Hello! I have been researching and continue to return to this site with all the info it provides. Read through the Pool School section and have learned so much in last several days. We are brand new pool owners. Live in SW Florida. Will use the pool year round. This is a new build, plaster finish, 12x24 kidney shape, 9000gal, 3ft to 5ft depth, no SWG. Pool filled with water first time right after plaster coating was done on 7/1/19. Builder company returned the next day and started up the pool. We were not home, so not sure what all they did. We do know they started up the pump and dumped in 4gal of acid after we asked if it was ready for swimming. He said no, wait 2 days and take the water sample to Leslie’s and follow their instructions. We did as told and brought in sample. Leslie’s pool supply tested and said it was still to acidic for swimming and wait another 2 days. We returned to them yesterday and had it tested again(attaching the results). Told everything was great and just needed to get chlorine in. He recommended to shock the pool(said we could then swim after waiting one hour after shocking), buy a 20# bucket of chlorine tablets(put 2 in automatic chlorinator same day) and retest in a week. He also sold us on buying Triple Action Perfect Weekly, said it will help preserve equipment. We purchased everything. Came home and shocked the pool and added a cap full of the Triple Action. We did not open up the chlorine tablets yet.
So now after doing some of my own research I am somewhat regretting the choices made. After learning about the tablets and them containing CYA we are not wanting to use them. We have no intention of ever draining our pool, we will use it year round in Florida. I’m worried as the tabs increase CYA over time and only option to lower is to reduce the water and replace.
First thing, we will get a good test kit ordered! Probably will go with the TF100 kit as it seems to be best recommended. This will be ordered today. My issue is.. what do we do in the meantime? Return the tablets and get.. liquid chlorine? Without a good accurate test kit how do we know how much to add and how often? Since we shocked the pool yesterday, can we wait a bit to add more chlorine? All we have right now are crappy to read test strips our pool build company gave us. Other then that we can only test at Leslie’s.
So based on our test results yesterday and what we have done since(shocking pool), what would you all recommend us do until our good test kit gets here?
Any input would be helpful including any other tips or ideas, anything we’re doing wrong etc. We are feeling a bit overwhelmed as we spent a LOT of money having this pool built, we want to take care of it properly and safely. Thinking to return the tablets and try and return the Perfect Weekly as I don’t think it’s needed. Not sure if I can return though since we opened the Perfect weekly. If not least I’ll return the tablets.
Attached 3 photos, showing pool, equipment and yesterday’s test results.
Pump is running 8-9 hours a day, this is what the builders set it to when they did the start up.
So now after doing some of my own research I am somewhat regretting the choices made. After learning about the tablets and them containing CYA we are not wanting to use them. We have no intention of ever draining our pool, we will use it year round in Florida. I’m worried as the tabs increase CYA over time and only option to lower is to reduce the water and replace.
First thing, we will get a good test kit ordered! Probably will go with the TF100 kit as it seems to be best recommended. This will be ordered today. My issue is.. what do we do in the meantime? Return the tablets and get.. liquid chlorine? Without a good accurate test kit how do we know how much to add and how often? Since we shocked the pool yesterday, can we wait a bit to add more chlorine? All we have right now are crappy to read test strips our pool build company gave us. Other then that we can only test at Leslie’s.
So based on our test results yesterday and what we have done since(shocking pool), what would you all recommend us do until our good test kit gets here?
Any input would be helpful including any other tips or ideas, anything we’re doing wrong etc. We are feeling a bit overwhelmed as we spent a LOT of money having this pool built, we want to take care of it properly and safely. Thinking to return the tablets and try and return the Perfect Weekly as I don’t think it’s needed. Not sure if I can return though since we opened the Perfect weekly. If not least I’ll return the tablets.
Attached 3 photos, showing pool, equipment and yesterday’s test results.
Pump is running 8-9 hours a day, this is what the builders set it to when they did the start up.
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