Hi all! Just bought a home with a pool. Haven’t moved in yet. About 20 days ago I took some water to the local Leslie’s to get tested. They stated the water was as perfect as it could be.
Because of ongoing remodeling, haven’t moved in. Hired a pool guy to maintain the pool and setup our pump to filter 8 hours a day split into 4 hour increments morning and evening.
Leslies told me to use approx 2-3 large tablets of chlorine in a floater to keep the pool chlorinated. I happily complied. Pool guy shows up few days later to clean pool. Water was incredibly clear after and happiness ensued.
I notice the three floaters I had are stacked with chlorine. I’d guess 10-12 3” tablets along with the chlorine dispenser at the pump has 7-8 3” tablets? I call and the pool man says it’s really important to load up on chlorine because of the weather (100 degree days).
Week later trimmed trees and some debris falls into pool. I clean out as much as I can but there obviously some dirt in the water when I run the net at the bottom. I change filter run time to 12 hours a day.
Week later, water has turned emerald green. Floaters looks to be refilled with chlorine. I call pool company for help, technician says he poured gallon of chlorine to fight the green.
I set filter to run 24 hours a day.
Something doesn’t seem right. Seems like an awful lot of tablets. I take the water to Leslie’s and they say my CYA is 200ppm.
My research is telling me I need to empty my pool and start over? Oh no! Help?
Because of ongoing remodeling, haven’t moved in. Hired a pool guy to maintain the pool and setup our pump to filter 8 hours a day split into 4 hour increments morning and evening.
Leslies told me to use approx 2-3 large tablets of chlorine in a floater to keep the pool chlorinated. I happily complied. Pool guy shows up few days later to clean pool. Water was incredibly clear after and happiness ensued.
I notice the three floaters I had are stacked with chlorine. I’d guess 10-12 3” tablets along with the chlorine dispenser at the pump has 7-8 3” tablets? I call and the pool man says it’s really important to load up on chlorine because of the weather (100 degree days).
Week later trimmed trees and some debris falls into pool. I clean out as much as I can but there obviously some dirt in the water when I run the net at the bottom. I change filter run time to 12 hours a day.
Week later, water has turned emerald green. Floaters looks to be refilled with chlorine. I call pool company for help, technician says he poured gallon of chlorine to fight the green.
I set filter to run 24 hours a day.
Something doesn’t seem right. Seems like an awful lot of tablets. I take the water to Leslie’s and they say my CYA is 200ppm.
My research is telling me I need to empty my pool and start over? Oh no! Help?
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