster is new and the temps are dropping I probably won’t be adding any salt until spring at this point. Do I just run my numbers as regular chlorine pool until then?
Sorry for the long post. I’m just a frustrated new owner that doesn’t want to screw up my new pool.
I do pool school tomorrow, but apparently that is “equipment only.”
New owner here. We got our water last week. My only instruction from the builder was brush it twice daily. He’s been out once since the water went in last Saturday. I’ve read a lot in here on chemistry and new pool start ups. I got my TF-100 kit and did my owns tests this past Saturday. I took my water to Leslies and had them test as well to double check my work. Here are my results from Saturday.
FC 0.1
TA 50
CYA 0
pH 7.6
CH 375
(Leslies told me to shock it)
I sent the numbers to my builder and questioned the fact that there is virtually no chlorine in the pool and the low TA and no cya, his reply was “stabilizer shouldn’t be touched” and ”chemistry is Dang near perfect.”
Every time I ask a question he makes me feel like I’m an idiot for wanting to do my own maintenance. Today I get a call from a pool maintenance company that he owns and they say as of today I’m on my own and the pool builder has no responsibility from this point forward. I can either hire them for 205 per month, hire someone else, or go it alone.
I’m fine with taking over, but I really don’t want to mess up my week old plaster. Should I just start following TFP rules for getting my cya, ta, and FC up? Do I shock it? What should my next steps be?
I really thought they would give me a little “pool school“ to get started as a first time owner, especially after the amount of money we spent. However, I‘m not surprised by anything with this company anymore.
I have a swg, but since the plaster is new and the temps are dropping I probably won’t be adding any salt until spring at this point. Do I just run my numbers as regular chlorine pool until then?
Sorry for the long post. I’m just a frustrated new owner that doesn’t want to screw up my new pool.
I do pool school tomorrow, but apparently that is “equipment only.”