New house new pool

[nick.simpson19]

Just a couple things:

1: You should be holding the dropper bottles vertically when you do your tests. This can affect the size of the drops that come out, and therefore the results. The ideal is *perfectly* vertical, but I’ve found that to be something easier said than done most times (especially while trying to concentrate on making sure you’re catching everything on video)

2: CH IS approaching the high end, but there are many members here from our desert regions who start with 400 CH water out of the tap and regularly manage their pools up to or over 1,000 PPM. 500 is not an automatic drain.

3: CYA is high for a manually chlorinated pool, but not off the charts like some pools we have seen. You COULD, theoretically, SLAM Process your pool at this CYA and run maintenance levels at this CYA according to the [FC/CYA][/FC/CYA], and CYA will EVENTUALLY come down on its own through natural degradation, splashout, and dilution from overflow from rain. It will tak a lot of bleach though. I think you just have to balance water cost against bleach cost. I have to think the drain and fill to lower CYA will be the more economical option.

I will post some pictures when I get a chance, but pool is extremly clear not a single cloudy spot in it. I am using about 75oz of 6% bleach per day. Ive worked out approx $40 per month in Bleach costs depending on where your getting it from, still trying to source cheaper sources.

It has been ran on 3" Tablets I believe up to this point with a pool guy coming every 2 weeks, vacuming, testing and usualy throwing in some chemicals of all descriptions to get it looking good!

I am really really really really really nervous about emptying the pool, as it could be a very costly mistake and its made worse that im so new to this all. Can CYA be lowered by just placing my hose in the pool and diluting the water?

 

[mknauss]

You can exchange some water without draining.

If you place a low volume sub pump in the deep end and pull water from there while adding water in the shallow end (through a skimmer or into a bucket on a step so you lessen the water disturbance) you can do a fairly efficient exchange. That is assuming the water you are filling with is the same temperature or warmer than your pool water. If your fill water is much cooler than your pool water, then switch it. Add the water to the deep end (hose on bottom) and pull water from the top step.

The location of the pump and fill hose may change if you have salt water, high calcium, etc.
In my pool, with saltwater and high calcium when I drain, I put the pump in the deep end and hose in shallow end. The water in the pool weighs more per unit volume than the fill water from the hose.

Be sure to balance the water out and water in so the pool level stays the same. Also be sure your pool pump is disabled during this process. Once started do not stop until you have exchanged the amount of water you wish.

 

[JimMarshall]

I will post some pictures when I get a chance, but pool is extremly clear not a single cloudy spot in it. I am using about 75oz of 6% bleach per day. Ive worked out approx $40 per month in Bleach costs depending on where your getting it from, still trying to source cheaper sources.

It has been ran on 3" Tablets I believe up to this point with a pool guy coming every 2 weeks, vacuming, testing and usualy throwing in some chemicals of all descriptions to get it looking good!

I am really really really really really nervous about emptying the pool, as it could be a very costly mistake and its made worse that im so new to this all. Can CYA be lowered by just placing my hose in the pool and diluting the water?

Yes, anything that dilutes the water will lower the CYA. The method Marty described is a tried and true method. If you aren't comfortable with draining the volume you need to at one time, you can do it in several smaller drains and refills, although this method is not as efficient.