Thread: Swimming Pools

Originally Posted by rovercare

Actually, given the context it was easy to determine when read in ones head, the joy of turning into a vocal means it can easily be determined, also, I bet you correctly adjusted accordingly, otherwise you wouldn't of mentioned it

"have" not "of"

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Pool, a hole in the ground into which you pour money. Been there, done that, never again.

I have been looking at Sunshine Coast hinterland real estate for a while with the plan of relocating there. Land sharks ( so-called real estate persons) seem puzzled when I tell them that a pool automatically knocks $50,000 off my estimate of the property's worth. This is roughly what it will cost to remove the unwanted item and re-landscape the yard.

Exactly! We've been the same when viewing properties. Ditto with new kitchens as they are almost invariably pine which we loathe and would want to rip out.

Originally Posted by p38arover

Exactly! We've been the same when viewing properties. Ditto with new kitchens as they are almost invariably pine which we loathe and would want to rip out.

I want a house with a proper kitchen, that is a separate room with space to eat in, not just an alcove at the end of the living room separated from it by a bench.

Seems houses are no longer built this way.

Originally Posted by p38arover

"Then" or "than"? They mean entirely different things and, in this context, have significant ramifications.

I note a lot of people (especially Americans) use "then" where they should use "than".

Also New Zealanders

Originally Posted by RR46

Hi Kev

I have been building/maintaining pools for the last 13 years. Without seeing your problem it is hard to say what it is ie: metals staining, algae, steel penetration etc. If you like pm me and I will give you my number and should be able to help you out.

As far as mustard algae goes the best way to get rid of it is to lower your ph and then bomb the pool with liquid chlorine. One thing to note and a common mistake alot of people/pool shops make is that chlorine is at its most effective when the ph is low. So if you ph is high (7.8 or above) and you tip in say 15ltrs of liquid chlorine (that has a ph value of 13) then the 15ltrs you have just tipped in will not be as effective at killing algae/bacteria as it would if your ph was say 7.2. (note all chlorine forms have a ph value, some low some high)

Again pm me and I will be more than happy to help you out over the phone.

Cheers Gavin

Thanks everybody for your input, I'm going to PM Gavin to get some real time advice.

Cheers,

Kev.

Originally Posted by sheerluck

Kev,

That's not nice. I feel for you, as we had a major algae problem when we moved in to our place late last year (we ladled 3 wheelie bins full of algae out of the pool, it was seriously disgusting).

What we were told to do to get rid of the last of it, was

1. Brush like mad
2. Vacuum the bottom of the pool to waste
3. Dose weekly with algaecide
4. Up the pH a little until the last of it was gone

We also ended up replacing the sand filter. Once we did that, the water was crystal clear in a week, and has stayed that way since.

Thanks Dave,

Fortunately my pool was not like that, water was/is crystal clear....if I had a slightly darker pebblecrete, I wouln't have noticed at all. Unfortunately, it's apparently seriously hard to get rid of Mustard algae....if that's what it is. Hoping a chat to Gavin will shed some light.

Cheers,

Kev.

Originally Posted by mudmouse

We had dramas too - I'm a bit new to running a pool, so took a litre of water to the pool shop. I'm pretty sure I helped pay off the pool blokes ute, but the chemicals and crap he sold me got things back in order. It's been fine for the last two months....

Ours is a salt/chlorine unit with a cartridge filter.

I'd go to the pool shop mate, saves the headaches.

Matt.

Thanks Matt, talked to both the builder of the pool and the pool shop.....still got a headache....and a wallet ache.....LOL!!!!

Nobody has actually come out and looked but it appears to have signs of an algae....big cloud of something when you hit it with a wire brush and fades slightly when scrubbed hard, as well as high chlorine usage.

Hopefully it can be sorted.

Cheers,

Kev.

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Kev, haven't had mustard but I have had and still got black spot which is impossible to get rid of. The lesson I've learnt is it's better to over chlorinate (salt pool, via the cell level) and run the filter for a few extra hours then let things slide.

.......and yes, pool shops are a rip off and you're better off working it out yourself.

Thanks Mate.

Hopefully Gavin will be able to help me work out if I do actually have an algae problem and how to deal with whatever it is.

New pool....not happy Jan......

I guess I can always drain it and take up skateboarding.....pity it has square sides.....

Cheers Kev.