Some depends on your water supplier. Do you get charged sewer fees based on water use? Check into that. Otherwise, now is a great time.
How old is the plaster? Be aware when you drain a pool with old plaster there is always a chance of plaster de-lamination in spots.
Hi Oceansol, Although I’m north from your location in south Orange County, when I drained and refilled my pool in July, I called the water company to give them a heads up. In this way, if there were any restrictions, the phone rep could/would have told me. There wasn’t any restrictions.
Another thing, when you fill, check your water meter when you start and when complete. You’ll have a pretty accurate way of your determining your pool water volume. Good luck. The TFP way is the only way to go.
The sample may turn purple during the test, or go to blue for a moment and then turn back to red/pink. This is called a "fading endpoint" and is caused by interference from metal ions. If this happens, do the test again, but this time add five drops of R-0012 before adding any R-0010 or R-0011L. Remember to count the initial five drops in the total.
In extreme cases, a fading endpoint may occur even when adding five drops of R-0012 at the start. If that happens, mix pool water with an equal quantity of distilled water, test that, and then multiply the result by two.
Extended Test Kit Directions
Try to get your CSI down to 0 as soon as possible. I would suggest a sequestrant to help control scale and metals.
That's what I figured. We will drain and refil this coming weekend. I'll rent a pump at home depot and will immediately refil.No sequestrant is needed for metals. Your area does not have any in the water. If you are draining then none for scale is needed either. Scale sequestrant is a consumable item (have to add constantly) and just hides an issue you can manage with proper chemistry.