Brand new pool owner = new to BBB method

[stslimited84]

It's a plaster pool, so excess chlorine won't hurt anything. 30K pool, so 1 gallon of plain 6% bleach = 2 ppm.

Do this:

#1 - Buy 4 gallons of bleach for EVERY day you'll be gone, plus 8 more gallons.
#2 - Have your family add 4 gallons each day, preferably in the late evening. Don't bother with testing.
#3 - YOU add 4 gallons each day, the first 2 days you're back, because you probably won't have time to pay attention to the pool.
#4 - Caution your family that that they need to purchase AND ADD 1/2 gallon for each person who swims each day.
#5 - Tell them that the chlorine levels may (or may not) be VERY high - if they swim, and add the extra bleach, it will be fine. BUT they should wear old swim suits or swim without them, since the chlorine levels won't hurt people but may hurt the swim suits. (That said, very high chlorine can dry or 'chap' your skin.)

Will do. I'll need to stock up on additional bleach from Walmart. Should the pump be on 24/7 next week?

Update on today's testing results:

7am: approx. 1.5 ppm. --> added about 4-5 gallons of bleach (cant remember now bc i forget the piece of paper i wrote the levels/amounts down on and its been a long day of renovating)

1pm: approx. 10 ppm --> added 1.42 gals (1 walmart sized bottle of bleach)
3pm: approx. 10 ppm --> added 1.42 gals (1 walmart sized bottle of bleach)
5pm: approx. 12 - 15 ppm --> added 3 quarts

Other stuff:

8am: added one box of borax. tested Ph and it went up to 7.4 from 7.0 -- a second test later in the day also showed 7.4

2pm: added approx. two pounds of CYA via sock method as suggested and squeezed the sock several times today


The FC measurements i posted are approximates due to the terrible color matching system of the current kit i have...eagerly awaiting the k-2006 arrival

also, i have a pool guy coming tomorrow to go over the workings of the plumbing and filter system (a d.e. filter). From the brief reading ive done on these filters, would cleaning it/backwashing (i forget if thats the correct terminology) be harmful to the current shock process?