I am planning on opening my inground pool this coming weekend and want advice on where to begin with my mess. I live in NC and have had a ton of rain over the winter along with other stuff and had the cover fall in to the pool along with a bunch of leaves. Now that the weather is warming up I need to get this messed cleaned up. I also have some broken/cracked laterals in my sand filter and need to replace those. I haven't tested my water but know it is bad because it is green. I use the BBB method and will be filling the pool with well water. My plans were to gets as many leaves out before starting(can't see the bottom so who knows how many I have), filling the pool from my well, shocking, circulating, vacuuming, and when things start improving then change out the laterals and sand in the filter(or should I do that before start up). It is a 16x36 pool somewhere around 25000 gallons. I was thinking about getting a start up kit from somewhere like Doheny's but didn't know if that is a waste of money or not. typically I would just use bleach but this is my worst opening I have had so not being an expert, I am confused on where to start. The Doheny's start up kit comes with:
2 quarts Metal Out
1 quart Water Clarifier
2 qts. Spring Algaecide
4 lbs. Dy-Chlor Shock.
Thanks for any advice.
2 quarts Metal Out
1 quart Water Clarifier
2 qts. Spring Algaecide
4 lbs. Dy-Chlor Shock.
Thanks for any advice.