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peculiar_lady2 -> RE: Pool Time!!!!! (5/5/2008 9:43:50 AM)
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It's an inground pool, 18x36, and it was so much fun!
That's a little bit bigger then ours Yolanda....and it is a tonne of fun!!!! (I spelled that "tonne" just for you[:D]). I think ours is about 15x30 or so....if I remember correctly. Just the right size IMO for us to have fun but not have it be too big. It's deep enough to have lots of fun too...diving board, etc.
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Normally, in the spring, we use a big net to fish out all the leaves, pine needles and other various items. Then we give it a couple of major shocks, and then it is easy to maintain the rest of the year.
yesterday we started that process....and boy was it messy on the bottom!!!! We got it all out though with the net....or we thought we did. Then we put algea killer in it....and shock last night....now it is a bluish color, not pond scum green anymore, so a few more shocks and it should be good to go. There is more scum floating on the top though this morning, so I guess we didn't get all of it out yet.
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We use Lavo 12 for chlorine, and we don't much bother with pH stuff unless it's really off. Actually, the only time we really use pH up or down is in the spring when we are shocking it, the chlorine and algaecide will really work much better if the pH is at an ideal level.
hmmm....good to know....so far right now the levels are good...I am going to check it this morning again.
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Oh, and another thing, if you're pH is really off, you don't have to buy that pH up stuff, baking soda is exactly the same thing. There's lots of websites that tell how to use it. Or even your local pool supply store.
yay..another good thing to know...we have that in bulk (thanks to Sam's club....we use it for cleaning stuff)
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Once we shock the pool in the spring, when it's really green because of the algae, we take this brush and brush all the stuff off the liner on the bottom and sides. It makes the water reallllllly cloudy and gross looking, but the chemicals work a lot faster.
yeah we have that brush and did that yesterday.....did the net thing to get the bulk stuff out.....then did algaecide and let that sit there for about an hour, then scraped down the sides and bottom with that brush. We could see the chemicals working pretty fast though....and by last night it was looking pretty good...so we shocked it overnight. Now it is cloudy but bluish in color, so it is going pretty good.
thanks for the pics....you know I LOVE pics!!!! HERE is a pic of our pool (that's my nephew on the board)....kind of murky water cause it rained last year for basically a month straight when that was taken.
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