Let me start with I manually vacuum our pool. Most of the year we get very little debris in our pool. At times like that I may vacuum only once a week. Then there times like now when we get high winds, though this year they have increased in strength and frequency – we get LOTS of sand daily. Since the water is still too cold to use the pool, I'm vacuuming twice a week. Is there a problem with letting 4 days of sand sitting in the pool?
Vacuum frequency
- Thread starter Yorker
- Start date
- May 23, 2015
- 24,485
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Probably not as long as the dirt isn’t leaving stains behind. Clay/silt dust can be very mineralized with iron in it that could potentially stain a pool surface but I think that would take a lot longer than a couple of days.
Thanks Matt! That is what I imagined would be the concern. The first time I waited that long I feared there would be staining, but there was none.
On another note, I just saw that you did something here on May 1 about water chemistry. Is there any recording of that?
- May 23, 2015
- 24,485
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
- Jul 4, 2012
- 749
- Pool Size
- 21000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
Yorker, see this thread for the recording I think you are looking for, post #78 pg 4 in case it does not take you there
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oh darn, missed it. Skippy got bested and was out early at the Bocce tourney (wind blew the balls all over the place) so we rushed back to the hotel and I tried to sign on but no one there.... drats. Looks like y'all bugged out too. Maddie Nope, it's still on. Your an hour off
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Hi neighbor! This year the winds have been unbelievable. I live in north Palm Springs area so we get a good grunt of it. I have a robot I’ve been throwing in 2-4x a week, and also have a pool guy come twice a week and vacuum. It’s not so much I’m worried about staining however, just can’t stand to look at a dirty pool! I’m hoping the winds have ended for the season!
Hey MM...! We've moved here is 2016 and this is the worst wind season so far. I hate to admit that I have been turning a blind eye to the sand in the pool. The water has been too cool to swim laps, so I've just resorted to vacuuming once or twice a week. Much of the time the next day it's back as it was.
I'm interested in which robot you have. It sounds like you don't leave it in 24/7. Does it do your spa as well? I've wondered how a robot would work on my long wide steps. - Any thoughts?
Thanks,
York
Steps and robots don't work. I brush the steps and wherever it lands on the floor the robot can get to it.
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