I have been using BBB for a long time with my simple inground vinyl liner 28,000 pool with sand filter and it has been clear, clean for the most part. We just moved to a fancy, beautiful, gunite pool with spa, waterfalls, creepy crawly cleaner, DE filter, pentair intellichem, remote control the whole nine yards and a pool guy.
We just moved in beginning of June. The pool guy came last week and added a bag of salt? The pool started to turn green on Friday. The alarm on the equipment is going off? But I do not understand everything. My Taylor pool chemical tester reads PH 7.2-7.4, Chlorine 0, CYA less than 30, Hardness 0 Alkalinty 60.
I called and had the pool guy come back to show me how the pool works. I asked why pool was green and he insisted the pool was not running enough, but it runs all day and then I REQUESTED that he test the chemicals and confused he says Okay. He roughly tested chemicals and said they are all good. I said lets test them together because I am getting a different reading. and then WOW the number are all off!!!!!! I asked when was the last time chemicals were added and he said he just added salt. He insisted it was a salt water pool because the water tasted salty???? I asked where the salt cell was because this is new to me also, and he insisted it was somewhere in the pool stuff pointing to a clear canister of water in the pool equipment. SIGH.
I called the main pool guy and found out in fact that it is a chlorine pool. (now with salt added)
The main pool guy is coming out tomorrow. I am frustrated beyond imaginable. (the pool people had been taking care of pool for previous owners.)
My question is: What do I do? How will the salt affect all the mechanics? I am not sure I trust the main pool guy coming out tomorrow. I need to know what needs to be done to get the pool clear and functioning properly.
Any advise is appreciated............
We just moved in beginning of June. The pool guy came last week and added a bag of salt? The pool started to turn green on Friday. The alarm on the equipment is going off? But I do not understand everything. My Taylor pool chemical tester reads PH 7.2-7.4, Chlorine 0, CYA less than 30, Hardness 0 Alkalinty 60.
I called and had the pool guy come back to show me how the pool works. I asked why pool was green and he insisted the pool was not running enough, but it runs all day and then I REQUESTED that he test the chemicals and confused he says Okay. He roughly tested chemicals and said they are all good. I said lets test them together because I am getting a different reading. and then WOW the number are all off!!!!!! I asked when was the last time chemicals were added and he said he just added salt. He insisted it was a salt water pool because the water tasted salty???? I asked where the salt cell was because this is new to me also, and he insisted it was somewhere in the pool stuff pointing to a clear canister of water in the pool equipment. SIGH.
I called the main pool guy and found out in fact that it is a chlorine pool. (now with salt added)
The main pool guy is coming out tomorrow. I am frustrated beyond imaginable. (the pool people had been taking care of pool for previous owners.)
My question is: What do I do? How will the salt affect all the mechanics? I am not sure I trust the main pool guy coming out tomorrow. I need to know what needs to be done to get the pool clear and functioning properly.
Any advise is appreciated............