Ordered My Pool

[dcombs44]

Would you mind to let in on what stores you bought from.

I've tried piecing together some things online, but always come out way over what I'm being quoted.

Thanks!

[sturev]

I found my heater for about $500 cheaper than my 'local' dealer on Amazon (sold by Amazon), and also ended up getting my pump from them too (saved about $50 from any other online place). I usually just google/bing the item I'm looking for and spend about 30 min's price shopping (have to go thru the hoops on each site to determine what shipping is and if they collect tax (to get the 'real' price)). I've also bought from Amato, In the Swim, PoolCenter.com...

[dcombs44]

Well, I ended up ordering the "package" from the local shop. I'd priced around and pieced things out separately, and this is about as good as I could do at the moment.

I got my "starter chemicals"

1 bottle of 10% algaecide - Not polyquat (won't be using this)
2 bags of shock - Cal Hypo (May use this)
3 Trichlor sticks - May use these until CYA is where it needs to be
1 Bottle Concentrated Clarifier (Won't use)
1 Box Test Strips (Won't Use)

They forgot the stabilizer. The only thing I really wanted, I didn't get......and they forgot a box when they loaded my truck.

I'll be going back to the pool shop tomorrow......

Also, the instructions for the chemicals stated in bold that my pool may need to have metals added to the water .

Funny how all I've read here has hit the nail directly on the head.

[Watermom]

Ok, Darren. Now to be patient and wait for that pool to arrive!

Sounds like you have been doing a bunch of reading on this forum and will be prepared to take care of your pool when it gets set up. Keep reading and learning in the meantime. Let us know when the pool is here and if you have any questions. We'll be here and glad to help!

Metals added to the pool??? Uhhhhh ....... I don't think so!

[aylad]

Metals added to the pool??? Uhhhhh ....... I don't think so!

Me neither!!!!!

Might want to see if they'll trade the test strips, clarifier and algaecide for something useful, like liquid chlorine or skimmer socks!!

It's going to be SSOOO nice for you once you get your pool filled and started up the right way, to not have to deal with many of the problems that you see posted around here!!! All the time and effort that you've spent reading this forum and learning the information will really pay off...........


Janet

[dcombs44]

I hope so!

Believe it or not, they actually had the pool in stock, so I took it home that day.

I'm just waiting now for a guy to come clear the sod and deliver our sand (masonry). We had a guy offer to clear the sod, deliver the sand, hall the sod away, and spread the sand for a couple hundred dollars, so we took the deal since it was almost that much for us to rent a bobcat.

So, the pool is waiting patiently in the garage. We've had all the utilities flagged, so we're set to dig.

I was reading the ingredients on the bags of shock and it appears that they have some descaling agents and clarifiers in them as well as the cal-hypo. I was going to use these up, but should I avoid these since they have the added "benefits"?

My stabilizer is 100% cyanuric acid, so I'm safe there. The Trichlor tabs should be ok to use as well until CYA is where it needs to be.

Thanks again for your help guys.

[Watermom]

Personally, I wouldn't use the shock with the extra stuff in it. Just my $.02. It is OK to use the trichlor as long, as you noted, that you monitor your CYA level. Also, remember that trichlor is very acidic and will drop your pH level a lot so you'll have to monitor that closely as well. What is your prediction for when the pool will be up and running? I hope not too far away so you'll get lots of time to use it this summer.

[sturev]

I don't have any experience with this, but it's my understanding you don't want to let the Cal Hypo & Trichlor mix... something about explosions

I'm hoping one of the mods will hop on this and give you some more insight...

[dcombs44]

Very interesting on the explosions.

All of the products are bio-guard products. I browsed the store searching for liquid chlorine the other day but didn't see any, so I'll have to ask next time I'm in. I found some at Target the other day, but it was only 10% at $5 for 3/4 gallon. That's more expensive than 2 gallons of 6% bleach, so for the time being, I'll chlorinate with Wal-Mart bleach.

The digging should be done this week, so if all goes as planned, we could be close to running by the end of the weekend, but that's probably a stretch. We definitely could've used it this weekend. It was HOT!

I'll keep that in mind with the Trichlor pucks. I've scouted all my local stores for borax and bleach, so I can get those easily enough. I'll search the hardware stores for muriatic acid in the next couple days.

My Taylor kit was backordered but shipped on Friday, so I should get it in the next couple days as well. Once it gets here, I'll test my tap water to see what we'll need to get things adjusted when we fill the pool. I also picked up a Wal-Mart Chlorine/pH/Bromine kit for $5 for daily testing.

I'll probably sort through all the chemicals tonight and detail the ingredients on here to make sure that I'm safe. I may dig through some of the equipment boxes as well to see how some of it works.

Thanks again.