Hi all.
Been poking around your site and thought I'd register.
We moved into our current home in 1999.
Th pool was put in sometime in the late 80s (best guess).
Learned a lot thru the years...but still consider myself a novice pool owner.
Put a new liner in about 5 years ago.
Pool has been relatively easy to maintain....but we have had our share of issues.
2 years ago, the light niche finally gave way and let the backfill sand into the pool and behind the liner.
I pulled the liner loose and tunneled under the concrete deck to replace the niche. PITA
There are still a few small pebbles under the liner.
I'll eventually have to pull it out and vacuum it clean.
We have a mesh safety cover for off-season and start up with winter water, shock and algaecide.
All-in-all, we have had pretty good fortune with chemistry.
This year - NOPE....
I'll start another thread.... but in summary, we opened in March and until mid-May everything was clean and clear.
About 3 weeks ago, we had a green algae bloom and have not been able to get our chlorine level to hold more than 12 hours since.
I test for Chlorine and add 1 bag of powdered chlorinated shock and retest in ~6 hours.
This has been going on for over ~ 1 week.
Water is clear as glass...just no chlorine.
Been poking around your site and thought I'd register.
We moved into our current home in 1999.
Th pool was put in sometime in the late 80s (best guess).
Learned a lot thru the years...but still consider myself a novice pool owner.
Put a new liner in about 5 years ago.
Pool has been relatively easy to maintain....but we have had our share of issues.
2 years ago, the light niche finally gave way and let the backfill sand into the pool and behind the liner.
I pulled the liner loose and tunneled under the concrete deck to replace the niche. PITA
There are still a few small pebbles under the liner.
I'll eventually have to pull it out and vacuum it clean.
We have a mesh safety cover for off-season and start up with winter water, shock and algaecide.
All-in-all, we have had pretty good fortune with chemistry.
This year - NOPE....
I'll start another thread.... but in summary, we opened in March and until mid-May everything was clean and clear.
About 3 weeks ago, we had a green algae bloom and have not been able to get our chlorine level to hold more than 12 hours since.
I test for Chlorine and add 1 bag of powdered chlorinated shock and retest in ~6 hours.
This has been going on for over ~ 1 week.
Water is clear as glass...just no chlorine.