Pool is brown...tried lots of things...lots of problems!

[PoolDoc]

You indicated in your first post that your problem was stains, not with what was in the water.

Also, your last statement, about wanting to cut your costs a lot, is kind of making me back off. I usually avoid trying to get involved with commercial pools here anyhow, even though they are what I work with locally.

Why?

Commercial pools are expensive to maintain properly. Period. I can and help people do it for less. But I cannot help them do it cheaply.

I have many, many times refused, both here and locally, to help people do it improperly. In fact, for years I've simply refused to take calls from motel and apartment owners because their question is ALWAYS, "how can I do it cheaply" and NEVER, "how can I do it right". I'm sure somewhere there's a motel or apartment owner who wants to do it "RIGHT", but they are not the ones who call me. I know that in the state of Georgia, it was those owners who fought the most basic sanitation requirements in the state code tooth and nail.

The fact is, low volume, high load commercial pools -- like those typically found at motels, apartments, and campgrounds -- are difficult to maintain well.

Sincerely,

Ben Powell

[ravencr]

Ben,

Sorry if I came across the wrong way. I don't care what it takes at this point to fix this stupid thing. I'm just sick of the local pool companies not being willing to come visit the pool, diagnose the problems, and sell me what I need to actually fix the problem. I can't even get someone to tell me what type of pump I should get, automatic controller, ph feed, etc that will help handle the pool better. It's unreal. It's like they're making too much money selling off the shelf fixes in a bottle that don't work than actually fixing the problem.

Chris

[PoolDoc]

Chris, most likely they do not KNOW what you should do.

In my area, pool builders - as a rule - do not know now to operate residential pools successfully, much less commercial ones. This is the reason they sometimes jump on things like Nature2, as much in the hope that it will keep owners from calling them with water problems, as a chance to sell more stuff.

Pool stores are, well, pool stores. Some of them can run a home pool, if somewhat expensively. But again, at least in my area NONE of them know how to operate a commercial pool, especially ones with problems. They are happy to sell you stuff, but they probably will avoid telling you what to do or what will work.