Hi all, I'm a new pool owner. I've been reading all the getting started notes and the Pool School and chemistry posts and I think I understand the TFP approach to water treatment using bleach/chlorine and not using chlorinators as the primary means of sanitizing due to CYA buildup.
The TFP approach makes complete sense to me but I'm not sure that I'm ready to take on all the other responsibilities of pool maintenance (filter cleaning, equipment monitoring etc) just yet. So in the meantime I'm looking at using a pool cleaning/maintenance service.
From talking to them it seems they have different approaches to sanitizing the water. One said he'd use Trichlor pucks but then also "shock" the pool once a week. I assume this is an approach to deal (somewhat) with the CYA build up; that the shocking helps compensate for the CYA buildup.
I dutifully asked about CYA build up and he said that typically it will build up over the summer but then get diluted in the winter with the rain. I live in Northern California and we typically get a lot of rain every winter.
So my question is, IF one is using a chlorinator what would be "best practices" for the overall approach to treatment? I have a Rainbow Model 300 Chlorine off-line feeder.
Thanks,
Brad
The TFP approach makes complete sense to me but I'm not sure that I'm ready to take on all the other responsibilities of pool maintenance (filter cleaning, equipment monitoring etc) just yet. So in the meantime I'm looking at using a pool cleaning/maintenance service.
From talking to them it seems they have different approaches to sanitizing the water. One said he'd use Trichlor pucks but then also "shock" the pool once a week. I assume this is an approach to deal (somewhat) with the CYA build up; that the shocking helps compensate for the CYA buildup.
I dutifully asked about CYA build up and he said that typically it will build up over the summer but then get diluted in the winter with the rain. I live in Northern California and we typically get a lot of rain every winter.
So my question is, IF one is using a chlorinator what would be "best practices" for the overall approach to treatment? I have a Rainbow Model 300 Chlorine off-line feeder.
Thanks,
Brad