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Best way to reclaim post-Ida pool?
Posted on 9/3/21 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 9/3/21 at 1:32 pm
Had a mountain of leaves and crap fall into the pool and it was already a dark green Monday morning. Once power is restored, I was thinking to filter for a short time and backwash and repeat that many times until reaching some level of relative clarity and then shocking the hell out of it. Any advice? TIA.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 1:56 pm to Havoc
I would get leaves out best you can and start throwing gallons of bleach in there now to kill the algae. Try to get water moving and mix it with a brush or net manually. When power comes back get the pump filtering 24/7 and clean filter or backwash often. Look up SLAM on trouble free pool.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 2:32 pm to mtcheral
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I would get leaves out best you can and start throwing gallons of bleach in there now to kill the algae. Try to get water moving and mix it with a brush or net manually. When power comes back get the pump filtering 24/7 and clean filter or backwash often. Look up SLAM on trouble free pool.
Good advice. Really should have elevated chlorine levels substantially before the storm hit. If you have a robot, you can run that off a generator for a little filtering. It won’t be like the filter pump, but it’ll help and mix up the water at the same time.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 2:54 pm to FieldEngineer
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Really should have elevated chlorine levels substantially before the storm hit.
I did that but I reckon there was so much shite on all junk that fell in it immediately spiked it.
Posted on 9/3/21 at 8:39 pm to Havoc
First...even before you get power back, you should get the leaf/debris rake out and get down and scoop all that crap off the bottom of the pool. Get as much as you can of the heavy debris. I had 3 large garbage bags of cypress needles and other twigs and leaves scooped out from my pool.
My water never turned green. I used a lot of liquid chlorine before the storm and then when I got a large part of the debris removed and again threw a lot of liquid chlorine in and sort of manually agitated the water to get the chlorine to spread out.
My power was out for only3 days. Once power came back on I ran the pool cleaner for about 2 days and it picked up all the smaller debris I didn't get on the first pass.
Once that's done the water should be clear. Re-check the water chemical balance and you should be good to go.
Lastely I'll say, if your pool water was green then you need to put out a shitload of chlorine and let the pump for at least 24 hours or even 36 hours.
Hope this helps.
My water never turned green. I used a lot of liquid chlorine before the storm and then when I got a large part of the debris removed and again threw a lot of liquid chlorine in and sort of manually agitated the water to get the chlorine to spread out.
My power was out for only3 days. Once power came back on I ran the pool cleaner for about 2 days and it picked up all the smaller debris I didn't get on the first pass.
Once that's done the water should be clear. Re-check the water chemical balance and you should be good to go.
Lastely I'll say, if your pool water was green then you need to put out a shitload of chlorine and let the pump for at least 24 hours or even 36 hours.
Hope this helps.
Posted on 9/4/21 at 1:33 pm to yat70458
Spot on. Got home late and first worked to remove the debris by pool net. The water color wasn’t from an algae outbreak, it was just an insane amount of sediment and other granular gunk, dirt, mold pollen whatever.
Ran the Dolphin in short 10 minute cycles because it would be full of debris and gunk by then. Backwashed once last night and again this morning. Finally called it a night around 3:30 am with it looking much much better. Woke up and is back to manageable status with plans to Slam it next.
I think next hurricane I’ll try to be prepared with a good cover to save much trouble.
Ran the Dolphin in short 10 minute cycles because it would be full of debris and gunk by then. Backwashed once last night and again this morning. Finally called it a night around 3:30 am with it looking much much better. Woke up and is back to manageable status with plans to Slam it next.
I think next hurricane I’ll try to be prepared with a good cover to save much trouble.
Posted on 9/5/21 at 9:15 pm to Havoc
Go to pool store and get product called Back to Blue. It circulates through the pool and smothers all the crap in the water. Then you vacuum it off floor of pool out to waste. No matter how green or black my pool gets, it always turns clear the next morning after using this stuff.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 9:24 am to Havoc
Get a hose end leaf vacuum, Like this, and start getting the leaves and branches off the bottom before the power gets turned back on. For sanitizing the water and killing algae, the comments above are good.
This post was edited on 9/6/21 at 9:25 am
Posted on 9/6/21 at 9:41 am to TBoy
Should I worry about high ph ruining my plaster? Guy I know claims the plaster will be ruined and that I should drain, pressure wash and will likely need to replaster. This person is a true life moron so I’m skeptical.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 10:57 am to Havoc
Get the leaves out asap. I shocked the shite out of mine prior to the storm coming
Posted on 9/6/21 at 11:24 am to BrotherEsau
Can’t imagine a short period of high ph would affect plaster. Need to worry about calcium levels for sure. Can get ph levels down easily also though.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 11:26 am to Redfish2010
this thread has me rethinking pool bigly.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 12:47 pm to Chad504boy
Pool is easy as can be with just a little knowledge of what to do. I had no issues with mine at all with storm. We were swimming the next day.
Posted on 9/6/21 at 4:23 pm to BrotherEsau
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Should I worry about high ph ruining my plaster? Guy I know claims the plaster will be ruined and that I should drain, pressure wash and will likely need to replaster. This person is a true life moron so I’m skeptical.
That sounds ridiculous. Calcium hardness being low is a greater risk to your plaster.
Posted on 9/7/21 at 9:25 am to TBoy
Thanks yall. I thought it was the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard, but I’m only three months into pool ownership. I shocked the shite out of it before we left and added chlorine bleach when I went back. Got some debris out but I had broken my big net so wasn’t able to get big crap off the bottom.
So far, the pool isn’t bad. It’s a bit of a pain, but I’m getting the hang of it
So far, the pool isn’t bad. It’s a bit of a pain, but I’m getting the hang of it
Posted on 9/7/21 at 11:35 am to mtcheral
Can’t believe how fast the pool was clean and clear. It was some work but we were swimming by Sunday. Between the filter and the Dolphin the sediment and other gunk was cleared out pretty quickly once the bulk of the debris was removed.
Posted on 9/7/21 at 1:27 pm to BrotherEsau
Like everyone else said manually skim everything you can in the pool. then just SLAM the pool and it will be back in no time. mine never got green as my power was only out for 25 hours.
i do not buy into adding ANYTHING to the pool regularly except liquid chlorine and acid. I do supplement Cyanuric Acid, as i dont use tablets, and Calcium Chloride as levels warrant it.
If you are new to your pool check out Trouble Free Pools and their Pool Math app. it is the easiest process to follow to keep your pool clear. SLAMing is Shock Level and Maintain. as just shocking your pool might not kill all organics in the pool/plumbing/ filters. Bringing your pool to SLAM level and keeping it there will ensure everything is killed all while being able to still swim(if on the lower end of the SLAM).
i do not buy into adding ANYTHING to the pool regularly except liquid chlorine and acid. I do supplement Cyanuric Acid, as i dont use tablets, and Calcium Chloride as levels warrant it.
If you are new to your pool check out Trouble Free Pools and their Pool Math app. it is the easiest process to follow to keep your pool clear. SLAMing is Shock Level and Maintain. as just shocking your pool might not kill all organics in the pool/plumbing/ filters. Bringing your pool to SLAM level and keeping it there will ensure everything is killed all while being able to still swim(if on the lower end of the SLAM).
Posted on 9/8/21 at 3:28 pm to CarRamrod
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If you are new to your pool check out Trouble Free Pools and their Pool Math app.
I don't know who first suggested this to me, but it was on this board and I owe them/yall a huge thanks. I've had my pool for a year and I've been following the system from troublefreepool. I've never had the water turn any hint of green. My pool water looks better than the tap.
Thanks to Ida, my pool pump was off for almost 5 days. I scooped out the pool debris before cleaning my yard and porch. Once it was just small debris on the bottom, I added chlorine and started running the robot cleaner off the generator as much as I could with frequent cleanings. We were swimming in clean water long before the power came back on. It was an easy way to entertain the kids without power.
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