Tag Archives: swimming

Pool Products General

Pool Chemicals Problems

pool chemicals problems
First time pool owner, just had a professional open the pool today. They put all the necessary chemicals in .

and turned on the sand filter system, but they noticed that my gauge was bad, it was not giving an accurate readout so they told me to get a new one, problem is they didn’t tell me how to install the new one. so now the trouble begins…

WIth the filter and pump running, I unscrewed the gauge to install the new one, well water came gushing out the little hole, so with the filter and pump still running, I foolishly turned the filter lever from “filter” to “waste” to “closed”, thinking it would stop the water so I could install the new gauge. Well, it didn’t work turn the water off.

So then I found out how to turn the filter and pump off. water stopped coming out the gauge hole and I installed the new gauge successfully. But now, the water pressure coming out of the jets in the pool that is circulating the water is weak on about half of the jets in the pool.

I found out that I damaged the gasket inside the filter lever, so i replaced that but no success. Please help!

Call the pool man and tell them you need serious help. Tell him to stay until its fixed this time. Give him a little extra tip and he will hook you up.
Good luck
(PS, next time read the instructions or ask for help BEFORE you try to do it yourself *Smile*)
Christy

Biofilm treatment, removal & prevention featuring AquaFinesse – ParPools.com

Pool Products General

Swimming Pool Maintenance Chlorine

swimming pool maintenance chlorine
Swimming pool question please help me?

I got a 12 x 36 above ground metal frame pool. It has a soft cover but can tie around the metal part of the pool, it has a few holes in it I guess so it will stay next to the water. I have the pool fenced in attached to my house (the fence is it’s next to my house I mean) Anyways, It’s not fun to take the cover on and off and even with it on a kid could drown in it but is it really worth putting the cover on does it really help keep out alot of dirt, debris etc? We have nothing but dirt up here not much leaves at all but as far as that goes does it really warm it better? But what about the top getting dirty? Putting it back on would only dirty the pool?

Any advice on maintenance or anything about pools will help me thanks

Ph levels adding when to add when to minus ph
when to add chlorine
when to algeside it
when and why to shock it

What happens if you put to much ph or chlorine? Or to little?

I work at a motel that has a huge pool on the property… we do not cover our pool anymore because of the hassle that we have with the cover and the roller that we had for it doesn’t work anymore…. Aside from keeping the bugs out, honestly it does not do much except keep the sun out ..which can affect the chlorine and ph balance of the pool…

Ph should be between 7.4 and 7.8
Chlorine levels should be between 1 and 3

You put ph up or down in it depending on if it is too high or too low…the ph not being right in the pool will cause the chlorine levels in the pool to become erratic and any other chemicals to not work properly…

Algeside it if you start getting any algae in there…

Shock it once a week to maintain chlorine levels, to keep algae and so on from building up (and having to use that algeside)

A few other maintenance tips is to make sure you backwash the filters when you clean out the pool with the vacuum, check chlorine levels after rains, and occasionally clean out the filter of the pool as well… and sand filters work the best in pools…if you have a problem with cloudiness in a pool an external DE filter works wonders over night.

Autopilot Pool Pilot Digital Salt Chlorine Generator