Initial Pool Fill chemical List / Sequestering?

[titleistseemore]

Getting closer to filling the new pool (Interior Friday and acid wash Saturday). Here is my list that I have or ordered and / or will be here soon. I am following the standard guidelines of the NPC for start up, the pool company ( Premier Pools) gives 30 days of pool service as part of the pool build, but I want to have what I need so that that I am ready.

Initial water test from the hose:
PH: 7.6
TA: 30
CH: 25

Ordered or Have on hand (All recently purchased and stored in garage with mild temps)
3 gallons of Hasa Chlorine (need more)
2 gallons of Hasa Muriatic Acid
10 boxes of Walmart Baking Soda 64oz.
8 lbs of Stabilizer (CYA)
35 lbs of robelle calcium increaser (on sale at Amazon)
Have 2 old boxes of 3 Mule Team Borax from 5 years ago from my vinyl above ground pool, is this still good?


I checked with the City of Lodi for metal in the water, I read the report but I do not know what I am looking at and could use some help? Do I need to add a sequestering agent? I sent a message to the pool company but the answer I received back was not definitive.

Attached is a screen shot of the water report. Just don’t want an issue with any discoloration, rather be safe on the front side.

Please add comments about the qty of pool chemicals and sequestering agents and is the Borax to old and I should go get a new box …

Thanks
Tim

 

[titleistseemore]

The interior surface will be Micro Fusion

 

[mknauss]

There will not be any metals issue with your water source. The Plaster company may add some metal sequestrant at fill, but no need to add more.

Must be Hetch Hetchy Reservoir water with those parameters.

 

[titleistseemore]

Not close enough to Yosemite, Lodi water comes from various wells around the city but we have sandy loam soil here which is good filtration. I had a water softner at the house, but it stopped working, it was on my list to replace at some point but after testing the water with a hardness at 25, that is no longer getting replaced. TFP saving me money on that replacement lol ….

 

[titleistseemore]

Thanks for the reply Mike, does my chem list qty look good?

 

[mknauss]

Sure. Always be careful adding items that raise TA and CH. Some of each will come from the plaster.

The borax will be fine. But you should never need to raise your pH.

 

[titleistseemore]

Ok, thanks. It has been a while since we have had a pool, and I had my year round intex pool but plaster is new to me, just want to be safe and ready. Again huge thank you

 

[titleistseemore]

Another question: The pool equipment came with a tablet feeder but I made an adapter to remove the tablet feeder for my new stenner pump, i was thinking about just switching it now before initial fill but wasn’t sure the pool
Company would be food with that, any thoughts or experiences?

 

[titleistseemore]

Here is a photo

 

[mknauss]

If you are going to use liquid chlorine, remove the tablet device. NEVER plumb the liquid chlorine feed into or near the tablet device. If liquid chlorine contacts trichlor, it explodes, violently.

 

[titleistseemore]

I read that on an old post, that is why I built the adapter. That way if I am not around or someone else owns the house no one would get hurt. I am glad I researched here on TFP or I probably would just have drilled into the feeder to add the line from the Stenner pump

 

[mknauss]

Good. The picture is confusing.

 

[titleistseemore]

The adapter I made is sitting on top of the in-line chlorinator.

 

[titleistseemore]

I will install and post another picture. I wanted the ability to have the ability to switch them out in the future, I will not use pucks but the next person might.

 

[pjt]

Initial water test from the hose:
PH: 7.6
TA: 30
CH: 25

I'm very jealous of your fill water quality. That will make managing your overall pool chemistry much easier.

 

[titleistseemore]

The water in Lodi has always been good, When I was young working on the family farm, during irrigation during the hot summer, I would go to the pump, take my hat off and put my head in the water coming from the ground. It was always perfect and cold, Mom never packed a drink for us, we didn't need it just a couple of sandwiches and the water from the ground. It is nice to have good water.

 

[titleistseemore]

Here is a picture of the Stenner tank and pump installed. The fitting I made has been put in to replace the puck feeder.

 

[titleistseemore]

Just received confirmation that the crew will be here this Friday to install the interior finish and then back on Saturday to complete the acid wash. Initial fill will begin on Saturday. On Tuesday the pool builder will be out to start up the equipment and balance the water.

 

[mknauss]

Have you confirmed a reliable source of liquid chlorine? Cost and availability has been problematic in many parts of the country.

 

[titleistseemore]

This is what I have found after doing some searching ...

1. Walmart Pool Essentials Chlorine 10% Sodium Hypochlorite 4.97 (minus my 10% discount) but out of stock.

2. Ace Hardware CDS Brand 10% Sodium Hypochlorite 4.99, my local store shows allot on hand. I went to the store, the shelf price was 5.99 vs the 4.99 on-line price. The store had 13 gallons on-hand.

3. Lowes Pool Essentials Chlorine 10% Sodium Hypochlorite 5.98, they have a pallet (Purchased one-gallon last week)

4. Home Depot HDX brand Chlorine 10% Sodium Hypochlorite 2 gallons 17.98. The local store shows on-hands but too pricey for me.

5. Will check out bleach at Costco but doubt that I will beat the Ace price.

6. Hasa has a local dealership in Stockton Ca. will make a trip to see price with either the buy the deposit version or the disposable container type. Hasa is 12.5% Sodium Hypochlorite, and I am thinking it will be out of my price that I want to pay.

7. I checked with various other stores like Target and Tractor Supply but they did not have it or was too expensive.


So, I will likely purchase from Ace using the on-line purchase, then to Walmart when they get back in stock which is February. My local Lowes has a full pallet which will be the back up plan and will check with Hasa this week.

Does anyone have experience and price with Hasa?