I had to hire a pool service for about a year due to job travel. They used triclor pucks in a floater. I recently quit my job and fired the pool service when the guy said he'd have to drain my pool due to the CYA getting up to 100. It was time to get back to doing it myself (BBB method).
I double-checked the readings, and it was actually 100. It was as clear as a dew drop without any algae. We use a polyquat algaecide. (I have a Nautilus 48 DE filter and backwash every two weeks.) FC was about 2.0, but of course ineffective due to the CYA load.
I was not going to buy the snake-oil chemical treatment, so drained the pool as much as possible. The pump quit pulling with about a foot of water left over the drain, which was pretty good considering the challenge of pushing the water up a shallow slope for 100'. I was at least 80% drained.
I refilled and to my horror, the CYA is 80! I had it checked at the pool store and repeated the test. I'm using the TF100 kit.
The pool is a ~15K gallon in-ground lined with Wet-Edge Tech Prism Matrix two years old, if that could have anything to do with it??? All I can say is $%^$#!!!
I'm really reluctant to drain it again with my pump. If I have to drain it AGAIN I'd hire a pool company to drain it completely dry.
Is that what I am faced with? Not to mention a heck of a water bill.
Thanks,
Pete
I double-checked the readings, and it was actually 100. It was as clear as a dew drop without any algae. We use a polyquat algaecide. (I have a Nautilus 48 DE filter and backwash every two weeks.) FC was about 2.0, but of course ineffective due to the CYA load.
I was not going to buy the snake-oil chemical treatment, so drained the pool as much as possible. The pump quit pulling with about a foot of water left over the drain, which was pretty good considering the challenge of pushing the water up a shallow slope for 100'. I was at least 80% drained.
I refilled and to my horror, the CYA is 80! I had it checked at the pool store and repeated the test. I'm using the TF100 kit.
The pool is a ~15K gallon in-ground lined with Wet-Edge Tech Prism Matrix two years old, if that could have anything to do with it??? All I can say is $%^$#!!!
I'm really reluctant to drain it again with my pump. If I have to drain it AGAIN I'd hire a pool company to drain it completely dry.
Is that what I am faced with? Not to mention a heck of a water bill.
Thanks,
Pete