Quote Originally Posted by PoolDoc View Post
The *inspector* quoted the work???

Was he an inspector, or a service guy prospecting for work? I would NOT hire an inspector to do work he recommended, nor would I trust his recommendations much -- that's too shady!

Thanks! That is pretty much what I had been hoping. I will give the 'inspector' some credit - he was trying to come up with all the things that he thought we could take to the owners pre-close and get them to foot the bill for. However, with the deal we were already getting on the house I knew that this was not going to fly with them and did not try and push my luck...

Other than the dark green water and debris, which I plan on pumping out this weekend, the only bad things that my un-trained eye can see is a dark brown stain going up and down out of both the water outlets. From my research, I am guessing it is iron stains from the water outlet.

Reading has told me that after draining, bleach/CLR/MrClean Pads should remedy these stains, and I try to pretend to be a DIY man when I can. My biggest fear from what I have read is that I run the risk of 'popping' my inground pool from the ground water pressure once draining. There are several things that make me not too worried about this however:

1. The pool is up at the top of a hill. On the other side of the deck is a slope that drops down lower than the bottom of the deep end of the pool

2. I live in Albuquerque, NM, at an elevation of 7,000 ft. It does not rain here, ever, and the water table is certainly a dozen ft lower than my pool.

At least that is what I believe. I am hoping that someone can give me some reassurance that I am not going to destroy my pool by draining it this weekend....!!!