I acquired a new house/pool and as a first time pool owner, I just trusted what the current maintenance guy said as well as the local Leslies for the first couple months.
I was told by the pool guy from day 1 that the pool always looks cloudy because the way the light hits the concrete and to not worry and the chemicals are perfect. After he failed to show for a week (so pool was left untreated for two) and me not having any knowledge of how to add chlorine I took a water sample to Leslies.
They of course said the pool levels were perfect, I scored 9/9 100% on their test and that all I needed to do was add some shock and Clear Aid and I would be good to go. After this didn’t work, I added more and more shock, purchased and installed a SWG, and things kept getting worse. I kept going back to Leslies only to get told something was a little off each time and to buy and try a different product all with no result.
Introduce TFP and all you great people and I purchased a proper Taylor test kit and straight away tested my CYA. It was of course sky high (half way to 100 on black dot test) and so I proceeded to drain half my pool and refill in order to SLAM.
My girlfriend and all her friends who are “pool experts” said I was crazy and just needed to add floc or more Clear Aid and one actually even said to add a stabilizer....she was the one who worked for a pool company.
Anyways, long story short after a week of hitting the target FC for CYA levels and experiencing no loss overnight and 0.0 CC, I am opening the pool for friends this weekend.
Couldn’t have done it without this great site and it’s members and I just want to say thanks for being here and helping the first timers. I’ve enjoyed reading all your material and look forward to tackling the next issue, when it arises.
I was told by the pool guy from day 1 that the pool always looks cloudy because the way the light hits the concrete and to not worry and the chemicals are perfect. After he failed to show for a week (so pool was left untreated for two) and me not having any knowledge of how to add chlorine I took a water sample to Leslies.
They of course said the pool levels were perfect, I scored 9/9 100% on their test and that all I needed to do was add some shock and Clear Aid and I would be good to go. After this didn’t work, I added more and more shock, purchased and installed a SWG, and things kept getting worse. I kept going back to Leslies only to get told something was a little off each time and to buy and try a different product all with no result.
Introduce TFP and all you great people and I purchased a proper Taylor test kit and straight away tested my CYA. It was of course sky high (half way to 100 on black dot test) and so I proceeded to drain half my pool and refill in order to SLAM.
My girlfriend and all her friends who are “pool experts” said I was crazy and just needed to add floc or more Clear Aid and one actually even said to add a stabilizer....she was the one who worked for a pool company.
Anyways, long story short after a week of hitting the target FC for CYA levels and experiencing no loss overnight and 0.0 CC, I am opening the pool for friends this weekend.
Couldn’t have done it without this great site and it’s members and I just want to say thanks for being here and helping the first timers. I’ve enjoyed reading all your material and look forward to tackling the next issue, when it arises.
