Hey guys, we spend 4 months during the summer at our summer home in Michigan. I maintain our pool here in central Florida and have a pool maintenance service maintain the pool while we are away for the summer. Their prices have gone way up and they want $1000 to maintain the pool this summer. So I'm thinking of monitoring it myself via cameras and the Pentair IntelliConnect Pool Control & Monitoring System.
Our yard service guy will add Stabilizer, Chlorine and Salt but won't test the water or sweep the pool. He'll add the chemicals when I tell him to. We have a auto pool sweep. Here in central Florida it seems the most important part of keeping the pool clean is to make sure salt and stabilizer are roughly correct. I haven't gotten the Pentair Monitoring system yet but I believe it will tell me salt concentration. I know by experience that I will need to add stabilizer once a month and maybe salt depending on how much rain we get.
Our single speed 1.65 HP pump should probably be replaced. I'm looking at a variable speed pump and will replace our current one before this summer. Looking for suggestions on a pump. I have the easytouch system.
So looking for advice on leaving the pool for 4 months, like anything else I should be thinking of, and advice on a pump.
Our yard service guy will add Stabilizer, Chlorine and Salt but won't test the water or sweep the pool. He'll add the chemicals when I tell him to. We have a auto pool sweep. Here in central Florida it seems the most important part of keeping the pool clean is to make sure salt and stabilizer are roughly correct. I haven't gotten the Pentair Monitoring system yet but I believe it will tell me salt concentration. I know by experience that I will need to add stabilizer once a month and maybe salt depending on how much rain we get.
Our single speed 1.65 HP pump should probably be replaced. I'm looking at a variable speed pump and will replace our current one before this summer. Looking for suggestions on a pump. I have the easytouch system.
So looking for advice on leaving the pool for 4 months, like anything else I should be thinking of, and advice on a pump.
