Hi all,
Fantastic site. I belong to a similar one for lawn care. Love when good people get together to share good knowledge. I know I don't have my account set up properly yet but I've been lurking for a bit. I promise to become a law abiding member soon.
I just bought this house with 28K plaster pool with spa. Cartridge filter (I replaced filter media 4 weeks ago after I was quoted $800 - I did it for $120 and 20 minutes time) Full sun all day.
Water has been clear since I moved in and I've at least switched over to bleach and ordered the proper testing kit. I plan to do everything by the TFT book next year but want to make sure I handle the end of season here as well as I can.
FC 4
TC 4
CH 190
CYA 90
TA 90
PH 7.8
TDS 1400
Pho 750
So from what I've read, my main culprit right now is high CYA and therefor I'm low on FC. I've been adding about a gallon of bleach a week and again the water looks great. I have a company coming to close the pool on the 15th. They have some winterizing chems they will add that I'm sure I'm wasting a bit of money on but I'll learn and improve next year.
So what should I do in these next 10 days (I also want to be able to have the kids swim next weekend to end the season) I have some bags of Hypo-Cal that I bought before I found this site. I assume I can use those to semi-shock the pool and I can benefit from the increased CH. Is that right? What about the CYA - should I drain and refill now or just wait till spring and do it when opening?
Thanks in advance for any help. Happy Labor day to all!
Snachs
Fantastic site. I belong to a similar one for lawn care. Love when good people get together to share good knowledge. I know I don't have my account set up properly yet but I've been lurking for a bit. I promise to become a law abiding member soon.
I just bought this house with 28K plaster pool with spa. Cartridge filter (I replaced filter media 4 weeks ago after I was quoted $800 - I did it for $120 and 20 minutes time) Full sun all day.
Water has been clear since I moved in and I've at least switched over to bleach and ordered the proper testing kit. I plan to do everything by the TFT book next year but want to make sure I handle the end of season here as well as I can.
FC 4
TC 4
CH 190
CYA 90
TA 90
PH 7.8
TDS 1400
Pho 750
So from what I've read, my main culprit right now is high CYA and therefor I'm low on FC. I've been adding about a gallon of bleach a week and again the water looks great. I have a company coming to close the pool on the 15th. They have some winterizing chems they will add that I'm sure I'm wasting a bit of money on but I'll learn and improve next year.
So what should I do in these next 10 days (I also want to be able to have the kids swim next weekend to end the season) I have some bags of Hypo-Cal that I bought before I found this site. I assume I can use those to semi-shock the pool and I can benefit from the increased CH. Is that right? What about the CYA - should I drain and refill now or just wait till spring and do it when opening?
Thanks in advance for any help. Happy Labor day to all!
Snachs