Filter not doing the job?

[gogolion]

The craziest thing happened yesterday. I called the pool company and they said someone would call me back today. Then last night I went out to add some bleach and I noticed no water was coming out of the returns. The pump was running but didn't seem quite right. I turned it on and off and no difference. Finally, I looked at the pressur guage and it was up about 10 psi!!! So I backwashed and afterwards it seemed to be all working fine. I'm at a loss. The pressure never went up for days and days and then all of a sudden it goes up by 10psi in a matter of hours? Is that normal? I'm so frustrated with this pool I'm ready to fill the darn thing in!

[gogolion]

Finally some progress!!!

With the help of my son I've managed to keep the chlorine level in my pool above 17 since last THursday and we've been brushing whenever we add bleach. Yesterday the pool FINALLY looked blue instead of green! Today I can actually see the bottom of the pool in the deep end. I'm going to keep going with the high chlorine levels until the water is completely clear.

Since the water is getting clear I assume my filter is actually working, but I am still seeing 'residue' on the bottom of teh pool every morning. When I started attacking this it was an even layer, but over the past couple of days it seems to have changed such that it accumulates into various areas around the pool into "piles" if you will, rather than a smooth layer. Once the water is clear if the residue doesn't go away I may try vacuuming these "piles" rather than just brushing them up.

Thanks for all the help. I'll try to report back when things are all clear.

[aylad]

Good job! Keep going with the high chlorine levels until the pool is clear AND until you can go from sundown one night to sunup the next morning without losing more than 1 ppm of chlorine, AND your CC = 0. The residue that you're seeing is probably just dead algae, and can either be brushed up so the filter can get it, or when it's over you can just vac them to waste.

Keep up the good work!