Hello!
I bought a house with a pool a few months ago. As suspected, when I tested the CYA, it was off the charts (previous owners relied on a pool service that used tabs... I know, unheard of, right?
). I did a 50/50 dilution test and found it was around 160. Today I went forward with a complete drain to get that back in order. However, before I drop my hose in the pool and turn my $60 water bill into a $200 one, I wanted to know if you all recommend doing anything while it is empty? I do have a pretty gnarly calcium ring around the water line I was thinking of taking care of (water had a CH of 700ppm before the drain... thanks desert water).
Thanks for any and all tips you may have.
I bought a house with a pool a few months ago. As suspected, when I tested the CYA, it was off the charts (previous owners relied on a pool service that used tabs... I know, unheard of, right?
). I did a 50/50 dilution test and found it was around 160. Today I went forward with a complete drain to get that back in order. However, before I drop my hose in the pool and turn my $60 water bill into a $200 one, I wanted to know if you all recommend doing anything while it is empty? I do have a pretty gnarly calcium ring around the water line I was thinking of taking care of (water had a CH of 700ppm before the drain... thanks desert water).Thanks for any and all tips you may have.
By now you are probably back to full of water. At least from this point forward, you can monitor your CSI to keep it in that slightly negative - 0.3 to - 0.1 range. That should help to prevent any further scale from developing. Let us know what else we can discuss to help you out.
