- Jul 14, 2011
- 11
Hi, all.
I just sold my home, and with it my 30', above ground pool. My new home, by chance, also has a 30' above ground pool. I've been maintaining our pool for 15 years or so, so I'm plenty comfortable with all of the ins and outs, but the pool at the new house has a few things I haven't dealt with before.
1. I've always used a cartridge filter in the past. This new pool has a DE filter. This new pool is plumbed with rigid PVC, and swapping out the pump/filter for my current setup isn't practical (We have a whole house to move and organize - monkeying with pool plumbing is just not something I have time for, at least not until next season).
How different an animal is DE from cartridge from an every-day point of view? What do I HAVE to be aware of right from the jump?
2. I was turned on to using bleach as the chlorine source of choice (thanks TFP!) years ago. This new pool is plumbed with an in-line chlorinator. I'd prefer not to use pucks...really, I'd prefer not to use the chlorinator at all. Will it do any harm to continue applying bleach as I always have, and just never fill the chlorinator? In my mind, that really just turns the cholrinator into a purpose-less extra few inches for water to travel from filter to return, but I don't know enough about these things to assume I'm right. Could that somehow damage the chlorinator itself, creating leaks or impediments to water flow?
I just sold my home, and with it my 30', above ground pool. My new home, by chance, also has a 30' above ground pool. I've been maintaining our pool for 15 years or so, so I'm plenty comfortable with all of the ins and outs, but the pool at the new house has a few things I haven't dealt with before.
1. I've always used a cartridge filter in the past. This new pool has a DE filter. This new pool is plumbed with rigid PVC, and swapping out the pump/filter for my current setup isn't practical (We have a whole house to move and organize - monkeying with pool plumbing is just not something I have time for, at least not until next season).
How different an animal is DE from cartridge from an every-day point of view? What do I HAVE to be aware of right from the jump?
2. I was turned on to using bleach as the chlorine source of choice (thanks TFP!) years ago. This new pool is plumbed with an in-line chlorinator. I'd prefer not to use pucks...really, I'd prefer not to use the chlorinator at all. Will it do any harm to continue applying bleach as I always have, and just never fill the chlorinator? In my mind, that really just turns the cholrinator into a purpose-less extra few inches for water to travel from filter to return, but I don't know enough about these things to assume I'm right. Could that somehow damage the chlorinator itself, creating leaks or impediments to water flow?