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On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:17:00 -0400, Bubba
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On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 06:24:33 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Apr 7, 8:13 am, wrote:
Since you have no experience doing this, just call a pool service
company. One they get it straightened out, you can just maintain it..
Well...I am just a bit too embarassed to call a pool company and show
them this swampy pool, I was trying to improve it a little myself
before it's semi-presentable.
I don't think I want to suck all 25000 gallons out here in Florida the
water table is high it may crack the pool, even in the winter months
and now it is getting into the rainy season.
Think about it.............or do the calculations and the costs.
25,000 gals is really not that much water in costs. Ive drained mine
17,000 gals twice since Ive had it. Less than $100 in water. As soon
as its drained and cleaned, start refilling. You wont hurt the pool or
pop it out of the ground unless you leave it empty.
Chemicals will cost you a whole lot more to clean up a really nasty
pool depending on how bad it is. Start fresh.
Bubba
The problem is if you are in south Florida that pool is very likely to
just pop out of the ground if you drain it.
There should be a pump out pipe under the pool they used to keep the
water out while they were shooting it but if they buried it under the
deck you can't use it. A polite builder extends that pipe out past
the deck and caps it. You would still have to know where to dig. (I
put a block of wood on the form so there is a recess in the edge of
the deck)
There are also plugs in the bottom of the pool, in the drain housing
but you would have to dive down and remove them.
I would not drain my pool until I was sure the ground water was
equalized or pumped away. .
I would think the place to start is with the net and scoop out as much as
possible. Drain as much as can be done safely. Clean all the filters and
run the pump for a couple of days. Clean and purge.
Keep doing the above until it gets reasonably clean and start with the free
chlorine. I wouldn't even attempt to scrub the algae until it's all dead.
Live algae is impossible to get rid of. I've never had to use algaecide
but...
Then use floc as necessary or whatever clarifier you can use with your
filter system. Then balance the PH.
4 hours a day isn't much. I'd run the filters for at least 10 hours a day.
Continuously until it's clear.
If it's as bad as described it's going to take some work and a few days to
let the filters and chlorine do their job.
od