I was told in June by the pool guy, that I should drain pool because that is what I need to do to keep the pool stabilized. Bought house spring of last year and he has been tending to it since. Since I bought the house a little over a year ago, they check and brush/skim the pool and add chemicals as needed. In the spring this year they also took all four cartridges out of filter and hosed them off and re-installed. Charged me 150 to clean filter cartidges, and stated that would cost me somewhere around $200 for them to drain/fill and add chemicals once full again. Pool is getting expensive to maintain with those two things and $110 a month for them to clean once a week. Any advice about draining and refilling myself?
Draining Pool in Arizona
- Thread starter BuckeyeMan
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Desert Dog
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Hi and welcome. Someone will be along shortly with some fun links and suggestions. While you wait, order yourself a TF-100 test kit or a K-2006 and start reading the pool school articles. Fire the pool company and take charge! After your initial investment in a quality test kit, I'll bet you spend $150 maybe less a year. You will be over whelmed at first but there is plenty of free help here and soon you will wish you came sooner. I spend maybe 10 minutes a week on our pool. If you have a salt generator it is too easy.
There’s a few ways to skin this cat. Have a read and report back what works best for you.
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Draining - Further Reading
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First get a recommended test kit to confirm if you actually need to drain or not. See Test Kits Compared
Don't do it blindly based on the pool guys word. He's likely using inaccurate test strips.
Don't do it blindly based on the pool guys word. He's likely using inaccurate test strips.
