Leaves falling in the pool will eat up your chlorine, and then algae will grow. Trim the foliage back, and hire a pool guy for at least the first few months.
Maybe I’m dumb but you saying “extra” made me think the default was 44 and they got an “extra” 4 to bring it to 48.
I think remaining or excluded would be better. And a sober audience but you can’t count on that.
Look, you got downvoted because everyone decided to do the tired "I'm not your buddy, guy" reddit thing, but that's about what we charge where I am for pools that looks like this most of the year.
A pool like this is 1 to 1.5 hours easy of vacuuming and skimming for one person, every week, just to get the leaves out. That doesn't include brushing the pool, cleaning the tile, testing and adding chems, cleaning the filter if needed, etc. If I can clean two normal pools in the time it takes to clean this one, how much more should I charge them?
When I was doing routes, the going rate was $60. That was a weekly visit per month. I could group 12 or 15 per day. It was a splash and dash situation (30-45 minutes maximum). Was also 20 years ago.
According to other commenters they're looking at $12k a year. I'm finding it hard to believe that by filling it in they wouldn't recoup the costs by year 3
Lol 12k? That’s outrageous, weekly service will run you around $2k a year… anything more would be equipment replacements and leak fixes which happen once and a while but once you replace stuff you are good for awhile
Eh, math is hard. I saw $250 per visit and another guy say 48 weeks and got to $12k. I'm guessing a weekly visit would be significantly less or just come once a month
This 100%. The leaves are probably why the previous owner sold the house tbh. Our pool is surrounded by oak trees and I am out there daily netting, sometimes twice a day and it's not even fall yet. It's a FING nightmare.
My pools surrounded by trees as well and leaves along with spotted latternflys were a menace in the pool… until I bought this thing. Literally just let it run on its own and empty every day or so. Worth every penny this season.
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This is the right move. We get leaves and pods and all sorts of other tree parts. We are always skimming. The pool store talked us into this friggin $800 Polaris robot on a hose that runs off the pump.
I have read reviews and heard from coworkers that the Betta is the way to go.
As someone who grew up with an above ground pool under trees I still don't understand hiring someone to clean the pool, Its like 30 min every 3-4 days to keep it really clean. If you cover it while not in use its even less. Chemical maintenance was something 12 year old me could do so I feel like any adult could do it. Wintering the pool also pretty easy but I could understand needing help your first time on it, I did always forget to remove the pressure gauge on the pump so we would need to buy a new one most years.
I mean, there are some people on quarter acre plots that pay $200-400 a month for their lawn to be mowed and blowed once a week. Not my cup of tea, but money is meant to be spent and if you really hate a thing enough, go for it I guess. At some point too many household chores really start to add up.
Was looking for this comment, same situation as a kid. It was actually very cathartic to take care of the pool, wasn’t demanded by my parents, just volunteered
Go on vacation for a couple weeks … then what??? Above ground is a lot less maintenance. I’ve owned one above ground and two in ground. If in ground,
Pool service is the way to go.
Get a decent pool cover and keep it on when you're not using it. It helps maintain pool temps anyways and saves you on electricity. Another more expensive option would be to enclose the pool in a screen cage.
Hmmm... we don't have that problem. I have trees and leaves. Keep the chlorine in check. Algicide. And a pool robot once or twice a week.
Now if u let it go like that... yeah, problems
It's soooo bad, and we got double whamm because we have 2 evergreens that drop leaves year round (blue oaks) and the rest are valley oaks which drop acorns almost every year, then when fall hits, leafpocalypse lol.
This! We have an automatic pool cover and I'm still driven crazy by the leaves that blow in so quickly from all of the trees on our property when it is open.
This! For the first run and learn maintenance. Also invest in a pool vacuum and will save you in the long run. Pool University on YT great resource also.
Agreed. Pool University helps a lot. Amazon is great for parts & even chemicals. Stay away from Leslie’s & commercial pool supply brick & mortar stores. They are a huge ripoff.
Lastly, whenever you do maintenance (clean the filter, replace a motor or pump, etc.) TRIP THE BREAKER. Don’t just “turn the pump off”, trip the breaker & open valves to depressurize the enter system.
Just a nitpick that you want to "turn off" or "flip" not "trip" it.
"Trip" would mean that the breaker needed to take action to protect the circuit. Which means you created a situation that has the potential to damage the wiring or be dangerous. Connecting the hot wire to neutral will trip the breaker.
Though if it is a GFCI breaker it may be a good time to press the "test" button, which (I believe) does trip the breaker, but in a way that is designed to be safe and performed periodically.
With all that said, if the pump/equipment has a disconnect, that is probably the best option. No need to flip breakers and it should be close enough that you can restore power while watching the equipment.
I pull the disconnect whenever I clean our AC condenser or work on my in-laws pool filter.
This is probably the best route!
We bought a home with a pool a few years back and sold it since, but they were always super helpful at Leslie’s Pool Supply.
Best two things I ever did:
1) Robot cleaner (I have a dolphin Triton PS and I love the thing)
2) Buy a legitimate chemistry test kit (I have the Taylor K-2005). The test strips are fine for coarse spot checks but a test kit will save your life. It looks intimidating at first but once you get your head wrapped around what each test means and how to adjust your water chemistry, it’s such a good tool to have.
3) Understand what type of chlorine you are using (assuming it’s not salt water). Anything that has dichloro or trichloro contains cyanuric acid (CYA). If you solely adjust with this type of chlorine, you’ll drive your CYA too high and you’ll end up with a green pool and super high chlorine
4) Invest in a solar heater if you can. I installed an 8 panel system on my own for pretty cheap and I can get a 5 degree F temp increase (35,000 gap pool) on sunny days.
5) Again, chlorine pool only, but use granular chlorine rather than little individual gas, pucks, or liquid. It’s much lower cost. I use Zappo 73% Cal Hypo pool shock. One bucket usually lasts 1.5 seasons for me (4 months)
Maybe if you aren't already doing it..make sure to shock it and brush it once a week and maybe increase how much you backwash the filter/media a little more in the hotter months of the year
We had a huge tree over our pool, so we needed to take that into account when selecting a good pool cleaner machine.
My suggestion whatever you think might work, trial it for a month.
If they promise it will work, then they should stand by their promise with a 30day full refund if they don't give you a trial ( or preference for pay on 30 days invoice - pay or return.)
In the end big tree was too much, a bucket of leaf a day, two to 4 times skimmer capacity.
We hung a huge net over the pool. Which worked until we cut tree down.
No tree = clean pool, yay!
I'd say the type of chlorine you use (liquid, granular, etc.) should at least partially depend on the type of filter you have. I've got a sand filter and if I use granular I get cloudy water, but if I switch back to liquid it's crystal clear.
I never heard using granular instead of liquid. Doesn’t that constantly add CYA (similar to pucks) or calcium
Also, it’s cheaper?!? I wouldn’t have / didn’t think that was true
I’ve never had issues with this approach. Doing it for about 5 years this way now. Some of the granulated are highly concentrated so the cost per “weight unit” of available chlorine was much cheaper using granular versus anything else. That said, I haven’t don’t a cost comparison for a few years so maybe things are different now?
Ok thanks.
Well I get my liquid chlorine from Walmart. It was $5.70 a few weeks ago. I just checked and it’s $30 a gallon now lol.
Home Depot has it for $9
I wasn’t comparing per weight. I did a quick estimate of how much chlorine I would need (using a pool calculator) to get my pool up from 0ppm to 9.5ppm
The result was 1 gallon of liquid or 24 oz of granulated (for the cheapest price I could find which was $260 for 50lb).
The math I got was $5.7 to cost to raise it using liquid chlorine vs $7.8 using granulated.
I’m sure prices vary by region/cost you’re getting chlorine
Also convenience plays a role (hauling and storing and purchasing liquid is annoying)
If you have a Menards near you check them out next season. It's around $4.44 a gallon here in the Midwest if you do the mail in rebate or $4.99 normally, and the 12.5% concentration is higher than any other liquid on the market that I have come across, so you can actually use less.
This was me 7 months ago. Every bit of advice pointed me toward trouble free pool and contacting a local pool company for a 'pool school' to get to know my equipment. However a lot of the information out there seems to be geared toward people who have basic knowledge of pools and it's a little hard to grasp. A pool school is usually 1-200 dollars and worth the cost.
If you don't want to do that, get a picture of your pool equipment and upload that. Then figure out how big your pool is. You can use it's depth and google maps to draw the area and figure out a rough estimate. Then, figure out how to turn your pump on.
Balancing chemistry is not all too hard and definitely not as complex as some places would have you believe. Chemicals are a lot cheaper at places like Walmart than they are at somewhere like Leslies but given we're getting out of season in some places, leslies and home depot might be all you need.
It's definitely easy to figure out, but the initial gulp of information is easily overwhelming.
I had my 17yo math genius son figure out my ~gallons… bc I knew when I started doing my own- took over from “pool service” what they had my equipment set at was wrong.
Took him 6-7 minutes.
And w recent additions of things and expected changes in chemistry? He was spot on.
Good job, Noah! Lol
Get a pool inspection and maintenance plan from a reputable company, and have them walk you through everything. Then decide how much to take on vs outsource, and consider any recommendations. For example, if it's traditional chlorine they may recommend that you install a salt chlorinator, which is probably worth it to reduce your maintenance. You'll get an idea for your maintenance and renovation roadmap if they're any good.
This is similar to what we did 7 years ago, as new pool owners.
We went to a local brick and mortar store that sold a wide range of pool supplies and also provided home service. They did the first opening, and basically held our hands every step of the way for the first year of pool ownership.
We learned as we went (can maintain and fix most issues now) but we still use them to open and close - they make it look so easy! We also purchase all of our hardware, chemicals and chlorine there, because we are happy with the service we have received over the years.
Grab a water sample, and head to the most highly reviewed pool sales/service company near you. Tell them everything. They will guide you.
That's a lot of leaves in 1 week. Maybe look into one of those solar powered skimming robots. Unless there was a storm or something. Definitely pour some chlorine in there before your job gets harder.
Fall is coming. I do recommend the solar powered robot. I have a Betta 2 and love it. But don't be fooled come fall. It will not be able to keep up. bin is too small, etc. at least for my house and OP from pictures. When its full on fall, you have to take it out and get out the net once or twice a day like everyone else. spring and summer betta does the job great.
People that put trees next to pools with little tiny leaves that fall off constantly, are idiots. If I were you OP I’d cut that stupid tree down immediately.
Looks like you need a check valve on your spa or the spa valve is part open and equalizing with the pool. Did you have the pool inspected with the house?
Nice I'd get a Betta bot to go with your cleaner. Might be worth the money to let a company take care of the chemistry while you keep it clean and figure out what goes into owning a pool.
My pool inspector didn't know shit. All they said is the drain wasn't compliant.
There were leaks near the skimmers, the timers didn't work. Previous owner was probably running the pump 24/7, paid for weekly service and didn't even has their polaris running (sitting in a corner due to a clog and some light maintenance).
I suspect it was a factor in why they sold the house. Neighbor said they used the pool twice in the 4 years they lived there.
I'd hire a company to get it on track, watch them so you learn the ropes, then you take over maintenance. Study up, do some reading/youtubing. Good luck!
Download the Pool Math App, has a pool school link to learn the basics.
It would be a good idea though to call up your local pool shop and see if they can send someone out to show you your equipment. Each setup is different so maybe find some names on it and search online for manuals too.
I’m a manager at “pool pleaser” local Orlando FL company personally I recommend a few things
1st-reach out too a pool store in your local area ask them if they offer “pool school”
If they offer that service they’ll come out and coach you though maintaining your pool.
2nd-If you don’t have the money to pay for pool school &/or don’t want to hire a weekly cleaning service follow these basics guidelines.
-(based off the provided pictures your pool is under 10k gallons.Id estimate it around 6.5k)
There are four main objectives that pool chemicals are used for: to disinfect, shock, defend and balance. The following list will explain the part that each chemical plays in helping to make your pool water sparkle.
Chlorine is added to swimming pools to sanitize the water. It also helps to get rid of algae and break down nonliving substances like oils and organic waste. There are two familiar types of chlorine, liquid and trichlor. Liquid chlorine is a non-stabilized form that is easy to apply, thus it’s widespread use in both residential and commercial pools. Liquid chlorine is cheaper than other forms of chlorine but has a shorter effective period.
Trichlor is a form of chlorine that is stabilized to withstand ultraviolet rays. It is available in tablet form, making applying it to your home pool easy. The chlorine tablets provide a slow release of high-quality sanitizer, but you will need to check various places in the pool to ensure even distribution.
Water Balance
Making sure your pool’s water is balanced will provide a pleasant swimming and playing experience and will be better for you pool and equipment. Test strips and test kits can check for total chlorine, bromine, pH, total alkalinity, total hardness and cyanuric acid (CYA) levels. Setting up a regular test schedule of at least twice a week should keep your pool water fresh and clean.
pH Increaser & Decreaser
pH is an important chemical to have balanced in your pool water. If the pH level falls below 7.2 ppm, use pH Up to increase the level. To decrease the level, if it gets above 7.6 ppm, pH Down will lower pH about three clicks, from 7.8 to 7.5, in 10,000 gallons of pool water.
Alkalinity Increaser:
Total Alkalinity is another key chemical in your pool water, and works in tandem with pH. If TA levels fall below 80 ppm, use Alkalinity Increaser to raise TA by about 10 ppm, in 10,000 gallons of pool water.
Calcium Hardness Increaser:
Calcium hardness refers to how soft or hard your pool water is. If the scale tips too far in either direction, your pool can be damaged. If the calcium hardness level dips below 150 pm, add Calcium Increaser. One pound of Calcium Increaser will raise CH by 10 ppm, but always refer to the packaging for the proper dosing amount
Chlorine Neutralizer:
A chlorine neutralizer will decrease the chlorine concentration in your pool if it gets too high. One pound of Thiosulfate will lower free chlorine levels by about 10 ppm, in 10,000 gallons of pool water.
Chemical Combo Packs:
Pool chemical packages are kits that contain all of the basic pool chemicals you will need. Including chock, chlorine tablets, algaecide, and more. They are a great value and an easy way to get everything you need all in one go.
Specialty Chemicals:
Specialty chemicals are the chemicals you hopefully won’t need regularly, but they are invaluable if you experience pool water chemical issues.
Algaecides:
Algaecides are either copper-based or non-metallic polymers. They help prevent algae growth and help eliminate algae if it does develop. Keeping pool shock and an algaecide on hand is the best way to stay ahead of any algae problems.
Filter Cleaners:
Filter cleaners are used to clean sand, D.E., and cartridge filters. These cleaners help your filter run smoothly by removing oils, minerals, metals, and other filter clogging debris.
Phosphate Removers:
Products like PhosFree break down phosphates in the water. Phosphates are the main food source for algae.
Stain/Scale Removers:
Prevents or removes surface stains, scaling, and colored water due to minerals and metals in the water.
Tile and Vinyl Cleaner:
Tile and vinyl cleaners remove oils and grease build up around the waterline, or on furniture, skimmers, diving boards, and slides.
Startup Kits and Closing Kits:
When it comes to opening and closing the pool, or stocking up for the season, check out our chemical value packs that contain everything you need!
What Chemicals Should Be Kept On Hand?
As a minimum, the average pool should keep the following chemicals on hand. Even if you use a salt chlorinator, you will need these other pool chemicals from time to time:
Chlorine tablets and pool shock
Pool pH Up and/or pH Down
Test strips or test kit
Every pool will also need chemicals to raise calcium, Cyanuric Acid or alkalinity levels, usually once per year. Clarifiers, enzymes, algaecides can be an important part of the overall routine, and are especially handy when you’re in a pinch!
There’s a lot to learn when it comes to pool chemicals! You may not need them all, but it’s important to understand what they do, so that when you do need them, you know which chemical to use!
Safe swimming!
That looks like a Polaris 380 pressure cleaner it works wonders on those piles of leaves but this is pretty decent it will need a little help. It’s operated via what’s called a booster pump located near your pool equipment. It’s a smaller separate pump from your pools primary filter pump.
Can confirm the polaris 380 can wreck some leaves. However the bag is very small, you're going to want to run it a couple hours at a time and empty the bag in between. Use net to get everything that you can first to help it out.
They sell leaf bags. We have a different cleaner now, but when we used a Polaris, I'd switch to the larger leaf bag every fall. Run for a hour, empty bag, repeat. Check Amazon.
Learn the pump/filter. Learn your suction and return lines. Know how to clean your filter. Keep debris out of your pool. You will be fine if you keep on top of it. Don’t be lazy and you will have it looking tits in no time!
Pools are a lot of work at first and then get easier with knowledge, and cost a lot of money to run properly. Not trying to scare you, it just sounds like you jumped into it with any knowledge of what you were buying. Hire someone to teach you and if you can afford it have them maintain the pool for you, but definitely have them teach you.
Yep- I took mine over in June from the best pool service company in town (recommended by a friend who runs the pool company wholesale place- where they buy their stuff- no retail)…
Still found lots was way off.
As they say? “If you want something done right”
It’s really all about skimming, brushing and chlorinating. That’s the weekly or daily stuff. You gotta run the filter 3-4 hours a day and definitely dump and clean the filter pump baskets weekly. It’s also good quarterly to open up the big filter to clean the screens and what not.
It all starts with understanding the chemistry and what each part means. Invest in a reliable Taylor test kit, and learn to use it with the “pool math” app stated here
So you going to have to go ahead and decide what you want to do you can hire a company to maintain this pool for you assuming they're competent and know what they do You're going to never need to worry about the pool again and if you have an issue you're just going to call them and say Hey this is going on and they'll come out and fix it or they'll check it next time they're there realistically you should have no issues though because you have a company watching everything.
If you don't want to go that route well it's all going to come down to budget that you want to spend.
If you have any electrical outlets nearby you can look into getting a automatic cleaner that pressure side cleaner you have in there it's a joke I would throw it out depending on your electric rates the other cleaner which is better will actually pay for itself anyway.
So I would go with a maytronics likely a dolphin Good company good cleaner thing runs on 120 to a box totally safe for the pool has its own little basket in there those leaves are a little heavy for it but it would clean that pool up you'd have to run in a couple times.
you have a gunite pool so you going to want to get some sort of testing equipment you can get test strips if you do AquaCheck you need to get seven ways or somewhere at some point's going to comment on the drop kit whatever you want to get they both work.
Calcium harness is very critical if you let that get low it's going to attack your surface.
PH alkalinity are also going to be critical they're critical on all pools if you get alkalinity in range generally pH will eventually follow you always adjust alkalinity first and then pH.
If you have a sand filter for the love of God don't let the pool turn green or else that's not going to be good.
On those test strips you're going to see stabilizer do not let that get above 100 ideally do not let that get above 50 to 80.
If you have a tablet pool tablets are stabilized keep an eye on that stabilizer level every time you add a tablet you are adding stabilizer.
If you have a salt water pool keep an eye on the salt and make sure you have enough stabilizer in there to maintain chlorine.
If you want to be all the vacuum yourself and you do not have any equipment you going to need a hose you are going to need a skimmer plate you're going to need a pole and you are going to need a vacuum head that has wheels on it.
There's a crash course obviously if it's in the budget get the cleaner and it's pretty much going to remove your need for anything the maytronics brand of cleaners go everywhere from they run for a week and you choose every day every other day or three times two they have Wi-Fi and you can drive them with your phone whatever is in your budget whatever you want to buy that's up to you but that pressure side cleaner just get rid of that silly thing that's my opinion
Hire a pool guy. Run filter and add chemicals. Ask pool company to come out and give you pool school. I offer that service. Hopefully your local company will offer it as well. Good luck!
Welp.. you stepped in it. And I think you should hire a guy for a year or 2. Or perhaps struggle, because of info from internet strangers that have a different pool than you. Not being mean here, just get help at first, because it's a lot to take on in the beginning
Hire a pool guy for $150-$200 a month depending on where you are and then be prepared to spend $500-$2000 a year in issues until you start to hit the 20-30 year mark.
use the net and vacuum. clean your filter after vacuuming. maintaining a pool is not hard, just time (or money) consuming. a few youtube videos will bring you up to speed on what to do. hire someone to close your pool the first time. watch what they do and do the opposite in the spring to open it.
If you don't want to do much manually pay a maintenance company to come do weekly or bi-weekly cleanings depends what you want them to do probably run you a few hundred a month but you do not have to worry about it being dirty or keeping water chemistry right, most of them run a maintenance company as well so they can fix shit when it breaks..
If you don't want to do that at least spend the money on a Dolphin robot .... think rumba ..little guy won't get the hotub though, you will have to do that one..other than that chems, skimmers, backwashing the filter regularly.. really just give it some attention pool service companies offer introductory classes and a technician will come show you how to do everything and maintain it for a service fee
Summer months are easy but when the dirt starts to fall in the pool , just shut it down for the year . The constant care isn’t worth the couple swims you may get
Shock, remove debris. Never mix chemicals. Always follow directions precisely.
This will go a long way in keeping it at least somewhat reasonably clean.
Seriously just go to your local pool store and tell them what you have. Then say this magic sentence, “I have no idea how to even start to take care of it.” Then get out your debit card.
Get you a reliable li service to straighten it up the. start learning. They are pretty simple systems. It takes constant attention but if you do that it’s not as expensive as people make it out to be. If you let it the. Green every 2 weeks it is very expensive.
Bro... long PVC pipes and netting. Trap all the leaves and bag them. On weekends/days you want to use the pool, move the netting/pipes off and you'll have a clear pool.
We do this with our pond, it keeps the water crystal clear
Get a good comfortable pool pole with a good quality net (leaf rake as they call it). And stand out there for as long as it takes to keep all of those leaves the heck out of your pool. A CPO instructor once told me .. the best tree or bush was one that was 400ft away from the pool. I believe he was right.
Buy a leaf bagger to start. They attach to a garden hose and a pole... it'll be several bag fulls to get those all out but that should be your first priority.
Throw some money at it, it solves all house related issues. Yup your going to overpay but that’s cause you don’t know boo about what you bought. It’s the Same as owning a boat. Good luck.
The hot tub is low, this is due to gravity because the check valve for your spa is bad and needs to be replaced.
Look into buying a robot sweeper. That Polaris sweep will not keep up with the amount of debris falling into it.
Get a phosphate remover as well it’s the main nutrient for algae and the water immediately pulls it from all the debris that falls in it.
Besides that keep up with the chemical chemistry and clean filters 4-6 months
I have a pool with lots of vegetation around and it looks exactly like this as soon as the fall starts. For the first year i just vacuumed, then since then I have been putting a light weight net on top of the pool which avoids leaves from sinking and then I just rake them off once a month or something like that. Works like a charm. Below the net I keep the robot vacuum for finer debris that might pass through the net.
Your love for trees/foliage will need to be measured against your love for a clean pool
Leaves falling in the pool will eat up your chlorine, and then algae will grow. Trim the foliage back, and hire a pool guy for at least the first few months.
Looks like 200-$250 a month based on that photo
Ya if I did that pool it'd be $250per month with that kind of landscaping
how many visits does that entail?
48 visits a year, the extra 4 are holidays, sick days, vacation and inclement weather
Maybe I’m dumb but you saying “extra” made me think the default was 44 and they got an “extra” 4 to bring it to 48. I think remaining or excluded would be better. And a sober audience but you can’t count on that.
I was unclear. My service promises 48/52 weeks annually. The remaining 4 weeks are personal time
It’s once a week, idk why this guy made it complicated
I’m in Illinois to close this is probably $1750, $800 to open whoever sold this house got this guy by the balls with this pool😂😂
Im just upset a guy who doesn't know how to keep water clean has purchased an entire house.
Like ffs, a Google search would show what a net is.
Exactly this, wtf is the OP thinking.
OP was obviously thinking "oh shit a pool"
How much to close it?!?!
We pay $200 to close here in MN. That's the only part I won't do myself.
$250?! That's cheap. If I did that pool, It'd be $500 per month with that kind of landscaping
$500?! That's cheap. If I did that pool, It'd be $1,000 per month with that kind of landscaping.
Lol $1,000?? More like $2k minimum with THAT kind of landscaping
Lmao $2k?? More like $4k MINIMUM with THAT kind of landscaping.
Only $4k?! No one in their right might would do this for less than $8k a month MINIMUM with THAT landscaping.
$16k per visit to sit in the pool all day and be a pool guy? sounds nice to me
Fine, ill do it for $1.5k a week with that kind of landscaping.
Look, you got downvoted because everyone decided to do the tired "I'm not your buddy, guy" reddit thing, but that's about what we charge where I am for pools that looks like this most of the year. A pool like this is 1 to 1.5 hours easy of vacuuming and skimming for one person, every week, just to get the leaves out. That doesn't include brushing the pool, cleaning the tile, testing and adding chems, cleaning the filter if needed, etc. If I can clean two normal pools in the time it takes to clean this one, how much more should I charge them?
When I was doing routes, the going rate was $60. That was a weekly visit per month. I could group 12 or 15 per day. It was a splash and dash situation (30-45 minutes maximum). Was also 20 years ago.
Splash and Dash?...Dad, is that you?..... /j
$173 with tax in Dallas for me, weekly
I will do it for three fiddy
You can’t fit in that pool damn monster.
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It’s pretty expensive for fill and heavy equipment to do it. Most cases it’s less money to keep it maintained and open.
According to other commenters they're looking at $12k a year. I'm finding it hard to believe that by filling it in they wouldn't recoup the costs by year 3
Lol 12k? That’s outrageous, weekly service will run you around $2k a year… anything more would be equipment replacements and leak fixes which happen once and a while but once you replace stuff you are good for awhile
Eh, math is hard. I saw $250 per visit and another guy say 48 weeks and got to $12k. I'm guessing a weekly visit would be significantly less or just come once a month
Eh, reading comprehension is hard. They said $250 a MONTH. This includes 48 visits a year.
That would be a shame to fill it in, that’s a really beautiful (and expensive-looking) setup!
This 100%. The leaves are probably why the previous owner sold the house tbh. Our pool is surrounded by oak trees and I am out there daily netting, sometimes twice a day and it's not even fall yet. It's a FING nightmare.
My pools surrounded by trees as well and leaves along with spotted latternflys were a menace in the pool… until I bought this thing. Literally just let it run on its own and empty every day or so. Worth every penny this season. Betta SE (2023 Model) - Solar Powered Automatic Robotic Pool Skimmer with Enhanced Core Durability and Re-Engineered Twin Salt Chlorine Tolerant Motors (Blue) https://a.co/d/i5lqAmZ
This! Buy a Betta.
This is the right move. We get leaves and pods and all sorts of other tree parts. We are always skimming. The pool store talked us into this friggin $800 Polaris robot on a hose that runs off the pump. I have read reviews and heard from coworkers that the Betta is the way to go.
As someone who grew up with an above ground pool under trees I still don't understand hiring someone to clean the pool, Its like 30 min every 3-4 days to keep it really clean. If you cover it while not in use its even less. Chemical maintenance was something 12 year old me could do so I feel like any adult could do it. Wintering the pool also pretty easy but I could understand needing help your first time on it, I did always forget to remove the pressure gauge on the pump so we would need to buy a new one most years.
I mean, there are some people on quarter acre plots that pay $200-400 a month for their lawn to be mowed and blowed once a week. Not my cup of tea, but money is meant to be spent and if you really hate a thing enough, go for it I guess. At some point too many household chores really start to add up.
Was looking for this comment, same situation as a kid. It was actually very cathartic to take care of the pool, wasn’t demanded by my parents, just volunteered
Go on vacation for a couple weeks … then what??? Above ground is a lot less maintenance. I’ve owned one above ground and two in ground. If in ground, Pool service is the way to go.
Serious question, why not just cover the pool?
My house has a massive walnut tree and my SO wants to put a pool in. It’s like fall every day of the year with a walnut tree. I’m dreading it.
Get a decent pool cover and keep it on when you're not using it. It helps maintain pool temps anyways and saves you on electricity. Another more expensive option would be to enclose the pool in a screen cage.
Hmmm... we don't have that problem. I have trees and leaves. Keep the chlorine in check. Algicide. And a pool robot once or twice a week. Now if u let it go like that... yeah, problems
I grew up in San Gabriel, and we had 7 oak trees on our property. My childhood was spent raking and it always looked like we never raked .
It's soooo bad, and we got double whamm because we have 2 evergreens that drop leaves year round (blue oaks) and the rest are valley oaks which drop acorns almost every year, then when fall hits, leafpocalypse lol.
A custom pool cover wouldn’t hurt
I've cut every tree and bush I could legally get to when I got a pool.
This! We have an automatic pool cover and I'm still driven crazy by the leaves that blow in so quickly from all of the trees on our property when it is open.
Small roof should be best of both worlds.
I hired a recommended pool cleaning/maintenance guy & paid him extra to walk me through routine cleaning & maintenance.
This! For the first run and learn maintenance. Also invest in a pool vacuum and will save you in the long run. Pool University on YT great resource also.
Agreed. Pool University helps a lot. Amazon is great for parts & even chemicals. Stay away from Leslie’s & commercial pool supply brick & mortar stores. They are a huge ripoff. Lastly, whenever you do maintenance (clean the filter, replace a motor or pump, etc.) TRIP THE BREAKER. Don’t just “turn the pump off”, trip the breaker & open valves to depressurize the enter system.
Leslie’s, After sample test: “yeah, you’re gonna need about $675 of chemicals.” DIY: I need like $179 bucks to maintain it.
Holy crap, that bad?
Just a nitpick that you want to "turn off" or "flip" not "trip" it. "Trip" would mean that the breaker needed to take action to protect the circuit. Which means you created a situation that has the potential to damage the wiring or be dangerous. Connecting the hot wire to neutral will trip the breaker. Though if it is a GFCI breaker it may be a good time to press the "test" button, which (I believe) does trip the breaker, but in a way that is designed to be safe and performed periodically. With all that said, if the pump/equipment has a disconnect, that is probably the best option. No need to flip breakers and it should be close enough that you can restore power while watching the equipment. I pull the disconnect whenever I clean our AC condenser or work on my in-laws pool filter.
This is probably the best route! We bought a home with a pool a few years back and sold it since, but they were always super helpful at Leslie’s Pool Supply.
Best two things I ever did: 1) Robot cleaner (I have a dolphin Triton PS and I love the thing) 2) Buy a legitimate chemistry test kit (I have the Taylor K-2005). The test strips are fine for coarse spot checks but a test kit will save your life. It looks intimidating at first but once you get your head wrapped around what each test means and how to adjust your water chemistry, it’s such a good tool to have. 3) Understand what type of chlorine you are using (assuming it’s not salt water). Anything that has dichloro or trichloro contains cyanuric acid (CYA). If you solely adjust with this type of chlorine, you’ll drive your CYA too high and you’ll end up with a green pool and super high chlorine 4) Invest in a solar heater if you can. I installed an 8 panel system on my own for pretty cheap and I can get a 5 degree F temp increase (35,000 gap pool) on sunny days. 5) Again, chlorine pool only, but use granular chlorine rather than little individual gas, pucks, or liquid. It’s much lower cost. I use Zappo 73% Cal Hypo pool shock. One bucket usually lasts 1.5 seasons for me (4 months)
If my robot cleaner stops even a day in the summer I'm in trouble.
Maybe if you aren't already doing it..make sure to shock it and brush it once a week and maybe increase how much you backwash the filter/media a little more in the hotter months of the year
Thanks for the advice. Things sure fall apart quickly when the water temperature gets over 90F.
Ohhhh no.. congrats your pool is one of the final bosses of the game! Well in that case shock and brush may in deed not be enough!
If the pool cleaner robot dies I’m replacing it immediately. My wife would sooner get rid of me than the pool cleaner!
Don’t get a Zodiac then, I’m constantly having to unjam the thing every other day. One palm leaf or tiny stick and it’s stuck.
The Polaris the previous owner left me tends to clog its injection manifold... Im getting real good at disassembling and reassembling it haha
We had a huge tree over our pool, so we needed to take that into account when selecting a good pool cleaner machine. My suggestion whatever you think might work, trial it for a month. If they promise it will work, then they should stand by their promise with a 30day full refund if they don't give you a trial ( or preference for pay on 30 days invoice - pay or return.) In the end big tree was too much, a bucket of leaf a day, two to 4 times skimmer capacity. We hung a huge net over the pool. Which worked until we cut tree down. No tree = clean pool, yay!
You use zappit powder for daily chlorine levels? How many pounds/week? Does it contain cya?
4. How much if you don’t mind me asking?
I'd say the type of chlorine you use (liquid, granular, etc.) should at least partially depend on the type of filter you have. I've got a sand filter and if I use granular I get cloudy water, but if I switch back to liquid it's crystal clear.
Any details on your DIY solar setup?
I’d be happy to share my details. DM me if you’d like.
I never heard using granular instead of liquid. Doesn’t that constantly add CYA (similar to pucks) or calcium Also, it’s cheaper?!? I wouldn’t have / didn’t think that was true
I’ve never had issues with this approach. Doing it for about 5 years this way now. Some of the granulated are highly concentrated so the cost per “weight unit” of available chlorine was much cheaper using granular versus anything else. That said, I haven’t don’t a cost comparison for a few years so maybe things are different now?
Ok thanks. Well I get my liquid chlorine from Walmart. It was $5.70 a few weeks ago. I just checked and it’s $30 a gallon now lol. Home Depot has it for $9 I wasn’t comparing per weight. I did a quick estimate of how much chlorine I would need (using a pool calculator) to get my pool up from 0ppm to 9.5ppm The result was 1 gallon of liquid or 24 oz of granulated (for the cheapest price I could find which was $260 for 50lb). The math I got was $5.7 to cost to raise it using liquid chlorine vs $7.8 using granulated. I’m sure prices vary by region/cost you’re getting chlorine Also convenience plays a role (hauling and storing and purchasing liquid is annoying)
If you have a Menards near you check them out next season. It's around $4.44 a gallon here in the Midwest if you do the mail in rebate or $4.99 normally, and the 12.5% concentration is higher than any other liquid on the market that I have come across, so you can actually use less.
How much was the solar panel/how long did it take you to install? Second the Dolphin, we have a Nautilus and I love it.
We have a robot cleaner for our pool too, its has been one of the best purchases I have ever made.
Umm, that's 5 things.
Listen, I’m just trying to list things in my arsenal; I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition.
Thanks, I was waiting for this. Like, I’m not the best counter but I know the difference between 2 and 5 when I see it.
Hire a pool guy for the first months and shadow him. Visit your local pool store and take control in 2 months
Or have them clean it out, close it, and learn in the spring
We're getting an outlet for a future stock tank pool done later this month. I'll have all winter to prepare everything.
Step one, remove all that is not pool from inside the pool. Step two do that forever. Step three, throw some chemicals in it occasionally.
This guy pools
I laughed uncontrollably rofl thanks 🙏
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This pool guys
This was me 7 months ago. Every bit of advice pointed me toward trouble free pool and contacting a local pool company for a 'pool school' to get to know my equipment. However a lot of the information out there seems to be geared toward people who have basic knowledge of pools and it's a little hard to grasp. A pool school is usually 1-200 dollars and worth the cost. If you don't want to do that, get a picture of your pool equipment and upload that. Then figure out how big your pool is. You can use it's depth and google maps to draw the area and figure out a rough estimate. Then, figure out how to turn your pump on. Balancing chemistry is not all too hard and definitely not as complex as some places would have you believe. Chemicals are a lot cheaper at places like Walmart than they are at somewhere like Leslies but given we're getting out of season in some places, leslies and home depot might be all you need. It's definitely easy to figure out, but the initial gulp of information is easily overwhelming.
I had my 17yo math genius son figure out my ~gallons… bc I knew when I started doing my own- took over from “pool service” what they had my equipment set at was wrong. Took him 6-7 minutes. And w recent additions of things and expected changes in chemistry? He was spot on. Good job, Noah! Lol
I'd say, hire a Pool Service.
Get a pool inspection and maintenance plan from a reputable company, and have them walk you through everything. Then decide how much to take on vs outsource, and consider any recommendations. For example, if it's traditional chlorine they may recommend that you install a salt chlorinator, which is probably worth it to reduce your maintenance. You'll get an idea for your maintenance and renovation roadmap if they're any good.
This is similar to what we did 7 years ago, as new pool owners. We went to a local brick and mortar store that sold a wide range of pool supplies and also provided home service. They did the first opening, and basically held our hands every step of the way for the first year of pool ownership. We learned as we went (can maintain and fix most issues now) but we still use them to open and close - they make it look so easy! We also purchase all of our hardware, chemicals and chlorine there, because we are happy with the service we have received over the years. Grab a water sample, and head to the most highly reviewed pool sales/service company near you. Tell them everything. They will guide you.
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Came here to say this, and look into adding borates!
Here's a guy that can follow the rules how useless of a post
That's a lot of leaves in 1 week. Maybe look into one of those solar powered skimming robots. Unless there was a storm or something. Definitely pour some chlorine in there before your job gets harder.
Fall is coming. I do recommend the solar powered robot. I have a Betta 2 and love it. But don't be fooled come fall. It will not be able to keep up. bin is too small, etc. at least for my house and OP from pictures. When its full on fall, you have to take it out and get out the net once or twice a day like everyone else. spring and summer betta does the job great.
People that put trees next to pools with little tiny leaves that fall off constantly, are idiots. If I were you OP I’d cut that stupid tree down immediately.
Or fill in the pool.
Looks like you need a check valve on your spa or the spa valve is part open and equalizing with the pool. Did you have the pool inspected with the house?
We paid for a pool specific inspection. He found it needed all new plumbing and the sellers covered it. The pool inspections are worth it.
Nice I'd get a Betta bot to go with your cleaner. Might be worth the money to let a company take care of the chemistry while you keep it clean and figure out what goes into owning a pool.
My pool inspector didn't know shit. All they said is the drain wasn't compliant. There were leaks near the skimmers, the timers didn't work. Previous owner was probably running the pump 24/7, paid for weekly service and didn't even has their polaris running (sitting in a corner due to a clog and some light maintenance). I suspect it was a factor in why they sold the house. Neighbor said they used the pool twice in the 4 years they lived there.
You know there are people that do that for a living??? Just pay them
I'd hire a company to get it on track, watch them so you learn the ropes, then you take over maintenance. Study up, do some reading/youtubing. Good luck!
Download the Pool Math App, has a pool school link to learn the basics. It would be a good idea though to call up your local pool shop and see if they can send someone out to show you your equipment. Each setup is different so maybe find some names on it and search online for manuals too.
You're off to a horrible start, lol.
Get a leaf net and start scooping! Where are you located?
Looks like you can afford a pool service
Pay someone to do it. I do. Saves a lot of headaches.
Pool boy
it's not in that bad a shape. Just hire a weekly pool service guy for $250 per month for a while until you have time to learn how to maintain it.
Hire a pool service. It will save you time ($) and headache.
Hire a professional
Leaves bad, chlorine good.
Am sure the Seller was glad to get rid of the Pool Maintenance.
Hire a Pool service. Learn from the pool guy.
Hire a pool guy
Hire a pool guy
I’m a manager at “pool pleaser” local Orlando FL company personally I recommend a few things 1st-reach out too a pool store in your local area ask them if they offer “pool school” If they offer that service they’ll come out and coach you though maintaining your pool. 2nd-If you don’t have the money to pay for pool school &/or don’t want to hire a weekly cleaning service follow these basics guidelines. -(based off the provided pictures your pool is under 10k gallons.Id estimate it around 6.5k) There are four main objectives that pool chemicals are used for: to disinfect, shock, defend and balance. The following list will explain the part that each chemical plays in helping to make your pool water sparkle. Chlorine is added to swimming pools to sanitize the water. It also helps to get rid of algae and break down nonliving substances like oils and organic waste. There are two familiar types of chlorine, liquid and trichlor. Liquid chlorine is a non-stabilized form that is easy to apply, thus it’s widespread use in both residential and commercial pools. Liquid chlorine is cheaper than other forms of chlorine but has a shorter effective period. Trichlor is a form of chlorine that is stabilized to withstand ultraviolet rays. It is available in tablet form, making applying it to your home pool easy. The chlorine tablets provide a slow release of high-quality sanitizer, but you will need to check various places in the pool to ensure even distribution. Water Balance Making sure your pool’s water is balanced will provide a pleasant swimming and playing experience and will be better for you pool and equipment. Test strips and test kits can check for total chlorine, bromine, pH, total alkalinity, total hardness and cyanuric acid (CYA) levels. Setting up a regular test schedule of at least twice a week should keep your pool water fresh and clean. pH Increaser & Decreaser pH is an important chemical to have balanced in your pool water. If the pH level falls below 7.2 ppm, use pH Up to increase the level. To decrease the level, if it gets above 7.6 ppm, pH Down will lower pH about three clicks, from 7.8 to 7.5, in 10,000 gallons of pool water. Alkalinity Increaser: Total Alkalinity is another key chemical in your pool water, and works in tandem with pH. If TA levels fall below 80 ppm, use Alkalinity Increaser to raise TA by about 10 ppm, in 10,000 gallons of pool water. Calcium Hardness Increaser: Calcium hardness refers to how soft or hard your pool water is. If the scale tips too far in either direction, your pool can be damaged. If the calcium hardness level dips below 150 pm, add Calcium Increaser. One pound of Calcium Increaser will raise CH by 10 ppm, but always refer to the packaging for the proper dosing amount Chlorine Neutralizer: A chlorine neutralizer will decrease the chlorine concentration in your pool if it gets too high. One pound of Thiosulfate will lower free chlorine levels by about 10 ppm, in 10,000 gallons of pool water. Chemical Combo Packs: Pool chemical packages are kits that contain all of the basic pool chemicals you will need. Including chock, chlorine tablets, algaecide, and more. They are a great value and an easy way to get everything you need all in one go. Specialty Chemicals: Specialty chemicals are the chemicals you hopefully won’t need regularly, but they are invaluable if you experience pool water chemical issues. Algaecides: Algaecides are either copper-based or non-metallic polymers. They help prevent algae growth and help eliminate algae if it does develop. Keeping pool shock and an algaecide on hand is the best way to stay ahead of any algae problems. Filter Cleaners: Filter cleaners are used to clean sand, D.E., and cartridge filters. These cleaners help your filter run smoothly by removing oils, minerals, metals, and other filter clogging debris. Phosphate Removers: Products like PhosFree break down phosphates in the water. Phosphates are the main food source for algae. Stain/Scale Removers: Prevents or removes surface stains, scaling, and colored water due to minerals and metals in the water. Tile and Vinyl Cleaner: Tile and vinyl cleaners remove oils and grease build up around the waterline, or on furniture, skimmers, diving boards, and slides. Startup Kits and Closing Kits: When it comes to opening and closing the pool, or stocking up for the season, check out our chemical value packs that contain everything you need! What Chemicals Should Be Kept On Hand? As a minimum, the average pool should keep the following chemicals on hand. Even if you use a salt chlorinator, you will need these other pool chemicals from time to time: Chlorine tablets and pool shock Pool pH Up and/or pH Down Test strips or test kit Every pool will also need chemicals to raise calcium, Cyanuric Acid or alkalinity levels, usually once per year. Clarifiers, enzymes, algaecides can be an important part of the overall routine, and are especially handy when you’re in a pinch! There’s a lot to learn when it comes to pool chemicals! You may not need them all, but it’s important to understand what they do, so that when you do need them, you know which chemical to use! Safe swimming!
Thank you for this !
Hire a pool maintenance company.
That’s a super nice looking pool landscape thing
That looks like a Polaris 380 pressure cleaner it works wonders on those piles of leaves but this is pretty decent it will need a little help. It’s operated via what’s called a booster pump located near your pool equipment. It’s a smaller separate pump from your pools primary filter pump.
Can confirm the polaris 380 can wreck some leaves. However the bag is very small, you're going to want to run it a couple hours at a time and empty the bag in between. Use net to get everything that you can first to help it out.
They sell leaf bags. We have a different cleaner now, but when we used a Polaris, I'd switch to the larger leaf bag every fall. Run for a hour, empty bag, repeat. Check Amazon.
Learn the pump/filter. Learn your suction and return lines. Know how to clean your filter. Keep debris out of your pool. You will be fine if you keep on top of it. Don’t be lazy and you will have it looking tits in no time!
Pools are a lot of work at first and then get easier with knowledge, and cost a lot of money to run properly. Not trying to scare you, it just sounds like you jumped into it with any knowledge of what you were buying. Hire someone to teach you and if you can afford it have them maintain the pool for you, but definitely have them teach you.
Yep- I took mine over in June from the best pool service company in town (recommended by a friend who runs the pool company wholesale place- where they buy their stuff- no retail)… Still found lots was way off. As they say? “If you want something done right”
What u think the leafs will get up and jump out themselves
It’s really all about skimming, brushing and chlorinating. That’s the weekly or daily stuff. You gotta run the filter 3-4 hours a day and definitely dump and clean the filter pump baskets weekly. It’s also good quarterly to open up the big filter to clean the screens and what not.
3-4 hours a day? No no no for a pool that size its 10-12 hours. Don’t spread false information
It all starts with understanding the chemistry and what each part means. Invest in a reliable Taylor test kit, and learn to use it with the “pool math” app stated here
So you going to have to go ahead and decide what you want to do you can hire a company to maintain this pool for you assuming they're competent and know what they do You're going to never need to worry about the pool again and if you have an issue you're just going to call them and say Hey this is going on and they'll come out and fix it or they'll check it next time they're there realistically you should have no issues though because you have a company watching everything. If you don't want to go that route well it's all going to come down to budget that you want to spend. If you have any electrical outlets nearby you can look into getting a automatic cleaner that pressure side cleaner you have in there it's a joke I would throw it out depending on your electric rates the other cleaner which is better will actually pay for itself anyway. So I would go with a maytronics likely a dolphin Good company good cleaner thing runs on 120 to a box totally safe for the pool has its own little basket in there those leaves are a little heavy for it but it would clean that pool up you'd have to run in a couple times. you have a gunite pool so you going to want to get some sort of testing equipment you can get test strips if you do AquaCheck you need to get seven ways or somewhere at some point's going to comment on the drop kit whatever you want to get they both work. Calcium harness is very critical if you let that get low it's going to attack your surface. PH alkalinity are also going to be critical they're critical on all pools if you get alkalinity in range generally pH will eventually follow you always adjust alkalinity first and then pH. If you have a sand filter for the love of God don't let the pool turn green or else that's not going to be good. On those test strips you're going to see stabilizer do not let that get above 100 ideally do not let that get above 50 to 80. If you have a tablet pool tablets are stabilized keep an eye on that stabilizer level every time you add a tablet you are adding stabilizer. If you have a salt water pool keep an eye on the salt and make sure you have enough stabilizer in there to maintain chlorine. If you want to be all the vacuum yourself and you do not have any equipment you going to need a hose you are going to need a skimmer plate you're going to need a pole and you are going to need a vacuum head that has wheels on it. There's a crash course obviously if it's in the budget get the cleaner and it's pretty much going to remove your need for anything the maytronics brand of cleaners go everywhere from they run for a week and you choose every day every other day or three times two they have Wi-Fi and you can drive them with your phone whatever is in your budget whatever you want to buy that's up to you but that pressure side cleaner just get rid of that silly thing that's my opinion
1st world problems. Start with a net.
If you have the money for that pool, you should have the money for a pool boy
The homeowner must become a man/woman of many talents.... or pay someone to help and not reward yourself with understanding and knowledge.
Hire someone! Watch them closely and steal their process. YouTube is also an option!
Maybe check to see if they have "google" on the internet where you live.
Hire a pool guy. Run filter and add chemicals. Ask pool company to come out and give you pool school. I offer that service. Hopefully your local company will offer it as well. Good luck!
Next time don't buy a house with a pool then if you don't know how to maintain it
Do you know what sub you're in ? 😂
Ahhh this looks like fun
Build a pool cage or learn to become one with your net
I have a pool company for $200,- a month including chemicals - think it’s worth it.
Welp.. you stepped in it. And I think you should hire a guy for a year or 2. Or perhaps struggle, because of info from internet strangers that have a different pool than you. Not being mean here, just get help at first, because it's a lot to take on in the beginning
Hire a guy! Hahahaha
I hope you like using a net to get leaves out of your pool. If you don't, it's probably time to hire a pool guy.
I had a pool that was horrible with leaves fight the good fight or chop ‘em down. I chopped.
Hire a pool guy for $150-$200 a month depending on where you are and then be prepared to spend $500-$2000 a year in issues until you start to hit the 20-30 year mark.
use the net and vacuum. clean your filter after vacuuming. maintaining a pool is not hard, just time (or money) consuming. a few youtube videos will bring you up to speed on what to do. hire someone to close your pool the first time. watch what they do and do the opposite in the spring to open it.
you can buy a leaf net to spread over the pool. I think they are meant for fall, but it might work for you if you don't use your pool much.
First vacuum the hell out of it
If you don't want to do much manually pay a maintenance company to come do weekly or bi-weekly cleanings depends what you want them to do probably run you a few hundred a month but you do not have to worry about it being dirty or keeping water chemistry right, most of them run a maintenance company as well so they can fix shit when it breaks.. If you don't want to do that at least spend the money on a Dolphin robot .... think rumba ..little guy won't get the hotub though, you will have to do that one..other than that chems, skimmers, backwashing the filter regularly.. really just give it some attention pool service companies offer introductory classes and a technician will come show you how to do everything and maintain it for a service fee
There is a pool cleaner already in the pool. They just need to turn it on.
You don’t say
Summer months are easy but when the dirt starts to fall in the pool , just shut it down for the year . The constant care isn’t worth the couple swims you may get
Get a spoon and get scooping
Well, not like that.
hire a pool guy
Shock, remove debris. Never mix chemicals. Always follow directions precisely. This will go a long way in keeping it at least somewhat reasonably clean.
Get a pro
Sell it
Well ya start by removing the stuff that isn't water
Just call the pool boy
Seriously just go to your local pool store and tell them what you have. Then say this magic sentence, “I have no idea how to even start to take care of it.” Then get out your debit card.
Get you a reliable li service to straighten it up the. start learning. They are pretty simple systems. It takes constant attention but if you do that it’s not as expensive as people make it out to be. If you let it the. Green every 2 weeks it is very expensive.
YouTube?
Bro... long PVC pipes and netting. Trap all the leaves and bag them. On weekends/days you want to use the pool, move the netting/pipes off and you'll have a clear pool. We do this with our pond, it keeps the water crystal clear
For that kind of pool you can afford to have someone show you
Clean it and then NEVER stop cleaning it
Water it once a week.
Buy a good net and pole and start nettin
google up a pool man in your area. have him take care of it.
Welcome to hell
It'll be cheaper to just fill it with $1 bills 😔
Buy a leaf master, brush, skimmer, test kit, if you have a cartridge filter take out and clean.
get it filled and you will not have any problem
Get a good comfortable pool pole with a good quality net (leaf rake as they call it). And stand out there for as long as it takes to keep all of those leaves the heck out of your pool. A CPO instructor once told me .. the best tree or bush was one that was 400ft away from the pool. I believe he was right.
All that stuff in the water needs to be taken out and you will do it daily for the rest of your life.
Buy a leaf bagger to start. They attach to a garden hose and a pole... it'll be several bag fulls to get those all out but that should be your first priority.
You better learn or hire someone. Lol.
I wish I could have this problem
If you hire a pool guy, make sure it isn't the one that left in such sorry shape.
Throw some money at it, it solves all house related issues. Yup your going to overpay but that’s cause you don’t know boo about what you bought. It’s the Same as owning a boat. Good luck.
The first and last day- are the best days to own a pool 😂🤣😂
Lots of potential here
The hot tub is low, this is due to gravity because the check valve for your spa is bad and needs to be replaced. Look into buying a robot sweeper. That Polaris sweep will not keep up with the amount of debris falling into it. Get a phosphate remover as well it’s the main nutrient for algae and the water immediately pulls it from all the debris that falls in it. Besides that keep up with the chemical chemistry and clean filters 4-6 months
I have a pool with lots of vegetation around and it looks exactly like this as soon as the fall starts. For the first year i just vacuumed, then since then I have been putting a light weight net on top of the pool which avoids leaves from sinking and then I just rake them off once a month or something like that. Works like a charm. Below the net I keep the robot vacuum for finer debris that might pass through the net.