- Jun 24, 2016
- 597
- Pool Size
- 19000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I'd like to open my pool in a few weeks, depending on the weather and no rain on a free weekend. Only thing I keep thinking about is all the catkins that are going to be falling from our two big oak trees. I bought a mesh cover when I closed the pool and let me say the water looks pretty nasty. I did look in the skimmer one day with the sun at my back and could see the bottom of the pool but the water was green. The inside wall of the pool feels slimy and last night when I checked the water temp it was 62 degrees. Right now the air temps have been 70's during the day and anywhere from 45-60 at night.
I do have a couple of things I need to do first though. Need to pour a concrete pad for the pump/sand filter (all the rain we've had so far this spring has washed out the soil under my pavers). I also need to get some river rock around the pool so it's not a muddy mess all the time.
Any thoughts on if I should wait for all the oak tree catkins to fall off? I'm just afraid that algae might get bad fast since the water is above 60 and right now the pool is getting sun almost all day long (since my neighbor trimmed a tree of his) and will be in the full sun until summer is over.
I do have a couple of things I need to do first though. Need to pour a concrete pad for the pump/sand filter (all the rain we've had so far this spring has washed out the soil under my pavers). I also need to get some river rock around the pool so it's not a muddy mess all the time.
Any thoughts on if I should wait for all the oak tree catkins to fall off? I'm just afraid that algae might get bad fast since the water is above 60 and right now the pool is getting sun almost all day long (since my neighbor trimmed a tree of his) and will be in the full sun until summer is over.