Ok so we have just brought a house with a heated ,in ground ,approx. 8mx4m by 1m deep pool . the previous owners paid a pool guy to visit once a month - 50$ plus cost of chemicals .
I will do the cleaning , but wonder how hard it is to do the chemicals ?
dogbond,
Jun 8, 9:11am
Not hard had to do the chemicals yourself, just make sure you have a PH tester kit to ensure you are adding the right amount etc. Cleaning can be a pain, need to keep on top of it.
woody89,
Jun 8, 9:12am
Pool shops etc that supply the chemicals generally test water samples for free & make up a programme to suit your pool conditions. Generally it is straight forward & over time becomes routine. Test strips done each week at home give a good guide to chlorine & ph etc, mostly I can control mine based on those readings.The pool shop will want to know eg volume of pool, type of filter, construction of pool ie plastic or concrete. They can give advice on how long to run the filter, over wintering, how to fix green water etc. I have found it is far easier to keep my pool free of leaves & filtered with an algaecide over the winter months than to leave it & deal with it in the spring. In answer to your question, not hard once learnt :)
bergkamp,
Jun 8, 9:52am
I think I might ring the people who built it .
its been "wintered over" but it surprised me to learn it still needs chemicals once a month and 4 hrs of pump everday . I would rather let it go green
woody89,
Jun 8, 9:15pm
The winter chemicals once a month is very simple. For my pool it is simply tipping in 50 mls of algaecide, the filter is on a timer for an hour a day. I have a lot of trees nearby so I skim them out from time to time & empty the filter baskets weekly. Not hard & doesn't take any effort. Each to their own but for me a green, leaf filled pool is unsightly & in the past has taken weeks to get right- with the filter on continuously & a lot of expensive chemicals.
mrtoken,
Jun 8, 9:19pm
dont let it go green, best to keep onto it as getting from green to clear can be a lot of work
We still get ours serviced once a month. We did the home testing but stuffed up twice (we didn't realise we had to say it was saltwater haha, then the second time, the cheap strips we had, weren't doing a decent read).
In saying that, we bolt get it serviced once a month over summer as it's self cleaning. Don't let it go green though - it costs a fortune in chemicals to correct and the algae is horrible to shift off the bottom!
sanders4,
Jun 9, 8:09am
woody89 has the right attitude, 10 minutes a day saves 10 hours a month for sparkling water.
wendalls,
Jun 10, 10:10am
Ours is salt and I hardly do anything. Big difference if it fills with leaves regularly though. I monthly test ours at the pool shop and chuck in a bag of salt. Watch for expired test strips when you buy them .i found strips expired in 2013 on the shelf at Bunnings last weekend. Wondered why my strips were always expired and inaccurate!
wendalls,
Jun 10, 10:12am
Easy to do chemicals if you can just do a little research and follow advice of pool guys.
brenda007,
Dec 18, 4:40pm
We have a pool, it is the 4th house we have bought with a pool,now, salt water chlorinator, unheated. In Summer filter runs 3 hours am and pm, in Winter 2 hours am and pm. Chemical testing more in Summer. Free water readings at local pool shop. Salt, chemicals, strips all best bought from pool shop as they will back up if anything did ever go wrong and they sell so much it is always "fresh". In Winter cover is off permanently because pool is unused. It is vacuumed and scooped weekly, water tested every other month and if a bit murky gets algaecide added. In Summer it is vacuumed and scooped daily because of constant use. We have never let any of our pools go "green" because it is unsightly and takes a lot of work to get it clean again. To vacuum and scoop daily takes 10 minutes. The grandkids like to vacuum it while in the pool! Hope this helps.
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