Pool Opening Problems.

[TheGoose]

Hey Ben thanks for the detailed answer.

I'm near Houston, but in the sticks. I do have lots and lots of trees around the pool, which are a nightmare for me, but I also enjoy the shade so it's a catch-22. They are not my trees but my neighbors. I do trim the leaves FWIW.

I already own the Taylor 2006 kit, but I'm out of the DPD powder. I already ordered it, should be here in a few days. I'm using another Taylor kit for chlorine plus a back-up OTO. The taylor kit uses two reagents for chlorine, the oto just uses one. I like the OTO better.

I'm also out of the CYA reagent, but also have some on order. We have had a lot of rain the past few days so I'm not sure if sunlight is much of a problem now. We had two inches of rain today, I actually had to drain about 2-3 inches out of the pool, it was close to overflowing!!

No Sams club, but Wal-Mart is about 15-20 minutes one-way. No big deal really, but I am already short on time. I've got about 30 empty bottles of bleach laying around the pool so that's why I'm asking about the cal hypo. I've been careful to only get the pure cal hypo and stay away from the one sold at lowes which has copper and other things in it. I also bought some 10% bleach from lowe's last week for $4.27/gallon IIRC.

Today I sent the wife for a big bag of baking soda, two lbs of stabilizer, and some regular powder cal hypo. Today my pH is back up in the 7's range, and my last TA was about 60. I need to re-test the pH again to get a better #. I have been backwashing the filter at about 28-32 lbs about every 2 days or so.

Today I really scrubbed the pool sides and floor and got everything a good rub down so the water is stirred back up.

Added some cal hypo (2 lbs) to the pool to supplement the chlorine. The level was at 5+ ppm when I got home from work at 4:30 after not adding any since last night. I really need my taylor kit refills so I can see what the exact level is.

Thanks for your advice, I have my fingers crossed that we will be able to swim by this weekend. I'm really not much for the pool in April, still too cold for my blood, even in TX.