Hello!
My husband and I just took ownership of a home with a pool and as expected, it was dark green and cloudy upon opening.
We've basically begged the local pool stores for guidance and had them come out once and dump some chemicals and then leave... everyone has been less than helpful. I'm learning that is not uncommon!
I've been reading these threads daily for two weeks now but we are in so over our heads I don't even know how to find some of the information I need when posting, and the language is beyond me!
Here is what I do know: Our pool is in ground, roughly 18x36ft, vining siding, with a Hayward cartridge filter.
We were shocking it a lot ot first thinking that's what we should do... we also added algeacide and so many other random bottles of things.
We are now at the point we're just trying to keep the chlorine high, running the pump constantly, putting the pool dolphin in regularly, and cleaning out the filters once a day. It seems to be getting better (barely) but we're tired of wasting money in chemicals that might or might not be effective.
I don't have the pool kit everyone is suggesting (yet) so I can't provide those numbers, but we have one of those clorox pool test kits and I can tell you what that says:
Hardness: 500 (we really don't know how to fix that)
Total Chlorine: 10 (the highest it will go)
Free Chlorine: 10 (the highest it will go)
pH: 8.4 (was low when we started out, the highest this kit will go)
Total Alkalinity: 240 (the highest it will go)
Stabilizer: 100
We are beyond overwhelmed and are giving up on calling people locally. I'm hoping that is enough information to get so real help from you guys, or atleast the help needed to know where to start!
Thank you so much in advance! We just want to enjoy the pool!
My husband and I just took ownership of a home with a pool and as expected, it was dark green and cloudy upon opening.
We've basically begged the local pool stores for guidance and had them come out once and dump some chemicals and then leave... everyone has been less than helpful. I'm learning that is not uncommon!
I've been reading these threads daily for two weeks now but we are in so over our heads I don't even know how to find some of the information I need when posting, and the language is beyond me!
Here is what I do know: Our pool is in ground, roughly 18x36ft, vining siding, with a Hayward cartridge filter.
We were shocking it a lot ot first thinking that's what we should do... we also added algeacide and so many other random bottles of things.
We are now at the point we're just trying to keep the chlorine high, running the pump constantly, putting the pool dolphin in regularly, and cleaning out the filters once a day. It seems to be getting better (barely) but we're tired of wasting money in chemicals that might or might not be effective.
I don't have the pool kit everyone is suggesting (yet) so I can't provide those numbers, but we have one of those clorox pool test kits and I can tell you what that says:
Hardness: 500 (we really don't know how to fix that)
Total Chlorine: 10 (the highest it will go)
Free Chlorine: 10 (the highest it will go)
pH: 8.4 (was low when we started out, the highest this kit will go)
Total Alkalinity: 240 (the highest it will go)
Stabilizer: 100
We are beyond overwhelmed and are giving up on calling people locally. I'm hoping that is enough information to get so real help from you guys, or atleast the help needed to know where to start!
Thank you so much in advance! We just want to enjoy the pool!