Re: Commercial Pool --- Multiple problems/questions
Hi Justin;
I'm one of the few here who have experience with the sort of pool you're describing. In fact, working with owners and managers of pools like yours has been my day-job for almost 30 years. In fact, I originally started PoolSolutions.com, to help my customers . . . but I quickly discovered that they weren't as interested in their pools as I was . . . and that they weren't about to come home, and learn about pools on their own time.
So, I switched gears, and started helping homeowners, who ARE interested in their pools.
I could teach you what you need know, but you'd have to want to learn what I have to teach and it will be a lot of work. Like I said, my experience has been that folks in your situation just want to solve today's problem RIGHT NOW and then move on to something else. That's why, when I work with pools locally, they pay me to do it for them: I contract to train their staff, set up and maintain their feed systems, and supply whatever chemicals and expertise are needed. As you might imagine, the charge for all this is not cheap.
But, I'll go with you, one step at a time. If you keep up, I'll keep going.
For starters:
1. You don't need to change your sand, unless it's badly contaminated. It doesn't "wear out". It may need to be cleaned, or supplemented, but you'd have to open your filters to tell.
2. You can't do ANYTHING correctly, without accurate test results - and guess strips don't count. With a 100K pool and a bather load of 160 per day, you need to test chlorine at least 4x per day, pH 1x per day, and other stuff (alkalinity, calcium, CYA) 1x per week. Order (3) Taylor K-1000 and (1) K-2006 testkits -- more information is on this page: Get the Right Testkits for your Pool
3. Do a bucket test on your fill water: Take a CLEAN white 5 gallon bucket, and an fill it with the water you're planning to put in your pool. Add 1/2 cup of bleach, and a 1/4 cup of of baking soda, mix, cover, and let it stand for 24 hours. Then, see what's on the bottom. Tell me.
4. Inventory your equipment: pumps, filters, feeders, and tell me make, model, & size of each.
5. Inventory your chemicals -- what you have, and what you plan to use -- brand name AND chemical ingredient. "Some type of granular shock" is not enough info.
Once you have this info, post it, and I'll respond!
Good luck!
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