Gunite kidney pool, Sycamore Lane ·
A green pool back to blue in four days
A rental between tenants, the pump off for three weeks of August heat. Four days of shock, brushing and filter cleans, and it went back on the listing clear.
- What we did
- Netted, shocked, brushed daily, filter cleaned, balanced
- Time
- 4 days
- Visits
- 5 visits
- Cost
- $420 all in
The water
- Free chlorine
- Before: 0 ppmAfter: 3 ppm
- pH
- Before: 8.1After: 7.4
- Clarity
- Before: Couldn't see the stepsAfter: Drain from the deck
The house had been empty for three weeks between tenants, the pump switched off at the breaker, in the hottest part of August. By the time the agent called, the steps had disappeared into pea-green water.
Day one was nets, a heavy shock and algaecide and every surface brushed. We came back each morning to brush, clean the cartridge filter and test. On day four the drain showed from the deck and the chlorine held overnight; we balanced it and the new photos went on the listing that evening.