Hello people, this is my first post to TFP.com, but already I've learned so much. This is a great resource! I'm very excited to be wrapping up my pool construction project. The plaster crew is coming in tomorrow to apply diamond brite super blue plaster so I should be ready to begin filling the pool tomorrow afternoon.
I've looked at some of the stickies and I guess you will probably need this info:
1) The size of your pool in gallons
Unknown, will have a meter on the hose to get an exact count. Around 20k estimate.
2) The type filter you have (sand, DE, cartridge)
Cartridge Filter by Hayward
3) If your pool is an AG (above ground) or IG (in ground)
IG
4) If it's IG, tell us if it's vinyl, plaster/pebble, or fiberglass
Plaster.
5) If you know, tell us the size pump and the size (flow rate) of your filter.
I bought the EcoStar pump from hayward. Variable speed connected to a hayward aqua plus controller. It should report flow rate, salinity and control chlorination as well via the SWG.
So, with that out of the way, I want to make sure I do everything right from fillup to swim. There is so much chemistry, and I have bought no chemicals or kits yet, but will swing by a pool store tomorrow hopefully with information from this thread in tow.
What I need help with is what to do to properly balance my water from a fresh fill from the hose. I will have new plaster, so I've been told I shouldn't introduce Salt into the pool for 30 days or so. SO, I imagine for the first month i will just manually chlorinate. But to do so, I think I'll need a fair amount of chemicals. Then I'll want to convert to SWG, so I'm not sure of the process there.. You can see I'm a bit in the dark about best practices!
If you had new plaster, is it best to just use liquid bleach to chlorinate for the first month? Keep in mind I have no idea how hard my water is from the hose yet. I imagine the easiest way to do this would be a few pucks of some chlorine, but I know those add hardness I can't get rid of, so I'm not sure if that's the route to take.
Thanks for any help! I want to make sure I don't add any more than the minimum amount of chemicals to get this pool started out right.
-steve
I've looked at some of the stickies and I guess you will probably need this info:
1) The size of your pool in gallons
Unknown, will have a meter on the hose to get an exact count. Around 20k estimate.
2) The type filter you have (sand, DE, cartridge)
Cartridge Filter by Hayward
3) If your pool is an AG (above ground) or IG (in ground)
IG
4) If it's IG, tell us if it's vinyl, plaster/pebble, or fiberglass
Plaster.
5) If you know, tell us the size pump and the size (flow rate) of your filter.
I bought the EcoStar pump from hayward. Variable speed connected to a hayward aqua plus controller. It should report flow rate, salinity and control chlorination as well via the SWG.
So, with that out of the way, I want to make sure I do everything right from fillup to swim. There is so much chemistry, and I have bought no chemicals or kits yet, but will swing by a pool store tomorrow hopefully with information from this thread in tow.
What I need help with is what to do to properly balance my water from a fresh fill from the hose. I will have new plaster, so I've been told I shouldn't introduce Salt into the pool for 30 days or so. SO, I imagine for the first month i will just manually chlorinate. But to do so, I think I'll need a fair amount of chemicals. Then I'll want to convert to SWG, so I'm not sure of the process there.. You can see I'm a bit in the dark about best practices!
If you had new plaster, is it best to just use liquid bleach to chlorinate for the first month? Keep in mind I have no idea how hard my water is from the hose yet. I imagine the easiest way to do this would be a few pucks of some chlorine, but I know those add hardness I can't get rid of, so I'm not sure if that's the route to take.
Thanks for any help! I want to make sure I don't add any more than the minimum amount of chemicals to get this pool started out right.
-steve