I've been using this site for 10 years now, thought it was time to set up an account. Hopefully not rushing into this too fast.
I first found this site when I bought a house with relatively older inground pool, and previous owner that left a few surprises for me. He told me he winterized it. Found out that wasn't true when next spring the pump was geysering water as I turned it on. The pump had froze and split in several spots. The local pool company quoted me $1200 to put in a new pump. The pool guy we carried over from previous owner said they were ripping me off, and he would do it for $800. I looked online and bought the same pump for $280 and spent about $10 for pipe and glue, and did it myself. He said my plumbing job was garbage and would leak in a few years. He was right, I had to spend another $20 years later to fix some pipes that were leaking. LOL. In another 20 years or so, I'll be in it for the original quote from the pool store.
Anyway, pool is about 30,000 gallons, depending on what mood I'm in. It is a kidney/peanut shaped pool, and without using calculus, I can't quite get the same guesstimate every time I try to calculate how much water is in it.
I opened this year with liquid chlorine (12.5%) from BJ's. I bought 4 boxes. Went back last week, and no liquid chlorine to be found. For the first time I bought Clorox powder chlorinator. It was a $129 for 27 pounds.
I'm not happy about it, but I can't drive all over the place looking for bottles of liquid. The clorox is always there, so it might be better than nothing. Now I'm trying to figure out if I should keep bringing my CYA up if I'm dumping this powder in.
I first found this site when I bought a house with relatively older inground pool, and previous owner that left a few surprises for me. He told me he winterized it. Found out that wasn't true when next spring the pump was geysering water as I turned it on. The pump had froze and split in several spots. The local pool company quoted me $1200 to put in a new pump. The pool guy we carried over from previous owner said they were ripping me off, and he would do it for $800. I looked online and bought the same pump for $280 and spent about $10 for pipe and glue, and did it myself. He said my plumbing job was garbage and would leak in a few years. He was right, I had to spend another $20 years later to fix some pipes that were leaking. LOL. In another 20 years or so, I'll be in it for the original quote from the pool store.
Anyway, pool is about 30,000 gallons, depending on what mood I'm in. It is a kidney/peanut shaped pool, and without using calculus, I can't quite get the same guesstimate every time I try to calculate how much water is in it.
I opened this year with liquid chlorine (12.5%) from BJ's. I bought 4 boxes. Went back last week, and no liquid chlorine to be found. For the first time I bought Clorox powder chlorinator. It was a $129 for 27 pounds.
I'm not happy about it, but I can't drive all over the place looking for bottles of liquid. The clorox is always there, so it might be better than nothing. Now I'm trying to figure out if I should keep bringing my CYA up if I'm dumping this powder in.
