I'm going to repeat this comment because I can't believe how unbelievably unfair people are. Only 3.6k likes to 371k views! This guy has put alot of effort into these videos and many people have failed to 'like' let alone subscribe to his channel. Maybe YT should change the 'like' button to say 'gratitude'?

@Poolelementary

11 ай бұрын

Thanks again for the support alexandraathay7809! I know this video could have been better being it was made in my rookie year of you tubing but yes alot of time went into making this video and I think the pros out way the cons for sure!

@NeverAStraightAnswer

10 ай бұрын

@@Poolelementaryno way! This is the 3rd green to clean video I’ve watched today just to get another perspective but you had some amazing tips here that blew me away! I think it’s a great video. Something about phosphate lol, I have to RE watch it, and when I get started I love the tip about the ladder, simple yet effective. And I’m going to have rewatch to get that stuff you talked about to scrub the liner, awesome stuff!

@user-bn6zh8fl8r

7 ай бұрын

Thanks alot I will clean my pool

@dragac90

3 ай бұрын

because it is fair. draining and refilling is faster and simpler

@redvikinghobbies

Ай бұрын

I do this for a hobby and have about 175,000 views and only 1750 subscribers. That's some depressing math until I look at other youtubers in my field with millions of views, less likes per video than I get, have 70 to 80 thousand followers but have between 1500 and 4000 videos. I don't know how many pool videos you can do but you either get a video that pops off or you grind them out. There's no other way. Content content content. So do it for fun or not at all because the odds are against you. Gotta just have fun! Cheers!

Thank you so much. You saved me a lot of work. My pool went from green to blue in 18hrs. I am a Very happy guy right now. 😁😁 And my wife thinks i am a GENIUS.

This was an excellent video as I also just uncovered dark green swampy stinky water. Thank you for taking your time to explain the process! Liked!

Yep we laid back all winter (sadly) and had a Florida swamp pool. Saved your video had pool cleaned up in 5 days (beer drinking was purposely left out of instructions I see). Thanks

Best video I’ve found on opening a pool. Killing the algae and using flocc worked like a charm. Once everything settled to the bottom of the pool, it was a cinch to vacuum out. Pool was open in 2 days. Thank you for the helpful and informative video!

@Poolelementary

11 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Your method worked! I couldn’t get the green out for weeks, until I tried your method. BOOM overnight it turned blue. Now I know for next time

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it worked for you and thanks for watching pool elementary! 😀

Wow! That's a lot of information. Thanks. Great video.

I'm working on getting my green pool summer ready using your technique n steps. Thank you so much. I am grateful beyond words.

@Poolelementary

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I've been a pool guy for 10 years now and I never knew those darn skimmer lids actually fit in the handle of the basket. I am stunned. Though I have a tip for you though...! If you have your hose wrapped up and you set it in the pool it makes it so much easier to fill with water I saw you struggling pulling it from behind you. Lmao

Man that pool looked like Godzilla was living in there. U did an amazing job! Thanks for the video!

Lovely man! New pool owner here, i have no idea what i am doing. I did not go into the pump room yet, have no idea what i will find there but i have to make mine clear again. Thank you very much!

Good stuff! Thanks

Super informative. Thank you!!

I had yellow algae on my pool walls. I used 4 gallons of liquide chlorine and I double shocked I put 2 -3 inch tabs in the skimmer. I ran the pump for 24 hours. Tested and balanced. I scrubbed the pool walls added 2 pounds of yellow out ran the vacuum for 24 hours. My pool looks great. The only thing left is to clean the cartridge filters. 15,000 gallon pool. Thank you for your advice .

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Thanks for watching poolelementary

@cravenmorpus

Жыл бұрын

Make sure to follow instructions on yellow out bottle. If you put to much of it won't work. Or it'll be harder to activate it when to shock at least

I don't have a pool. I clicked on this because i was curious what people do to get a pool clean after it turns mucky. Loved this video. The view with the trees, mountains and clouds was so cool. It looks like the Pacific Northwest.

@Poolelementary

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for this, it is very helpful

Bro I’m buying everything from this video right now. I’m going to go clean my grandmas pool tomorrow when it all arrives and I’ll update you as the days go by. Her pool looks like this so I feel like it should be a good time.

@Poolelementary

11 ай бұрын

It's definitely gonna be fun! Lol and yes let us know how it goes.Thanks for watching and keep us posted!

@illerestgoofyvongkanya6865

8 ай бұрын

Soo…. Wheres the update ?

A lot of people don't understand algae and how it spreads....it was very smart to thoroughly brush off the steps and taking the ladder out...the algae that was growing on the ladder would have spread out to the rest of the pool within a week or two and frustrated the owners... once it's fully clean just use a weekly dose of an algaecide to prevent it from coming back.

Going through this for the first time, I’m a new pool owner, who went away on vacation. I shocked it a couple times, brushed, vacuumed, used algaecide, and tomorrow will be the 48 hour mark and I should be good. Good tip with chlorine levels to know if there is still some algae living in there, I will chlorine and brush the hell out my pool for the rest of summer. It’s sure a lot of work when a pool goes green.

@heckeroffical3862

Жыл бұрын

Make sure you clean filt or backwash

@DerFilmgucker

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, make sure to take the filter apart and rinse it.

So I've clearly done something wrong. I've shocked this thing with 16 bags of chlorine and had nothing. So I bought liquid chlorine (12 gallons for a 25k gallon pool) and that is FINALLY holding high shock levels. I watched this video, immediately went to walmart and got HTC floc. I'll post my results back when finished but good grief man, you make it look easy! Really well done video sir! Thank you!!!

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Deadly Dozens thanks for the comment and I'm definitely routing for you just make sure you follow the flocs instructions to a T and get your PH in the area they recommend it's an important step for the floc to work properly. Good luck!

@d12duke

Жыл бұрын

@@Poolelementary Brother, not even 12 hours later and my pool is clear as a crystal! !!! 500 dollars of chemicals trying to figure this crap out but I have the perfect combination (thanks to you!!) So a 25k gallon pool (TEN times the recommended dosage for the size to super chlorinate / achieve breakpoint) with PH at 7.7, CYA stable (HTC six tests test kit from walmart) and not worrying about Alkalinity (because that's going to go wild no matter what you do) this is what I should have done and will do in the future. This is also for anyone needing 'the quick fix' that at least worked for me in a 24 hour period. I Brushed it. Then as you instructed. Brush it. When you're done brushing it. Brush it. Thoroughly brushing was my problem. I was repopulating algae faster than my bleach could kill it rendering it inert and causing 'chlorine lock' which I don't think is chemically possible but I see why people use that terminology. 12 One Gallon Liquid Chlorine bottles, 3/4th of a bottle of the HTC floc stuff (98 dollars including tax with Biden prices) Six at night before bed, add the floc and then six in the morning, evenly distributed (EYE and LEG protection ON, that crap BURNS like fire lol) ensuring CYA (Chlorine protection) is nominal. Wait 12-16 hours after that ensuring shock levels remain above 20ppm (longer the better, 24 if possible) and then that's it. Vacuum, as you instructed, very methodically. Turn your filter back on and let it run for 24 hours. Test the water, balance the chems and you're golden. So even without pool clarifier, my water is crystal clear. It's an acid bath right now lol but that'll go down with time, UV and filtering. I can't thank you enough man. That Flocculant was the key ingredient to it all.

We always had a problem with algae until we started using copper sulfate. Bam end of algae. Crystal clear water.

Thx so much for the feed...I'm going to move forward step by step.

Excellent info. I'm going to start tomorrow on my 65,000 gallon pool. Came with the house. We've yet to clean it. I've tried once. Vacuum doesnt stay longer than 10 to 15 seconds and I have NO bottom drain. (pool made in 1980) To drain I need an external waste water pump. But. Floc and Shock starts tomorrow!

@dutchmead6344

Жыл бұрын

My pool is 55k gallons and so what I did was upgraded my pump and took the old one and made had it wired to a reg 110v plug and I only use it to vacuum my pool. Waste water never touches my regular pump or sand filter. It has been a huge help for me. Just run the discharge hose straight to the field from the pump

@d12duke

Жыл бұрын

I was close to where you are with having to drain it without a pump or drain. A syphoning hose (water hose) and getting the hose down hill while draining will get most of the water out. From there, it's work; You'll have to 'snow' shovel the funk out then wash the walls etc and then clean the 2-6 inches of water in the deepest part. Once you're all clean, fill it back up checking levels. If this video's trick doesn't do it, this will be what I do tomorrow. Needless to say, I'm really hoping this works.

I stumbled on this today as I am fighting a swamp green pool due to high heat and heavy rain. My filter does not have a recircukate option and NOT one other video mentioned adding flocculant to a bucket. OMG you saved me a ton of time and aggravation with this tip!!!

@Poolelementary

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

YT recommends weird things. I don’t have a pool and watched every second. Interesting.

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

One of the best vids on this i have seen

Very informative. I’m in Ecuador and one morning I went out for a swim and the pool was pea green. I’m glad I watched your video. Now I know the proper way to care for a pool vs. the way it’s often done here in Ecuador.

Great video! Very informative, on track for opening our pool and looking forward to swimming! Thank you!

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Danielle 😊 have a great pool year!

Thank you 🙏

Following your instructions right now my pool looks like swamp

Fantastic job

As always, great great video. Thank you!

I dont even plan on floc in my pool but this video was so well done and great content! Thanks mate for passing the knowledge on

@Poolelementary

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

I also use a net inside my skimmer so it catches every little piece.

Super and thankyou😅😅😅

I hate opening my pool because it always look like a swamp and takes me 2 weeks atleast trying everything under the sun and using every video I can find. Most stressful thing on earth for me I swear. I need to try this...hopefully it works!

@kelm1123

4 күн бұрын

I feel your pain lol, I'm opening mine in two weeks and I'm going crazy thinking how can I clear this pool quickly. This video helps a lot

Thank you very much. This is helpful. 🙏

Great video, thank you for explaining stuff I should have already known but didn’t.

@deniset8380

Жыл бұрын

we've had a pool for over 25 years and we still can't get it right. Learning a lot from these youtube videos.

impressive

I have had a pool for over 20 years and just recently I tried scrubbing bubbles for the ring around the pool it wiped right off I didn't even need to scrub through the year's I have tried every thing under the sun which always required scrubbing this scrubbing bubbles no scrubbing at all spray it on wipe it off.

@monica1811

Жыл бұрын

Is it Scrubbing Bubbles like the bathroom tub/sink cleaner, (if so, that makes sense), or is it some other product?

Very helpful! Thanks so.much. Great job.

Nor cal Solano county pool and lawn guy here. This video was awesome thanks man

@Poolelementary

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

great video really appreciate the effort you put in.

Good work there brother that Floc is it✔

Great video! I dread opening my pool honestly everything that’s not swimming in it… I’m going to try hard this year to not waste money and properly read and test my water.

Do you think that I can learn how to open a pool in two weeks and start offering pool opening for clients at the beginning of this season (mid April)? I never opened neither maintained a pool before but the demand for this type of service in extremely high in my area! Where should I go to learn everything that I need?

Floc is the best kept secret in the pool world. A lot of stores would rather sell you $300 worth of chemicals than tell you about this $15. miracle. One thing to mention is that sunlight will cause the floc dust on the bottom of the pool to start to float and make a mess out of your pool again. Do this so your 24 hours ends first thing in the morning before direct sunlight hits the pool. I also use a garden sprayer that attaches to my garden hose to broadcast the floc across the entire pool if you don't want to, or can't pour it in the skimmer. Now tell me how to get the sand out of my filter just as easy without using a shop vac or scraping off my knuckles.

@naderfares7942

Жыл бұрын

I like how your pool is clean no because there's no Leaves in the pool so I love it

@d12duke

Жыл бұрын

Buy a bilge pump brother. Fill your tank up with water and keep it running, get the bilge pump head as low as you can and start flowing it into a bucket (or five lol) and every five minutes or so move the sand around. Takes about 30 minutes to get the sand out but you won't bust a knuckle or bang your knees up. Also, don't use an electric pump as they suck and will tear up quick. Just a good ole' fashioned ship bilge will do the trick.

@michaelmask4520

Жыл бұрын

Just pick it up turn it over and dump it out in a wheel barrel. That's what I did

Great video thank you

Great video

Wow! That’s amazing work. Such a gorgeous view from that pool area. I love it!

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Laura B!

@laurab4570

Жыл бұрын

@@Poolelementary excellent video! We are closing on our first home in 6 days… we have a pretty good size inground pool so I’m taking in all the education I can get. Thanks for making these videos!

So satisfying

Hello! I think you are the best pool KZreadr out there! You speak about details no one else does! When putting the chlorine and stuff, you have the pool pump off? Thank you!

@CcarewW

Жыл бұрын

And tool add to my comment, is it ok if I start my pump only with the skimmer and add the products to clear it out? My problem is that I probably have lots of leaves at the bottom, but I cannot remove it because I cannot see it, I need to clear the water out but I don’t want to open that line because I don’t want the leaves to go into the suction at the bottom of the pool

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

I always add the chlorine and stuff with the pumps on to help mix and distribute the products in the water.

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can draw off the skimmer alone no problem.

@blancadelgado5447

Жыл бұрын

First time watching your channel great job my pool does has dirt stains after the hurricane Ida is anything I can use to remove it.

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Blanca it totally depends on what your pool surface is if you can not just brush it or vacuum the spots clean.

Great video!

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rachel!

Best pool video!!! Thank you so much!!

@Poolelementary

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Rhonda

Great video. Drop the ph and shock the pool, then balance the pool after it is clear. Used to be an operator at commercial pools and if you know you are going to have a lot of swimmers drop ph to 7.3/7.4 and bring chlorine up a little. Also, if you are going to have a lot of rain, do the same thing lower ph slightly and raise chlorine, keep your pool from turning green. Be careful though, get below 7.2 and people are going to start getting the old red eye. Of course we were commercial so we always used liquid chlorine and just poured it into the skimmers to evenly distribute it.

@Poolelementary

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great tips Timothy and thanks for watching!

@Nebul0us

10 ай бұрын

Pouring in to the skimmers is a mistake. That is concentrated chlorine going straight to your pump and filter. Chlorine is very hard on metals. You are shortening the life span of your metal pump and filter parts by putting the chlorine in the skimmer basket. Just pour it in the pool as you walk around it, wont hurt anything.

@timothynash2993

10 ай бұрын

@@Nebul0us well, you could dilute in a 5 gallon bucket then. My point is it gives better distribution of the chemicals. I only worked in commercial pools and all our filters were sand, so not sure we were doing any damage to that part, but I could see DE or paper possibly being a problem. Plus we had lots of skimmers, so by the time that water all got to the pump not sure it was that concentrated. Most of the time we would have issues on hot days when the pool was packed, people would be wearing tons of suntan lotion(or just sweat) and then we would get a late rain storm. A lot of times if we didn't "dump" some chlorine we would come back to a not so perfect pool. Most of our shocks were done from total chlorine getting high. We didn't always test total, but if you smelled that chlorine smell, you knew you were in trouble. 😄 BTW - just talking about pouring in skimmers for the shock, we had chlorinators to maintain the normal chorine levels.

Hello there Justin aka Mr. Pool elementary. I live in NorCal and we just got a flurry of rains and have turned my pool to the river from the princess and the frog green. lol. Anyways, I don’t have d same pump as you. I had just cleaned my filters yesterday and it was mud brown. My valves also don’t have labels like yours. I remember there are 2valves. One says skimmer and the other one doesn’t say anything but I know it turns on the waterfall. My question is, once I dump the liquid chlorine and the Algaecide, I’m assuming I need to turn the pump off right? Also what is backwashing? Is that only for sand filters? Like I mentioned, I don’t have clear labels on my valve. Only 2 valves (skimmer&waterfall control) and it doesn’t have others controls within the valve like your video which has backwash,waste, filter etc. would love to get some information so I can get my water to crystal clear blue. Thank you so much!! Appreciate it!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Thank you, very informative

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Sir, you have made my day with this video. Definitely following for more great content.

@Poolelementary

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Al-rm6iz !

Great video! I am curious about one of the steps. Around minute 8 you talk about switching the pool pump back on after applying the floc. From my understanding please correct me. We recirculate the pool pour in the floc into the skimmer. Let the pool recirculate for 2 hours then turn everything off. Turning everything off will allow the floc to work and Gather everything at the bottom. For 8 hours we have all everything off then you come back and switch the pool pump back on to let the floc to do it’s job. Then the next morning we vacuum? Or do we turn everything off for 8 hours then we come and vacuum out the bottom. I’m just lost if we let it sit for 8 hours the come back and turn the pump on with all of it settled at the bottom it would just be mixed up and the next morning you couldn’t vacuum because the pump was running all night and mixing everything up. Thank you for the video I am just lost on this one part.

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

After recirculating the floc to mix it up you leave the pool pump off until everything settles to the bottom of the pool. Nobody said this was gonna happen in 8 hours. Normally it takes 12 to 24 hours to settle out and some pools up to 3 days. When everything settled out then you set your pool filter to waste and Vacuum immediately upon turning on your pool pump.

Thank you. Im interest in the pool pump motor settings step by step. Eg. Waste, Bypass? Rinse, Filter? Sequence important. Once I put mine back to filter after waste, dirt gets recycled back into pool. 😢

Great Job !!!!!

@Poolelementary

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video sir

@Poolelementary

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

Good job

Thank you for this video. Our pool is super clean this morning just a bit cloudy but blue, blue, blue overnight. PS (I very rarely leave comments)

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tammy, We do like to hear success stories and appreciate you for watching pool elementary! Enjoy your happy pool

@leeeatexercise41

11 ай бұрын

Can you write all the chemical in here because I can not spell all the chemical you are talking .

Love

your videos is amazing❤

Hey Justin, man that looks great for two days. Our HOA hired a new pool company this year and they are still having trouble getting the pool clear after 9 day. It looks milky and can not see the bottom. Monika and I will wait to let our kids in till it’s clear. Anyway great work buddy and informative video as always. Keep up the great work.

@Poolelementary

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh, glad to hear from you and hope they get that pool cleared up soon for the kids!

@c50ge

Жыл бұрын

HOA might have taken the low bid. Chemicals cut into their profits. Also as the water gets warmer the chemicals work better

Just watched this while video good work brother

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again! Take care brother

This was great! Thank you

@Poolelementary

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

do you have the sand filter running when you add the chemicals. and is it ok to add algicide right after you added chlorine? thanks in advance for your help. Lanny

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can run the filter when you add the chemicals but if your using a flocculant you want you filter on recirculate so your filter doesn't filter it out. You also can add Algaecide and chlorine together no problem.

Thanks, may have just saved me 800 dollars

@Poolelementary

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Very interesting. Do i take it that the pool got so bad because it's out in the elements? I take it an indoor pool if far easier to keep and maintain? I don't have a pool but we're moving home and I'd love my own garage but I'd also like a mid size pool, I'm more a dipper than a swimmer but the wife loves to swim so it'd be my gift to her 😘

Wow.

Hi love your video. I've done everything you said a few days ago and noticed that all the Algae is on the bottom of the pool but the pool is cloudy and bluey/green in colour. What do you suggest?

@Poolelementary

8 ай бұрын

I would vacuum what you can out of the pool first. The less the chlorine has to fight the better and then the choice is yours to floc again or just use a clarifier and let the filter do the work of clearing up the water. If you can see the bottom of the pool your filter should do the job in a couple of days as long as the pool is balanced and free chlorine levels are atleast 1-3 parts per million

Perhaps an explanation of what flocculent is and does would be helpful. Good vid!

@mikaello1729

Жыл бұрын

It coagulates, pools all the scum and filth together, and sinks it to the bottom of the pool so it helps with the vacuuming

when dumping the floc into the skimmer, you said circulate 2 hrs, yet next you say it's been 8 hrs. Then you say "flip the switch on the pool pump" do you mean turn it off for the night? Great vid. Thanks

@Poolelementary

10 күн бұрын

I usually circulate the floc for atleast 2 hours and then let the pool set with the pump off long enough for the floc to work and settle everything out. Usually 12- 24 hours but sometimes it can take days if there is disturbance to the water such as if it's windy or rainy out.

So satisfying when you see the vacuum sucking up all that dirt.

In addition to leveling the pH, should Level the total alkalinity as well?

I learned a lot with this video.

@Poolelementary

22 күн бұрын

Thanks

Good video . Can you guide me? I shock my pool and add the algaecide. Do i have to put the pump on filtration or recirculation?

@Poolelementary

11 ай бұрын

If your adding the floc you use recirculate. If your just chlorinating and using Algaecide you want it on filter

@PuchoGol1991

11 ай бұрын

@@Poolelementary thank you I added the shock and the algaecide on filtration but for some reason the pool jets lose power and filter pressure goes from to 8 to 18. I did the backwash but I does not last more than 20 min and again the same problem. Do I leave it like that?

Great video and thanks for sharing. I will refer back to this on a pool cleaning task I have coming up very shortly. It’s been about a year since it was used and is green and full of algae.

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and good luck with your pool project. Let us know how it goes!

@duffman7065

Жыл бұрын

@@Poolelementary cheers, will do 👍

In the Chicago suburbs, we had the warmest and driest winter in years. Wednesday opening was a completed green algae outbreak, on the bottom and floating on top. Worst I've every experienced. First step was to remove the surface stuff which I helped the skimmers with a net. Continually rinse the skimmers. Yes it was nasty. Got that done in 24 hours. Shocked the heck out of it. Friday and today I vacuumed to waste the bottom solids. It is now manageble with the sand filter and backwashing. Only had to refill the water 3-4 inches. That's my story. If you encounter the same...don't panic. 1. handle the surface. 2. tackle the bottom. 3. keep shocking 4. Vacuum and backwash daily until you are just dealing cloudy water.(you may need a flocking agent) 5. get your water tested at a pool store and buy there recommended products. I should be totally GTG by next weekend. I hope this helps!

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing Steve. 👍

When it comes to choosing a cleaner, you might have to pick what's available locally depending on your turn around time. Your local stores will help you if you have to use a different brand or product than you normally use.

Very good I love u

Major algae bloom in my pool. Thoughts on just draining pool and refilling? Would actually be less expensive cause those chemicals ain’t cheap these days.

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Draining and refilling the pool is a quick alternative to chemicals just make sure if it's an inground pool that your water table in the ground is lower than the deep end of your pool. Ground water has been known to damage or even pop the whole pool up and out of the ground.

Did you start the process ( adding the chlorine at 3:15) after you got the PH at the right level? My PH is super high and wondering if I could floc even if PH is high.

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Hi Becky I believe the flocculants work better when your ph is between 7.5-7.8 so if your ph is higher than 8 they might not be as effective or work. Also if your Ph is high your chlorine isn't as effective meaning you have to use more. Long story short if you don't have your Ph right you could be waisting a bottle of floc and spending more money on chlorine.

@beckyhageman4789

Жыл бұрын

@@Poolelementary thanks. I think we might have finally gotten the PH close to 7.8. We're getting really close to getting that PH where it needs to be. We'll add liquid chlorine next. What do you use? I tried the link you have but it's not a working link. I am wondering if it is calcium hypochlorite or sodium hypochlorite. Thanks.

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

The liquid chlorine is sodium hypochlorite and I use the brand Hasa. Sorry about the link

Hey been following you for a while now can you please help im stuck I didn’t know I had to shock pool before flocking and flocked it but I can’t see the bottom of the pool so it’s hard to vacuum I have a 20k gallon pool 8 feet on the deep end and a de filter I don’t know what to do now if I should shock or turn on filter can you please help thank you

my pool has two skimmers. do we cut off one skimmer and the main drain, or leave both skimmers open when vaccuuming

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Definitely turn off the other skimmer and drain. If you don't have a valve for each skimmer use a plug in one

@JM0351

Жыл бұрын

@@Poolelementary thank you sir

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

After you brush and stir up the water and has time to filter you might need to backwash depending on how high your filter pressure is.

@David-xc1mn

10 ай бұрын

How long do you backwash for?

@Poolelementary

10 ай бұрын

Normally until the water is running clear out the backwash line but a minute or two usually does the trick

I always need a second person to hold the vaccuumpole when I lower the hose. Gonna make me a small DIY holder next time. And once I forgot to open the waste line and my filter lid blew off!

Good evening sir I am working as lifeguard swimming for last four year ago when vacuum the pool after cloudy I am used my pool only chlorine powder please suggest to me how to remove immediate remove the cloudy pool only chlorine

When shocking the pool should the pump valve be in the skimmer position (skimmer fully opened) or in the middle (both skimmer and drains opened)? Thanks for any input.

@Poolelementary

3 күн бұрын

I just leave the valve set for half skimmer half drain

Is the main drain closed while you are doing all of this and skimmer only? Thanks!

@Poolelementary

Жыл бұрын

I only shut off the main drain while actually vacuuming to give full suction to the skimmer

My pool was completely full of leaves this spring (injured in october and didn't cover pool for the winter) and it turned very dark green. I've managed to get the chemicals right and the leaves out, but I stll can't see the bottom even in the shallow end. It has gone from a dark dark green to an emerald green. I'm concerned that if I use flock and the water doesn't clear up at least so I can see the bottom, I will not even be able to see to vacuum out the flock. Any suggestions? And great video!!!

While you put all the chemical in the pool, do you leave the filter still on? Or turn it off? Thanks!

@Poolelementary

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I leave the pump on to help mix the chemicals into the pool

Is it the same for an above ground?

Great video! I'm having a problem with yellow algae. Will your cleaning strategy work for yellow algae?

@Poolelementary

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Hi Harold, yes super chlorinating your pool should take care of the yellow or mustard Algae to.

Last week I put some Epsom Salts in my pool my mistake. I thought I had a 1/2 pail of salt but was wrong. Now my pool is cloudy. I just put in a new cartage filter in but is doesn't seem to be doing anything. Can I ask your advice on how to clear up the water? I took a water sample to my local pool store to be checked and they said the water is perfect in chemicals. Thanks so much!

Looks great for 2 days. Do you add extra chlorine for higher CYA levels? We have gotten to where we add enough chlorine to achieve 40% of the CYA. We have had a lot of success with that.

@kasibasamuel4321

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Very good idea