Hello! I’m a new pool owner of a 20 year old, 11,000 gallon in ground vinyl pool with baquacil. When we moved in, the water was cloudy so we tried following our pool store’s recommendations for a couple weeks without any success, and decided we would like to just convert to chlorine. I’m guessing we have a white mold issue, and I’m tired of dumping chemicals/money into my pool and still having cloudy water. We also have some sand leaking into the pool from our filter, we are guessing it might be a cracked lateral, but we figure that if we are going to empty the filter and replace the sand, we might as well convert at this time. This site has been a great resource since our pool store is not at all helpful now that I’ve told them we are trying to convert.
I ordered a the testing kit i saw recommended here. My three biggest questions right now are 1) do I need to let the biguanides drop lower before starting the process? They are currently at 35 according to our pool stores test. I don’t see that mentioned in the TFP conversion process but i see it mentioned elsewhere on other sites. 2) I see manual vacuuming recommended to collect the baqua goo or precipitate that forms during conversion. Should I refrain from using my robot during the process? Do I use it in conjunction with manual vacuuming? And 3) My pH is at an 8 - do I need to bring this down before starting the conversion?
I hope I’m not crazy for starting this process during a heatwave in the middle of summer, but I’m a stay at home mom and can babysit my pool and keep brushing and maintain and test the FC level throughout the day. Hopefully I can get through the process relatively quickly.
Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and might be able to help!
I ordered a the testing kit i saw recommended here. My three biggest questions right now are 1) do I need to let the biguanides drop lower before starting the process? They are currently at 35 according to our pool stores test. I don’t see that mentioned in the TFP conversion process but i see it mentioned elsewhere on other sites. 2) I see manual vacuuming recommended to collect the baqua goo or precipitate that forms during conversion. Should I refrain from using my robot during the process? Do I use it in conjunction with manual vacuuming? And 3) My pH is at an 8 - do I need to bring this down before starting the conversion?
I hope I’m not crazy for starting this process during a heatwave in the middle of summer, but I’m a stay at home mom and can babysit my pool and keep brushing and maintain and test the FC level throughout the day. Hopefully I can get through the process relatively quickly.
Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this and might be able to help!