Hello all (first post),
Last year I purchased my first home, and got the added bonus of a 35,000 gallon IG plaster pool. I used it without issue throughout the summer, and paid a local pool service to have the lines blown and the equipment winterized, and purchased and added a winterization kit for the water myself. No problems.
However, a few weeks ago we had a major windstorm here that blew the cover partly into the pool, dumping a considerable quantity of nasty, leaf-and-similar-filled water into the pool, which led me to decide to open it a little earlier than planned b/c I figured it would take longer to get it to normal. Again, no real problems.
However, upon pulling the cover off yesterday (and falling in in the process
), I discovered that I have a small handful of tiles that fell off where there was loose grout, which I need to replace before I can re-fill the rest of the water (currently lowered to below the return jets). I cannot do this before the first couple of days of next week. Since I cannot refill the water yet, I also cannot turn on the equipment.
My concern is that I now have a pool exposed to the sun and rain, which does not yet have sanitizing chemicals (I generally just use bleach, although prior owner also used tablets in a floater). Should I dump some bleach in there for the next few days, even though I can't run the pump, to prevent any algae growth, or should I be alright/it wouldn't help without the circulation from the pump?
Last year I purchased my first home, and got the added bonus of a 35,000 gallon IG plaster pool. I used it without issue throughout the summer, and paid a local pool service to have the lines blown and the equipment winterized, and purchased and added a winterization kit for the water myself. No problems.
However, a few weeks ago we had a major windstorm here that blew the cover partly into the pool, dumping a considerable quantity of nasty, leaf-and-similar-filled water into the pool, which led me to decide to open it a little earlier than planned b/c I figured it would take longer to get it to normal. Again, no real problems.
However, upon pulling the cover off yesterday (and falling in in the process
), I discovered that I have a small handful of tiles that fell off where there was loose grout, which I need to replace before I can re-fill the rest of the water (currently lowered to below the return jets). I cannot do this before the first couple of days of next week. Since I cannot refill the water yet, I also cannot turn on the equipment.My concern is that I now have a pool exposed to the sun and rain, which does not yet have sanitizing chemicals (I generally just use bleach, although prior owner also used tablets in a floater). Should I dump some bleach in there for the next few days, even though I can't run the pump, to prevent any algae growth, or should I be alright/it wouldn't help without the circulation from the pump?
