A renter with a pool!

[jonandmel]

Hello!

New to the site.

I'll be moving to a rental house in a couple of weeks. It has a pool that has been empty for a couple of years. The owner filled the pool (and left a bunch of debris in the bottom) and had a pool guy stop by to power everything up and "toss in some chlorine." I'm told the pool is somewhere around 12,000 gallons - it is free form. I don't know much but I can tell you:

• there is a ccg320 Pentair with cartridge filters. They haven't been replaced or cleaned to my knowledge.
• there is an inline chlorine device (sorry - not sure what this is really called!). It appears to be empty
• there is not robot, etc
• the pool guy told me to order Aquacheck strips
• I'm on my own - I'll be caring for the pool myself. Fun!
• I've done my best to remove most of the debris from the pool with a net.

Happy that I'm not "truly" on my own, but have this site. I'm reading the ABC's on this site, but didn't know if there is something I should do right away to attempt to keep things from getting "out of control!"

Wish I would have found this site about a week ago before the start up!

Thanks in advance for the guidance!

PS - I'd like to add a SWG once I get things stabilized. Just FYI

 

[jonandmel]

By the way...

• In-ground pool (gunite)
• I don't have any testing kits, etc (but just ordered a TF100!) from the link provided
• pool was filled using city water
• I have a single speed pump but don't know the HP

 

[Deb04]

Welcome! The first thing you should do is order a good test kit, either TF-100 or Taylor-2006(c). That will be your primary toll in maintaining an sparkly clean pool.

 

[jblizzle]

Welcome to TFP!

Did they add any stabilizer? What kind of chlorine did they add and how much?

You can add about 5ppm of chlorine every day until you get your test kit. Use PoolMath for the dosages.

 

[jonandmel]

I don’t believe he added any stabilizer but I’ll ask him.

Kit on order!

 

[jonandmel]

I do know the type of chlorine added was cal-hypo (I understand that there is stabilizer in that product?)

 

[CarolineM]

Cal Hypo adds Calcium to the water, not stabilizer. When you get your test kit you will test for calcium hardness.

 

[jblizzle]

Sounds like you could use adding about 30ppm of CYA if they did not add any.

 

[IceShadow]

Sounds like you could use adding about 30ppm of CYA if they did not add any.

I’d wait for the test kit and see. Lowering CYA requires water exchange.

 

[jonandmel]

I haven’t yet heard back from the pool guy so I guess I’ll wait for the test kit. I assume it’ll ship tomorrow - I ordered from the link on this site.

Now I’m trying to figure out this robot cleaner thing - too many choices!!

 

[jonandmel]

Heard back - he said he added stabilizer and calcium chloride

 

[IceShadow]

Stabilizer is CYA so definitely don’t add more until you see what the levels are.

 

[jonandmel]

Thanks!

I need to replace the filters (I’m assuming - I know they’re old and my pressure is around 22).

Any recommendation on where to purchase. I have a Pentair ccg320.

 

[mknauss]

I need to replace the filters (I’m assuming - I know they’re old and my pressure is around 22).

Try cleaning them first. Soak them in a TSP solution. See Re: How to clean a cartridge filter

 

[jonandmel]

Pool only has one skimmer - just FYI

 

[jonandmel]

Thanks for link and the recommendation! I guess stupid question - how do I know if they need to be replaced after I clean them?

 

[mknauss]

If the filter media is compromised or the end caps are deteriorating. Or if the pressure does not drop after cleaning.

The TSP will remove the oils (suntan lotion, body lotion, body oils, etc) from the filter media.

 

[jonandmel]

Went by my local Leslie’s for a test while I wait on my test kit:

FC 0
TAC 0
CH 100
CYA 0
TA 130
pH 7.8
Copper 0
Iron 0
TDS 400
Pho 500
Temp 80

 

[IceShadow]

If they’re right, you can add 30 ppm of stabilizer in a sock method and then bring chlorine up to 3-4ppm as others have mentioned (liquid chlorine only).

But you might want to wait for the kit before adding the CYA just in case their test was wrong. Chlorine can go in now in any case.

 

[mknauss]

In a previous post you said stabilizer was added. Either it was not enough to read (less than 20 ppm) or the pool store test was wrong.