Success story

[JoeyV]

Hi, I wanted to share a couple of photos of the success I had this year after opening my pool. After opening, I ended up letting the pool sit for almost 3 weeks due to work. When I got the time to work on it, you can imagine what I found. It was basically a swamp. Using the BBB methods, I was able to get the pool crystal clear and balanced in 5 days. Here is a before and after pic. Keep in mind that the before pics was taken in the middle of day 2.

 

[Texas Splash]

Looks great Joey!

 

[ctrav]

Outstanding and beautiful water! Can you share what you did??

 

[JoeyV]

Sure,

Pretty basic.

First removed large debris that was floating and skimmed the bottom and got out as much as I could without being able to see.

Next scrubbed, scrubbed and scrubbed some more (the entire pool. Walls floor ladders everything.

Then Vacuumed to wasted.
Refilled with clean water.

Knowing my cya is relatively high (70), I brought chlorine level up to slam level and held it there until I passed the overnight test. During this time I scrubbed vacuumed and backwashed often.

Once I passed the overnight test, i added DE to the filter and backwashed when the pressure went up 10lbs over normal. Still continually vacuuming and scrubbing.

I slowly let the chlorine level drop on its own and when I got to my target of 8, I balanced the pool. Added washing soda to raise TA and ph.

Pool went from dark murky green, to emerald green, then to light green, then teal, the cloudy and finally clear.

 

[ctrav]

Excellent as this could come in very handy for folks. Easy to understand example...Thanks for taking the time!