Hello,
As the title says, I'm new to all this pool business and have many, many questions. I set my signature to fill this info in, but I (think) I have (about) a 17k gal kidney (hence the rough estimate for now) plaster in-ground pool from the mid 50's. It has a Sta-Rite Max E Pro .75 HP pump, Rheem PM206 heater and a Tagelus sand filter. It will need to be resurfaced, but I am hoping to get a season in before addressing that. It looks like the previous owners used liquid chlorine and trichlor pucks. We just moved in and I am trying to learn about how to take care of this thing. Oh baby, am I glad I found this site!
I just received the TF-100 kit. I admit I was getting antsy and bought some test strips when I saw them in a hardware store last week. From the test strips it looks like there was no chlorine in the pool. The pH and CYA are probably on the high range of normal, but I used the test strips just to get a general idea and take the results as a ballpark. Last week I added 1 jug of HasaChlor 12.5% sodium hypochlorite (gallon I think) from the case the previous owner left just to put some sanitizer in the water. The water is holding pretty steady at 44 degrees. I have been doing a skim, brush (now with the wall whale), vacuum cleaning weekly. We have had crazy amounts of rain and I have removed water out through the waste setting a few times over the past 4-5 weeks since I became the pool person. I have only been running the filter for a couple of hours a couple/few times per week.
My main question is - Should I start testing with the TF-100 now or is it too cold?
And then as a follow up - Should I be doing anything differently now if I don't plan on swimming. And what if I do plan on swimming?
I'm excited to learn the TFP way from the start of my pool life!
Susan
As the title says, I'm new to all this pool business and have many, many questions. I set my signature to fill this info in, but I (think) I have (about) a 17k gal kidney (hence the rough estimate for now) plaster in-ground pool from the mid 50's. It has a Sta-Rite Max E Pro .75 HP pump, Rheem PM206 heater and a Tagelus sand filter. It will need to be resurfaced, but I am hoping to get a season in before addressing that. It looks like the previous owners used liquid chlorine and trichlor pucks. We just moved in and I am trying to learn about how to take care of this thing. Oh baby, am I glad I found this site!
I just received the TF-100 kit. I admit I was getting antsy and bought some test strips when I saw them in a hardware store last week. From the test strips it looks like there was no chlorine in the pool. The pH and CYA are probably on the high range of normal, but I used the test strips just to get a general idea and take the results as a ballpark. Last week I added 1 jug of HasaChlor 12.5% sodium hypochlorite (gallon I think) from the case the previous owner left just to put some sanitizer in the water. The water is holding pretty steady at 44 degrees. I have been doing a skim, brush (now with the wall whale), vacuum cleaning weekly. We have had crazy amounts of rain and I have removed water out through the waste setting a few times over the past 4-5 weeks since I became the pool person. I have only been running the filter for a couple of hours a couple/few times per week.
My main question is - Should I start testing with the TF-100 now or is it too cold?
And then as a follow up - Should I be doing anything differently now if I don't plan on swimming. And what if I do plan on swimming?
I'm excited to learn the TFP way from the start of my pool life!
Susan
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