Baquacil CDX to Chlorine conversion

[gbwarrior]

Thanks aylad, I will wait with the stabilizer and try to exchange or return splash free bleach.

To pick up where I left off at 11am above, I did not add any bleach after that as we were swimming.

at 7pm fc=0
cc=.5
so I hit it hard with 728 oz of bleach

at 9pm fc=23
cc=.5
wow, no bleach added

today
at 6am fc=16.5
cc=.5
no bleach added.....pool really starting to clear up

10am fc=8.5
cc=.5
ph=7.4 Taylor
added 278 oz of bleach

1pm fc=6.5
cc=.5
ph=7.2 oto
added 364 oz of bleach

[Watermom]

You're doing great! Keep up the good work!

[virtually_john]

Someone please help me understand this. (and please understand, I am not trying to troll, I am honestly confused).

Bleach at Walmart currently cost 2 cents an ounce and according to my calculations for GBWARRIOR's 13,500 gallon pool he has spent approximately $192.00 for bleach.
I am located in Lexington North Carolina and have contacted Davidson Water, Inc to determine the cost to fill a 13,500 gallon pool using my garden hose. Their reply: 59.30 TAX included.

In my situation (at least) would it not make more sense economically to drain the pool, change the filter medium, fill the pool and then begin the BBB method from scratch?

[PoolDoc]

If you can drain and refill for $60, that would be MUCH easier and better.

BUT! (And this is a great BIG "but")

BUT, many pools can NOT be safely drained without professional help, and often can not be drained even then.

+ In ground liner pools can NEVER be strained without special prep, and usually, professional help.
+ On-ground liners can sometimes be drained, but sometimes they collapse. If the liner is old, it will often tear, rather than stretching back into place.
+ If there is the smallest amount of water in the excavation of an fiberglass pool, it will float out of the ground!
+ If the ground is WET, even a concrete pool will float!

And . . . all of those outcomes will cost you way more than $200 in bleach! So, be careful.