Hello,
I acquired a pool last summer in the purchase of my home. It is a 20x40 3ft shallow end and 8ft deep end. I did the bare minimum last year, it was already clear when we got it. I just added chlorine. This year trying to open it I am about to run out of hair to pull out. The pool was not winterized and was uncovered near a lot of trees. It was dark green, could barely see the top step. I have gone through the following steps.
1. Spend 3 days scooping leaves out. Got as many of them as humanly possible. (After leaves out I turned on pump and have not turned it off since, backwash when pressure hits 30 psi (normally runs around 18-19 psi))
2. Adjust ph - ph was below 6.2 so it took a couple days and a lot of sodium carbonate but I got that up
3. SLAM - I raised the FC level to approx 20 ppm and kept it there for the better part of a week. (It started getting expensive so I stopped when there were no noticeable results)
4. Have water tested at pool store. Told my CYA was too high and I was in chlorine lock.
5. Drained half the water and refilled. Twice.
6. Had water retested at pool store. Told my CYA was ok, that I should shock and then flock or revive and vac to waste.
7. Scrubbed the walls and shocked with 6 lbs of calcium-hypo(something) left overnight.
8. Next morning pool was just as green. Called pool store, told to shock it again.
9. Scrubbed the walls shocked with 9 lbs of calcium-hypo(something) left overnight
10. Next morning pool was just as green.
11. Get mad and cuss a lot then make this post.
These are my latest readings from the pool store.
FC - 0.29 ppm
TC - 0.62 ppm
CC - 0.33 ppm
pH - 6.9
Hardness - 38 ppm
Alkalinity (w/ stabilizer correction) - 21 ppm
CYA - 39 ppm
Copper - 0.2 ppm
Iron - 0.1 ppm
Phosphate - 124 ppb
These were taken after refilling my pool just prior to my step 7 shock. I tested at home after and recall that I had a pH of 7.8 and FC and TC were over 10. (My kit does not read over 10)
Any advice on what I am doing wrong or if I am just not being patient enough. I can add pics later after I get home.
I acquired a pool last summer in the purchase of my home. It is a 20x40 3ft shallow end and 8ft deep end. I did the bare minimum last year, it was already clear when we got it. I just added chlorine. This year trying to open it I am about to run out of hair to pull out. The pool was not winterized and was uncovered near a lot of trees. It was dark green, could barely see the top step. I have gone through the following steps.
1. Spend 3 days scooping leaves out. Got as many of them as humanly possible. (After leaves out I turned on pump and have not turned it off since, backwash when pressure hits 30 psi (normally runs around 18-19 psi))
2. Adjust ph - ph was below 6.2 so it took a couple days and a lot of sodium carbonate but I got that up
3. SLAM - I raised the FC level to approx 20 ppm and kept it there for the better part of a week. (It started getting expensive so I stopped when there were no noticeable results)
4. Have water tested at pool store. Told my CYA was too high and I was in chlorine lock.
5. Drained half the water and refilled. Twice.
6. Had water retested at pool store. Told my CYA was ok, that I should shock and then flock or revive and vac to waste.
7. Scrubbed the walls and shocked with 6 lbs of calcium-hypo(something) left overnight.
8. Next morning pool was just as green. Called pool store, told to shock it again.
9. Scrubbed the walls shocked with 9 lbs of calcium-hypo(something) left overnight
10. Next morning pool was just as green.
11. Get mad and cuss a lot then make this post.
These are my latest readings from the pool store.
FC - 0.29 ppm
TC - 0.62 ppm
CC - 0.33 ppm
pH - 6.9
Hardness - 38 ppm
Alkalinity (w/ stabilizer correction) - 21 ppm
CYA - 39 ppm
Copper - 0.2 ppm
Iron - 0.1 ppm
Phosphate - 124 ppb
These were taken after refilling my pool just prior to my step 7 shock. I tested at home after and recall that I had a pH of 7.8 and FC and TC were over 10. (My kit does not read over 10)
Any advice on what I am doing wrong or if I am just not being patient enough. I can add pics later after I get home.