Ok I've bought a house and had nothing but probs with the 30ftx18ftx4ft above ground pool. I finally have the water blue but cloudy. Here r the results from the water test done at the pool store. Free chlorine 0.1 ppm Total Chlorine .1 ppm PH 7.4 Hardness 220ppm Alkalinity 100ppm Cyanuric Acid 53ppm Theu said I just need 6 ounces of shock. I just did a double shock on Friday. We didn't swim all weekend. And only about 2 inches of rain. I have 1 chlorine tablet in my floater. Why can we not keep chlorine in our pool. Water temp is 84 degrees. Help please!! We are considering draining the dumb thing this winter and getting a new one. We bought the house and the water was green when we moved in. We got it this far but need a little more help.
2006-08-07 10:00:06 · 11 answers · asked by Brandy S 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
What you are not understanding here is that chlorine gasses out of the water at an incredible rate. Warmer the water, the faster it leaves. Rain also "gobbles up" chlorine with all the air borne contamination it washes in. Double up on the tabs. Double up on the shock. Whether you swim or not has no bearing on the chlorine consumption. When the water cools a bit it will be much easier to stay ahead of. Don't give up Just be diligent and you will prevail.
2006-08-07 13:38:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Aren't these pools a pain? Mine drives me nuts, particularly since I'm the one who maintains it and I don't even know how to swim! Anyway, there are literally a hundred reasons why your pool is cloudy. The numbers you list sound pretty good, except for the chlorine. I don't know what section of the country you're writing from, but if you're in an area with extreme sunshine, that sucks the chlorine right out of the pool. Always put your chlorine in at night because it works better. Also, you probably should use more than one chlorine tablet-that's a pretty good size pool you have!
The cloudiness may or may not have anything to do with chlorine. Sometimes, pools get cloudy because of suntan lotion, filters working improperly, etc. You may want to ask your pool guy about "Flock"-it pulls all of the icky stuff in the pool toward it, then you just vacuum up the Flock. I've never used it myself, but I'm sure the pool store would be familiar with it.
I hope you get to enjoy your pool soon!
2006-08-07 10:11:58 · answer #2 · answered by SuzeY 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds to me like you almost got the hang of it! However, i disagree with the pool place's recommended 6oz of shock. You need to double shock again, and run your filter 24hrs/day until crystal clear. Get you some home pool test strips so you can check your levels at home because you need to make sure that your chlorine gets to and stays at or above a 3.0ppm. I would also try putting 5 tablets in your floater, this should last you a week. As long as the free chlorine reading is 5.0 or less, it is okay for you to swim. use the home test strips to test your levels.
If your pool was really bad to start with (like you couldnt see the bottom of the pool cause it was so cloudy) i understand your frustration. It does take time and a lot of chemicals to clear up a pool like that. You should do your best to avoid draining and refilling your pool. Clearing up the water is almost always easier and cheaper.
Once you get the water clear, you should get on a weekly schedule to maintain the water clarity
Daily or as often as you can: Check your levels with your home test strips (mainly test for ph,alkalinity,and free chlorine)
Weekly: Do basic clean-up (vacuum, dump skimmer baskets, remove leaves)
Backwash Filter (if needed)
-Add a maintenance dose of Algaecide to your pool (read the back of the bottle and use the maintenance dose not the kill dose for appx 15,000gal)
-Add a maintenance dose of Clarifier to your pool (again, read the back of the bottle and figure for appx. 15,000gal)
-Check your floater. Refill with tablets if necessary. I would start with 5 tablets and that should last you 1 week.
Every other week:
-shock your pool with 1.5lbs of chlorine shock(you may need to do this weekly during the hottest summer months, or if you are having a problem keeping the water clear)
DO NOT SWIM FOR 18 HOURS AFTER SHOCKING YOUR POOL!
Monthly: get your water analyzed at a pool store to check all of your levels
2006-08-07 15:08:05 · answer #3 · answered by mrossi330 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, sometimes it's tough to say if you should try to salvage a green pool or drain and start from scratch. I'd say at this point you've invested enough to keep going and do the shock treatment. Once you get the pools chemistry stabilized, you should find it easier to keep your chlorine stable.
2006-08-07 10:09:20 · answer #4 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you can't keep the chlorine level high enough add a couple more tablets to your floater. We had a pool when I was a teenager and we had to keep a couple tablets in ours to keep the chlorine where it should be.
2006-08-07 10:11:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gosh, i've got had a pool for over two decades and that i've got not seen something like that. i does not bypass into it till I had it examined on the pool keep. the place did the water comes from. now at least, save the clear out working for twenty-four hours and see what happens.
2016-11-04 02:10:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a pool guy to come to your house once or twice a week until the proplem's fixed.
2006-08-07 10:03:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either you majored in chemistry or you are one heck of a detail oriented person.
2006-08-07 10:03:09 · answer #8 · answered by Tones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to this site, and find a location they do FREE water checks, that's the best way to know for sure !!!
http://www.lesliespool.com/
http://leslies.know-where.com/leslies/
2006-08-07 10:03:57 · answer #9 · answered by Big R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some useful tips here.
2006-08-07 20:06:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋