Greetings to all. It has been a while since I have posted. Things are well with my pool and I've been on the TFP method for about 3 years now.
A few things I'd like to shed some light on. I noticed Clorox and Great Value bleach have both lowered their available sodium hypochlorite amounts to 6.0% down from the usual 8.25% it has been since I can remember. I think that is terrible and shame on them. The only Clorox name brand bleach that supposedly still contains 8.25% SH is labeled their "germicidal" bottle. What a bunch of baloney.
I recently took a 3 day course and passed a Certified Pool Operator course in Baldwin County, AL. I found the class very informative and interesting. It taught me some things I did not know, and refreshed my memory about some things I already had learned from owning a pool and from reading on here.
I just replaced all my outdated test solutions and reagents from TFTest kits and I really like that store. Great customer service and speedy delivery as always.
Now, to my debacle. I have a few friends interested in hiring me as their pool maintenance person. But I have a problem. I don't have any idea how to care for their pool as I do mine. To be profitable, I'm assuming it would be a once a week visit type of situation. I just know how I like to test my water, look at my water daily, empty my skimmer basket, and most importantly, CHLORINATE my pool water without all the other ingredients that most people here in Louisiana use for chlorine addition. A recent conversation with a pool maintenance friend of mine revealed a system of weekly visits to his customers and the use of TriClor pucks for continuous chlorination either through an inline chlorinator or placing them in the skimmer basket. AND the use of test strips for water checks. I just don't think I can do that.
I know first hand what the use of TriClor pucks leads to because it happened to me before I knew better. I have been racking my brains on how I could do this on a part time basis without being too OCD like I am when it comes to balancing my pool water. I doubt the individuals I would service would even be willing to empty their skimmer baskets daily or a few times a week like Mon Wed Fri. I know they are not going to be blindly adding or willing to add liquid bleach to their pool.
So, I have no other idea, reasonable at least, profitable at least, of continual safe chlorination other than the stabilized pucks. These are not people with a SWCG either.
Is it at least SOMEWHAT possible to safely use stabilized pucks without the addition of too much CYA over a said amount of time? Without having to constantly drain pool water levels because CYA is getting too high.
I personally have a problem with CYA levels above 80. I know now the National Swimming Pool Foundation states 100 ppm as the acceptable high level of CYA, but it takes way too much FC to do its job at that level.
I'm in a pickle because I'd like to help people without making it rocket science.
A few things I'd like to shed some light on. I noticed Clorox and Great Value bleach have both lowered their available sodium hypochlorite amounts to 6.0% down from the usual 8.25% it has been since I can remember. I think that is terrible and shame on them. The only Clorox name brand bleach that supposedly still contains 8.25% SH is labeled their "germicidal" bottle. What a bunch of baloney.
I recently took a 3 day course and passed a Certified Pool Operator course in Baldwin County, AL. I found the class very informative and interesting. It taught me some things I did not know, and refreshed my memory about some things I already had learned from owning a pool and from reading on here.
I just replaced all my outdated test solutions and reagents from TFTest kits and I really like that store. Great customer service and speedy delivery as always.
Now, to my debacle. I have a few friends interested in hiring me as their pool maintenance person. But I have a problem. I don't have any idea how to care for their pool as I do mine. To be profitable, I'm assuming it would be a once a week visit type of situation. I just know how I like to test my water, look at my water daily, empty my skimmer basket, and most importantly, CHLORINATE my pool water without all the other ingredients that most people here in Louisiana use for chlorine addition. A recent conversation with a pool maintenance friend of mine revealed a system of weekly visits to his customers and the use of TriClor pucks for continuous chlorination either through an inline chlorinator or placing them in the skimmer basket. AND the use of test strips for water checks. I just don't think I can do that.
I know first hand what the use of TriClor pucks leads to because it happened to me before I knew better. I have been racking my brains on how I could do this on a part time basis without being too OCD like I am when it comes to balancing my pool water. I doubt the individuals I would service would even be willing to empty their skimmer baskets daily or a few times a week like Mon Wed Fri. I know they are not going to be blindly adding or willing to add liquid bleach to their pool.
So, I have no other idea, reasonable at least, profitable at least, of continual safe chlorination other than the stabilized pucks. These are not people with a SWCG either.
Is it at least SOMEWHAT possible to safely use stabilized pucks without the addition of too much CYA over a said amount of time? Without having to constantly drain pool water levels because CYA is getting too high.
I personally have a problem with CYA levels above 80. I know now the National Swimming Pool Foundation states 100 ppm as the acceptable high level of CYA, but it takes way too much FC to do its job at that level.
I'm in a pickle because I'd like to help people without making it rocket science.