- May 17, 2019
- 401
- Pool Size
- 28000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Hi all,
I’m a new pool owner and just learning and getting up to speed. I work a lot to for this first season of pool ownership I decided to hire a pool company to keep it clean, chemicals balanced, etc while I learned the ins and outs slowly. Well, I’m learning quick but something happened this evening that I need advice on.
The pool guy came this afternoon to clean, backwash the DE filter, add chemicals, etc. I get home about 10-15 minutes after he left (says my wife) and find the pool an inch or two below the skimmers. Thinking there is a massive leak I run to the pool equipment and find that the guy left the pool running in Rinse mode instead of moving the handle back to Filter. Ok, I google it and find that it’s probably not a big deal. I’m currently the filling the pool back up. So here are my questions:
1. Should I also add water to the attached spa if it’s low or will the pool water help fill it? My guess is I should err on the side of adding water to the spa.
2. How badly will the chemicals be screwed up? I have a salt pool. Here were the last numbers that the pool guide provided me today (note that I don’t trust him at all, and I just got my own pool chem kit so I’m willing to run my own tests right now if you all think I should):
FC: 3.0
pH: 7.4
TA: 90
CH: 250
CYA: 40
Salt: 3000
Temp: 80 (it’s a heated pool and I was getting it warmed up for tomorrow’s pool party we are having)
3. Once the water is filled in the pool, I’d like to turn on the filter and run it over night, but I’m not sure what I need to do since the pool water went below the skimmers. For example, the pool pump doesn’t have any water in the basket. Should I just fill it up and put the lid back on? Should I do something else? Anything with the filter I need to do?
4. The pool guy clearly is poorly trained. So I started questioning him more. He tells me he only put 2 scoops (standard DE scoop from Leslie’s) of DE in the skimmer before he left after backwashing - so that’s 1lb right? I have a 48 ft DE filter so I’m thinking he should’ve added closer to 8 scoops total? Should I add 6 more scoops once the pool is running in filter mode? Or should I backwash it again given the water level issue (I guess I could double check the pressure once it’s on).
5. Anything else I need to worry about or check on?
The pool company will send someone in the morning to test my chemicals and add more if needed. I was assured that the guy who came today won’t be back on my property.
Thanks for your help everyone, excited to learn more from this community.
I’m a new pool owner and just learning and getting up to speed. I work a lot to for this first season of pool ownership I decided to hire a pool company to keep it clean, chemicals balanced, etc while I learned the ins and outs slowly. Well, I’m learning quick but something happened this evening that I need advice on.
The pool guy came this afternoon to clean, backwash the DE filter, add chemicals, etc. I get home about 10-15 minutes after he left (says my wife) and find the pool an inch or two below the skimmers. Thinking there is a massive leak I run to the pool equipment and find that the guy left the pool running in Rinse mode instead of moving the handle back to Filter. Ok, I google it and find that it’s probably not a big deal. I’m currently the filling the pool back up. So here are my questions:
1. Should I also add water to the attached spa if it’s low or will the pool water help fill it? My guess is I should err on the side of adding water to the spa.
2. How badly will the chemicals be screwed up? I have a salt pool. Here were the last numbers that the pool guide provided me today (note that I don’t trust him at all, and I just got my own pool chem kit so I’m willing to run my own tests right now if you all think I should):
FC: 3.0
pH: 7.4
TA: 90
CH: 250
CYA: 40
Salt: 3000
Temp: 80 (it’s a heated pool and I was getting it warmed up for tomorrow’s pool party we are having)
3. Once the water is filled in the pool, I’d like to turn on the filter and run it over night, but I’m not sure what I need to do since the pool water went below the skimmers. For example, the pool pump doesn’t have any water in the basket. Should I just fill it up and put the lid back on? Should I do something else? Anything with the filter I need to do?
4. The pool guy clearly is poorly trained. So I started questioning him more. He tells me he only put 2 scoops (standard DE scoop from Leslie’s) of DE in the skimmer before he left after backwashing - so that’s 1lb right? I have a 48 ft DE filter so I’m thinking he should’ve added closer to 8 scoops total? Should I add 6 more scoops once the pool is running in filter mode? Or should I backwash it again given the water level issue (I guess I could double check the pressure once it’s on).
5. Anything else I need to worry about or check on?
The pool company will send someone in the morning to test my chemicals and add more if needed. I was assured that the guy who came today won’t be back on my property.
Thanks for your help everyone, excited to learn more from this community.