So, I'm sure you've heard the story before, fired the pool guy, decided to DIY.
I live in central Mexico, just south of Guadalajara, lots of sun, this time of year, my pool gets about eight hours of direct sun, per day.
I searched five pool stores in my area, not a drop of liquid chlorine, everybody here uses a pool service, they all use granulated chlorine, even with the issues of hard water, I had very bad cal build up, at the water line. Hired my gardener to sand it off, took him four days, this is a 9x22x5 deep pool, with a sand filter. For the last three days, been fighting the green, it started after the cal removal.
As this is Mexico, a Taylor test kit, thru Amazon, is about $400, with import fees, $360 import fee, and the cost of the kit, I've a mule bring me one for the cost, should arrive this week. At this point, I've only the test strips, I know, I know, its all I have.
So, the past three/four days, my schedule has been, coffee and smoke, check the pool, still green, brush, let settle, brush again, vacuum to waste, rinse, filter, let it run for several hours, pump off, let settle, check, still green,brush, back flush, rinse, let pump run for several hours, shut pump off, let settle, check, less green,brush, add floculent, run pump 1/2 hour, let settle, next day, vacuum to waste, rinse, add DE, run pump, filtering for several hours, back flush, rinse, filter, run pump for several hours, vacuum, back flush, rinse. So today, this afternoon, it's looking very good, the best I've seen in a week.
At some point I did add over a gallon of 6% clorox, my test strips show a high amount of free chlorine. I know my CYA is very high, the test strips show as 250, I've been adding water, as needed, the rainy season is coming, sometime in June, hopefully, I am able to limp along till then, in order to do a massive water change out.
Ok, enough for now.
Thanks for the time
I live in central Mexico, just south of Guadalajara, lots of sun, this time of year, my pool gets about eight hours of direct sun, per day.
I searched five pool stores in my area, not a drop of liquid chlorine, everybody here uses a pool service, they all use granulated chlorine, even with the issues of hard water, I had very bad cal build up, at the water line. Hired my gardener to sand it off, took him four days, this is a 9x22x5 deep pool, with a sand filter. For the last three days, been fighting the green, it started after the cal removal.
As this is Mexico, a Taylor test kit, thru Amazon, is about $400, with import fees, $360 import fee, and the cost of the kit, I've a mule bring me one for the cost, should arrive this week. At this point, I've only the test strips, I know, I know, its all I have.
So, the past three/four days, my schedule has been, coffee and smoke, check the pool, still green, brush, let settle, brush again, vacuum to waste, rinse, filter, let it run for several hours, pump off, let settle, check, still green,brush, back flush, rinse, let pump run for several hours, shut pump off, let settle, check, less green,brush, add floculent, run pump 1/2 hour, let settle, next day, vacuum to waste, rinse, add DE, run pump, filtering for several hours, back flush, rinse, filter, run pump for several hours, vacuum, back flush, rinse. So today, this afternoon, it's looking very good, the best I've seen in a week.
At some point I did add over a gallon of 6% clorox, my test strips show a high amount of free chlorine. I know my CYA is very high, the test strips show as 250, I've been adding water, as needed, the rainy season is coming, sometime in June, hopefully, I am able to limp along till then, in order to do a massive water change out.
Ok, enough for now.
Thanks for the time
