Good evening all! I just bought a new home about a month ago, and am the proud owner of a new pool. I have never owned a pool before so this is all new to me! I am **** bent on maintaining this pool on my own, against the advice of everyone I know in AZ.
Its important to know that I don’t believe the previous owners took good care of this pool. The filters were caked in a half inch thick green substance when I took over, and there is a thick white calcium build up around the pool that I can’t get off.
Ive spent hundreds of dollars on chemicals and have the water as balanced as I can without draining and starting over, which I will do once the weather cools off.
In in the meantime, I am having trouble keeping it clean. The in ground pop up cleaners seem to do nothing but push the dirt around to the corners. The bottom and sides are brown until I sweep. And then an hour later they are brown again.
What is is the best solution to getting the dirt out of the bottom of the pool? Should I buy a pool vacuum since the in ground cleaners aren’t doing the trick? Is there a valve I should have on or off to maximize the cleaning ability?
The pump has multiple valves and lines - which i assume i have figured out. Before the pump, I have 2 inlet pipes which I assume are the skimmer and the drain. Then coming out of the filter I have two outlets which I assume are the cleaners and the return holes around the pool. There is also another small valve coming off of the filter that I don’t know the purpose of(it’s not the aerator sprinkler thing - that’s another valve).
Bottom line is, we love our pool and I want to keep it clean! Sorry for rambling! Please let me know if you have questions. Really looking forward to being involved in this community and learning more about pool care.
Thanks in advance!
Its important to know that I don’t believe the previous owners took good care of this pool. The filters were caked in a half inch thick green substance when I took over, and there is a thick white calcium build up around the pool that I can’t get off.
Ive spent hundreds of dollars on chemicals and have the water as balanced as I can without draining and starting over, which I will do once the weather cools off.
In in the meantime, I am having trouble keeping it clean. The in ground pop up cleaners seem to do nothing but push the dirt around to the corners. The bottom and sides are brown until I sweep. And then an hour later they are brown again.
What is is the best solution to getting the dirt out of the bottom of the pool? Should I buy a pool vacuum since the in ground cleaners aren’t doing the trick? Is there a valve I should have on or off to maximize the cleaning ability?
The pump has multiple valves and lines - which i assume i have figured out. Before the pump, I have 2 inlet pipes which I assume are the skimmer and the drain. Then coming out of the filter I have two outlets which I assume are the cleaners and the return holes around the pool. There is also another small valve coming off of the filter that I don’t know the purpose of(it’s not the aerator sprinkler thing - that’s another valve).
Bottom line is, we love our pool and I want to keep it clean! Sorry for rambling! Please let me know if you have questions. Really looking forward to being involved in this community and learning more about pool care.
Thanks in advance!