Help pool gurus

[cchambers78]

New on here. I absolutely need the definition of help.I am completely new to pool maintenance I just moved into my girlfriends moms house to fix up the place and she has an inground pool that hasn't really been taken care of for about 2 years and I am lost completely. so the pool is green and dirty I mean filthy they told us that we can't drain it just to clean it and treat it so I have a few questions and hopefully y'all can help me get started 1 I have scooped a lot of the leaves of the barBottom. however there is mud or silt and a very thick layer of it in the deep end I'm not sure if my main pump works and I know I have to get a new vacuum or a Polaris or whatever they call it my question is how can I get the money and the silt of the bottom other than the net because when I scooped it it all comes out of the net and turns the water brown any suggestions would be greatly appreciated I wish I had the money to just pay somebody to come in and fix it but I don't so manual labor it is how can I clean the bottom of my pool without No knowing if my pump works and without using the net on a pole is there a vacuum or a water pump I can get please help me any suggestions would be greatly appreciated because they are all better than what I have now I just want to go swimmingor is somebody knows a link to step by step directions to get my pool from green to clean it would be greatly appreciated

[CarlD]

Whoa! Try using punctuation! At least use periods and capitals!
What you need first is information for us so we can help you.
Gallons and type of equipment.
You can take a water sample to a pool store and they can give you test results, which you can post here and we can interpret.

[cchambers78]

My apologies. I spoke it to my phone. And it doesn't put punctuation. My bad my bad. I will take a sample and post how can I find out the details on my pool. My go has no clue and her mom is the same. They just paid a company to take care of it after her husband past. So I'm kinda lost here. I can find out what pump I have and will post. I guess I could take a measure tape to see how deep . How can I find out the gallons

[CarlD]

The rule is that one cubic foot of water contains 7.48 gallons of water.

http://www.montecitowater.com/how_many_gallons_of_water_in_a_c.htm

The best thing you can do is start reading our stickied threads, but start first by going to our sister site, poolsolutions.com.

But take a water sample to a pool store and post the results...don't let them talk you into buying anything yet. Promise them you'll be back (you probably will).

[PoolDoc]

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