Using Bleach in the Pool

[Schooled by Pool]

Thanks Aylad. That is very helpful. I cranked up the chlorine even higher last night. I had a small drop overnight from 36 to 35.5 this morning. CC is .5. Ph went up again, so your info is very helpful. Thanks.

[aylad]

Happy to help. If you're no longer losing more than 1 ppm of chlorine overnight, then you should be about ready to close

[Schooled by Pool]

Update: After the algae was conquered, the pool took a long time to clear (even with vacuuming to waste). Putting some DE in the skimmer last weekend really helped (a tip I found on this site). I am happy to report that almost 2 months to the day after I bought the house and inherited this pool, I can finally see the drain. The pool store is closing my pool on Monday. I am looking forward to eventually doing that myself, along with doing the opening. But, I want to see it done first (I learn better that way). Thanks for your help.

[aylad]

Do yourself a favor and videotape (or at least audiotape and write down steps) the closing. It's amazing what details you can forget in a year's time, and forgetting steps can be disastrous