Thread: It's official

Congrats, know your happy, but pools are a lot of work to keep nice and clean.

Can't be that hard. Scoup out all the leaves daily, check the PH once a week. Then, I have some big inline tube I just drop Chlorine tabs into. There's some kinda deal that walks all over the pool cleaning it. I recon I have backwash the Filter a time or two a year. What else is there? I know NOTHING lol

You will find out......been there and done that for about 14 years lol

I spect G. I found this video of how to clean it. Looks like it'll take about 30 minutes or so every week for cleaning. How to Clean a Pool - YouTube

Ha.....good luck with that theory lol

Is it saltwater or chlorine? I have never understood how folks get that much saltwater to fill up their pool. They must have to have it brought in from the coast. Sure looks like a nice place. Rogerout

Originally Posted by DonDon

Can't be that hard. Scoup out all the leaves daily, check the PH once a week. Then, I have some big inline tube I just drop Chlorine tabs into. There's some kinda deal that walks all over the pool cleaning it. I recon I have backwash the Filter a time or two a year. What else is there? I know NOTHING lol

That would be called a Polaris. Daily up keep isn't really that bad, just wait till you get your first algae, it can take a lot of work to get rid of those things and can get costly. We are on our first full summer with a pool. My wife's aunt has had a pool for many years and she has been able to help us out a lot. We backwash ours once every couple of weeks. As many trees as you have around the pool you will need to check the skimmers every day. And so on and so on. Good luck with it.

Spend 10-15 minutes a day every day and you will be ok. Don't carry a water sample to your pool supply shop or they have you buying loads of needless crap. Get your ph right then your chlorine, add a little algaetrol every now and then. Backwash every few days and shock it a couple times a year, pretty simple. I hear the salt water systems are very nice.