Hi everyone! I'm looking forward to learning from you all, how to maintain my 28k gallon inground chlorine pool. Even though this is new experience for me, I've already been "pool-stored"...
In the past 6 weeks, I've spent close to $1500 on chemicals and service calls (mostly on chemicals) all because I didn't know what I didn't know. I have, however, realized between reading posts here and watching YouTube videos that maintaining my pool is totally doable and the stuff I've learned so far, is rather easy. So my next step is getting the science down to a science! I want to master what chemicals go in what order, how much, and when to use them. Since I'm a "why kinda guy", meaning if I know why I need to do something, it will help me retain the information.
Pool stores want to give you a "prescription" for all their private label products- (who knew you could private label baking soda and charge up the wahzoo for it?!!)
Anyway, my initial question is about rain and pool treatment. We've had rain off and on for the past week, and expect more rain over the next few days. Typically, I shock weekly, vacuum, and skim daily. Right now my pool is clear, but my alkalinity is low at 71ppm- I believe that's because of the rain. So if it's supposed to thunderstorm today and every day for the next 4 days, it seems to me that it would make more sense to wait until after the rain stops and then do a full treatment. Of course retest first, but if the rain lowers alkalinity and chlorine, why add them just to have the rain wash it all away? Am I oversimplifying this thought? Or will treating with baking soda, shock and phosphate remover in between storms prevent a bigger problem that might occur after it rains?
Thanks in advance!
In the past 6 weeks, I've spent close to $1500 on chemicals and service calls (mostly on chemicals) all because I didn't know what I didn't know. I have, however, realized between reading posts here and watching YouTube videos that maintaining my pool is totally doable and the stuff I've learned so far, is rather easy. So my next step is getting the science down to a science! I want to master what chemicals go in what order, how much, and when to use them. Since I'm a "why kinda guy", meaning if I know why I need to do something, it will help me retain the information.Pool stores want to give you a "prescription" for all their private label products- (who knew you could private label baking soda and charge up the wahzoo for it?!!)
Anyway, my initial question is about rain and pool treatment. We've had rain off and on for the past week, and expect more rain over the next few days. Typically, I shock weekly, vacuum, and skim daily. Right now my pool is clear, but my alkalinity is low at 71ppm- I believe that's because of the rain. So if it's supposed to thunderstorm today and every day for the next 4 days, it seems to me that it would make more sense to wait until after the rain stops and then do a full treatment. Of course retest first, but if the rain lowers alkalinity and chlorine, why add them just to have the rain wash it all away? Am I oversimplifying this thought? Or will treating with baking soda, shock and phosphate remover in between storms prevent a bigger problem that might occur after it rains?
Thanks in advance!
