Hi all,
We bought our house in North Houston last April and have had the pool under management from a pool company that our realtor recommended since. Now that we're a bit more settled, I'm turning my attention to the pool in my backyard as we're getting into prime swimming season. I've never felt super happy with my pool guy, but never so unhappy that I wanted to change. With the spring bloom, I was noticing that the weekly vacuuming included with my service was good for a few hours before the bottom of my pool was filled with leaves, oleander flowers, and pollen. So I bit the bullet and bought a Dolphin Triton PS Robot about two weeks ago which renewed my interest in my pool chemistry.
I've always felt the pool was heavy on chlorine smell and didn't feel great on my skin. I was also noticing that our pool guy was leaving 3 Trichlor tablets in my skimmer instead of the 1 he used last year. Add in the fact that I was starting to see smears of green and I renewed my interest in TFP, recommended to me when I bought the house by my former boss. I bought the Taylor K-2006 Kit and stirrer and dove in. Results below:
5-15 evening
FC - 5.8 ppm
CC - .4 ppm
5-16 morning
FC - 5.6 ppm
CC - .4 ppm
TA - 90ppm
CH - 280 ppm
PH -7.6
CYA - 100++
Temp 79.7 degrees F
As I'd feared, my CYA is off the charts, so I've started the somewhat laborious process of introducing freshwater today. I also realized that my filter has never been serviced in the 13 months that we've owned the house so I'll be tearing that down, cleaning, and refreshing it over the weekend.
My question today is in regards to the order of operations as I tackle my pool. Here's my proposed order:
1.) Fire my pool guy - done!
2.) Replace with fresh water to bring CYA down to 30
3.) Clean DE filter and establish baseline clean filter pressure
4.) Establish new test values
From there, I'm stuck. I have algae but my OCLT wasn't awful, and while my CC number isn't 0, it's also under .5 PPM. If that remains the same, and all other levels remain fairly constant, should I just manage according to PoolMath? Or do I go ahead and SLAM the pool and essentially start over from scratch?
Thanks in advance!
We bought our house in North Houston last April and have had the pool under management from a pool company that our realtor recommended since. Now that we're a bit more settled, I'm turning my attention to the pool in my backyard as we're getting into prime swimming season. I've never felt super happy with my pool guy, but never so unhappy that I wanted to change. With the spring bloom, I was noticing that the weekly vacuuming included with my service was good for a few hours before the bottom of my pool was filled with leaves, oleander flowers, and pollen. So I bit the bullet and bought a Dolphin Triton PS Robot about two weeks ago which renewed my interest in my pool chemistry.
I've always felt the pool was heavy on chlorine smell and didn't feel great on my skin. I was also noticing that our pool guy was leaving 3 Trichlor tablets in my skimmer instead of the 1 he used last year. Add in the fact that I was starting to see smears of green and I renewed my interest in TFP, recommended to me when I bought the house by my former boss. I bought the Taylor K-2006 Kit and stirrer and dove in. Results below:
5-15 evening
FC - 5.8 ppm
CC - .4 ppm
5-16 morning
FC - 5.6 ppm
CC - .4 ppm
TA - 90ppm
CH - 280 ppm
PH -7.6
CYA - 100++
Temp 79.7 degrees F
As I'd feared, my CYA is off the charts, so I've started the somewhat laborious process of introducing freshwater today. I also realized that my filter has never been serviced in the 13 months that we've owned the house so I'll be tearing that down, cleaning, and refreshing it over the weekend.
My question today is in regards to the order of operations as I tackle my pool. Here's my proposed order:
1.) Fire my pool guy - done!
2.) Replace with fresh water to bring CYA down to 30
3.) Clean DE filter and establish baseline clean filter pressure
4.) Establish new test values
From there, I'm stuck. I have algae but my OCLT wasn't awful, and while my CC number isn't 0, it's also under .5 PPM. If that remains the same, and all other levels remain fairly constant, should I just manage according to PoolMath? Or do I go ahead and SLAM the pool and essentially start over from scratch?
Thanks in advance!
