Newbie to Forum...Looking for help

[fairfieldmania]

ok, checked pool this morning with test strips (I know, I know)...and the pool held wonderfully the chlorine level over night...now I just need some guidance on the ph and alk and hardness...I believe the recommendation is to wait until I have the Taylor test kit...so I will wait to report test results until then..and keep an eye on chlorine levels....

[PoolDoc]

One caution: usually people overestimate their pool's volume, but if your dimensions are correct (25 x 50 x 4 + 12' deep end) your volume is closer to 42,000 gallons, with a PF:3

That means one gallon of plain 6% household bleach only adds 1.5 ppm of chlorine to your pool, and that one pound of stabilizer only increases your CYA level by 3 ppm.

[fairfieldmania]

sorry...rushed those in yesterday....dimensions

41 L x 22 W (long part of L)
20 L x 18 W (short part of L)
3' deep at shallow
8' deep at deep end

[PoolDoc]

OK; 38,500 gallons.

[fairfieldmania]

ok...we seem to be on two different pages....I am using this website....

http://www.poolandspachemicals.co.uk/volcalc.htm

take each part of the pool as two rectangles....

first rectangle...21 x 22 x 3 (LXWXD) = 10367 us gallons
second rectangle....20 X 18 X 8 (starts at 6 ends at 8) = 18850 us gallons

total- 29,000 gallons...take out the steps...curves of walls, etc...about 27,500 gallons...can you walk me through your calcs....in the mean time, I will try to find the pool info through the packet we were given from previous owner...

[PoolDoc]

I'm not sure what you are measuring; you'll need to submit a sketch, for me to be clear.

[fairfieldmania]

the pool is a L shaped....

_________L_______
| 2 |
|_________ | W
| 1 |
|________|

If you extend the vertical line between sections 1 and 2, it would separate the shallow end from the deep end and in essence create two rectangles. Rectangle 1 representing the shallow end and rectangle 2 representing the deep end. The diving board is along the left vertical lines

rectangle 1 - 21 x 22 x 3 (LXWXD)
rectangle 2 - 20 X 18 X 8 (starts at 6' ends at 8' deep) the 6' section (more or less) runs along the vertical line between rectangle 1 and 2