Last fall I purchased my house that had a pool that was not opened in the spring of 2018. There reason behind them not opening the pool was of a busy schedule durning the summer months. Which these days are understandable. I purchased the house in September and didn’t have the extra money to open then close the pool with just weeks left in the season. Now that it’s the end of March coming into April I have a few questions. I have done some research and read some forums, but I still have a few questions.
To start off the pool I believe is a 33’x18’ oval above ground pool that has had a spring mesh cover on since fall of 2017. I did remove part of the cover last October and skimmed part of the nasty stuff off the top of the water. The pool water was extremely green and dark. Water was decently “clean” so to speak though. The previous owner only removed the pump and sand filter and left the hoses attached and open since the date of the closing. I believe to let the water drain out so the water would not raise extremely?? To start of my first question since of those type of closing of the hoses should I be worried about the skimmer? I did check the water level throughout the winter months and it never got much lower than the bottom of the skimmer.
Next question would be when would be the best time to start opening the pool up since of the neglect of a couple years. Next would it be best to drain the pool a couple feet then refill with some fresh water? Or would just hooking the filter system up and filling the pool up to the skimmer and start vacuuming to waste and refilling pool as I go?
Third. I have seen testing the pools levels and adjusting ph before the shocking process. I have also read just to start the shocking process till the water start to get clear then adjusting all other levels. Just wondering what the best way would be. Now with shocking the pool do you use packets/liquid chlorine/bleach?? I assume I’m going to be using a lot of whatever you guys recommend. I understand I will need to try and clean a majority of the junk out of the pool before I start the shocking process. Mostly I’m just nervous about turning a nasty green pool clear.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated. I will have more question as I go and I will be sure to update this post
To start off the pool I believe is a 33’x18’ oval above ground pool that has had a spring mesh cover on since fall of 2017. I did remove part of the cover last October and skimmed part of the nasty stuff off the top of the water. The pool water was extremely green and dark. Water was decently “clean” so to speak though. The previous owner only removed the pump and sand filter and left the hoses attached and open since the date of the closing. I believe to let the water drain out so the water would not raise extremely?? To start of my first question since of those type of closing of the hoses should I be worried about the skimmer? I did check the water level throughout the winter months and it never got much lower than the bottom of the skimmer.
Next question would be when would be the best time to start opening the pool up since of the neglect of a couple years. Next would it be best to drain the pool a couple feet then refill with some fresh water? Or would just hooking the filter system up and filling the pool up to the skimmer and start vacuuming to waste and refilling pool as I go?
Third. I have seen testing the pools levels and adjusting ph before the shocking process. I have also read just to start the shocking process till the water start to get clear then adjusting all other levels. Just wondering what the best way would be. Now with shocking the pool do you use packets/liquid chlorine/bleach?? I assume I’m going to be using a lot of whatever you guys recommend. I understand I will need to try and clean a majority of the junk out of the pool before I start the shocking process. Mostly I’m just nervous about turning a nasty green pool clear.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated. I will have more question as I go and I will be sure to update this post
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