Geez, where do I begin...well, Pool School naturally...but I am battling some demons I need help this forums expertise on.
We are in the process of buying a home that has a large diving pool (Pool may be from 70s...House built in 75) and when we put an offer on it, the pool was literally a pond. Frogs, turtles, algae, you name. At some point, say 3 to 4 weeks ago the sellers handy man had a guy "clean" the pool. This to me consisted of them just draining the pool (not sure how it was done, as main drain at bottom is sealed...more on that later) and not sure what else. To my very uneducated eye it seemed that they just filled it back up (well water) and put some kind of chemicals (again I am new) in to clean while pump was running. Now, we still don't own the place but we make trips there to check on work, etc. and the pool was just simply neglected once they filled it back up. It has been filled with debris, creatures, nature, etc. and the pool guy said "he was just told to clean, not maintain" and of course we are back to looking green/cloudy/pondish. I am really just hoping I can share some photos of the pool, get your thoughts on where you would start or what makes sense.
I am wanting to just go ahead and drain and do a thorough cleaning as I am reading algae can be nestled in many places and I don't think they did any aggressive cleaning as they filled right back up and poured some stuff in. I do understand there are issues with draining in regards to water levels in the ground, etc. The pump and everything seems to work fine, had the man show me the different cycles, steps, etc. I still have a lot to learn, but I will trust my reading here and your expertise to fill in those gaps vs some guy that showed up drunk at 6PM to explain what was done. I will gladly provide more information and updates once I can actually get on the property and touch things. For now, my anxiety has me reading and wondering what to do first once we are handed the keys. I plan on buying the TF-100 kit and having that ready...but would want to hear the order of business from you all if possible. Album to show journey with some dates and layout...would LOVE feedback on what to do about some heavy landscaping around the pool.
the pool journey - Album on Imgur
We are in the process of buying a home that has a large diving pool (Pool may be from 70s...House built in 75) and when we put an offer on it, the pool was literally a pond. Frogs, turtles, algae, you name. At some point, say 3 to 4 weeks ago the sellers handy man had a guy "clean" the pool. This to me consisted of them just draining the pool (not sure how it was done, as main drain at bottom is sealed...more on that later) and not sure what else. To my very uneducated eye it seemed that they just filled it back up (well water) and put some kind of chemicals (again I am new) in to clean while pump was running. Now, we still don't own the place but we make trips there to check on work, etc. and the pool was just simply neglected once they filled it back up. It has been filled with debris, creatures, nature, etc. and the pool guy said "he was just told to clean, not maintain" and of course we are back to looking green/cloudy/pondish. I am really just hoping I can share some photos of the pool, get your thoughts on where you would start or what makes sense.
I am wanting to just go ahead and drain and do a thorough cleaning as I am reading algae can be nestled in many places and I don't think they did any aggressive cleaning as they filled right back up and poured some stuff in. I do understand there are issues with draining in regards to water levels in the ground, etc. The pump and everything seems to work fine, had the man show me the different cycles, steps, etc. I still have a lot to learn, but I will trust my reading here and your expertise to fill in those gaps vs some guy that showed up drunk at 6PM to explain what was done. I will gladly provide more information and updates once I can actually get on the property and touch things. For now, my anxiety has me reading and wondering what to do first once we are handed the keys. I plan on buying the TF-100 kit and having that ready...but would want to hear the order of business from you all if possible. Album to show journey with some dates and layout...would LOVE feedback on what to do about some heavy landscaping around the pool.
the pool journey - Album on Imgur