Background: I successfully managed a 7500 gallons above ground pool for 4 years in Central CA thanks to TFP. Used TFP from day one and never had to shock.
Several years without a pool and after last relocation was able to rent a home with a pool. I knew it would be bad but I had no idea how bad. Bought another test kit. CYA was half way between 100 and bottom of the tube. I just diluted 50/50 with tap water and still at 100. Yuck!
Pool guy: When I asked him about levels he said need to keep chlorine at 5 and he figured stabilizer was at 60. When I asked about the problems of stabilizer creep with pucks, he said "oh, they don't add enough to matter."
I would love to tell landlord that I've got the pool whether I get a break in the rent or not but that won't fly given their worries about me messing something up. I also know there are growing pains. It was a lot easier to start right than fix a pool.
I'm in AZ so I do need. A higher CYA than most areas. Pool is never winterized and I'm already using it for the season. I'm not wasting my chemical's testing FC at such high levels but it was around 30 when I last checked.
I know I need to drain 70% of water. Estimate 9,000 gallon pool. I also know I need to stop using pucks but I expect I'll need a gallon of chlorine per day. Guess I'll stick with pucks until I can drain. Pool guy is nice, just not knowledgable. I asked about using liquid chlorine and he went on about AZ summers and the volume of chlorine needed. Of course it wouldn't be near as much if CYA was right.
I'm not sure I have questions as much as ranting on a bad situation. So far pool is fine algae wise but if a breakout occurs I don't see how you would ever shock successfully at these levels. I asked him about issues and he said occassionally "yellow algae." Not sure what that meant.
I guess my questions are:
1. Any precautions on draining a plaster pool? Or is it concrete? How do I tell?
Even in dry AZ I need a plan for where to displace that much water.
2. Any one experienced with a pool in Southern AZ? I'm going to shoot for 60 CYA. Would start at 50 if starting from scratch. This will be imprecise with the drain and refill.
Good to be back on the message board. Hope I can get control of the situation and be regular again.
Several years without a pool and after last relocation was able to rent a home with a pool. I knew it would be bad but I had no idea how bad. Bought another test kit. CYA was half way between 100 and bottom of the tube. I just diluted 50/50 with tap water and still at 100. Yuck!
Pool guy: When I asked him about levels he said need to keep chlorine at 5 and he figured stabilizer was at 60. When I asked about the problems of stabilizer creep with pucks, he said "oh, they don't add enough to matter."
I would love to tell landlord that I've got the pool whether I get a break in the rent or not but that won't fly given their worries about me messing something up. I also know there are growing pains. It was a lot easier to start right than fix a pool.
I'm in AZ so I do need. A higher CYA than most areas. Pool is never winterized and I'm already using it for the season. I'm not wasting my chemical's testing FC at such high levels but it was around 30 when I last checked.
I know I need to drain 70% of water. Estimate 9,000 gallon pool. I also know I need to stop using pucks but I expect I'll need a gallon of chlorine per day. Guess I'll stick with pucks until I can drain. Pool guy is nice, just not knowledgable. I asked about using liquid chlorine and he went on about AZ summers and the volume of chlorine needed. Of course it wouldn't be near as much if CYA was right.
I'm not sure I have questions as much as ranting on a bad situation. So far pool is fine algae wise but if a breakout occurs I don't see how you would ever shock successfully at these levels. I asked him about issues and he said occassionally "yellow algae." Not sure what that meant.
I guess my questions are:
1. Any precautions on draining a plaster pool? Or is it concrete? How do I tell?
Even in dry AZ I need a plan for where to displace that much water.
2. Any one experienced with a pool in Southern AZ? I'm going to shoot for 60 CYA. Would start at 50 if starting from scratch. This will be imprecise with the drain and refill.
Good to be back on the message board. Hope I can get control of the situation and be regular again.