aston

i will stand corrected if i have done the wrong thing..

last season i got hit with close to 500 bucks for cleaning a green pool..they put shite in for a week,the green drops to the bottom and then they vacume it out,500 big ones..

but after i let it go again to my shame,green as..i used my new method...


4 litres of acid\good bit of clorine....pump on all nite,clear as a bell this morgan...

Amazulu

That's one way to do it.
I use chlorine shock - you can get it for $18 for a big tub at BigW. Pour a whole load in and green is gone the next day.

sonlymewalter

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you..._swimming_pool

renth

$500 bucks - they saw you coming.

The way I do it is I first superchlorinate or "shock" the pool.

Then I use flocculant (to make the gunge sink to the bottom)

Then hoover it out with the pump set to go straight to the drain.

Cost?

About $30.

BadgeIsBack

Yes, did it only yesterday. They charged Aston 500 for the same.
The cost of a really large tub of "Swimclear" is expensive though, or their shock sachets. So Zulu is the way. Use this on a weekly basis in conjunction with the salt chlorinator or sticks.

Amazulu

Buy all your pool chems from BigW too - much cheaper than your local pool shop and you get Qantas FF points.

BadgeIsBack

Infact...I am about to head down there.

Originally (years ago) I was told to avoid their liquid chlorine and any cheap chlorine that might be unstabilised and not say, a TriCholor.

Now, as I am using it just for shock purposes, I am happy. I continue to use what my local place uses SmartSticks on a daily basis.

spuddyo

Spend 5 minutes each day and 20 minutes on the weekend, and your pool should never go green. Turn your back on it for more than a week and........

As others have suggested, shock it with a hit of chlorine , 1 litre of liquid chlorine to 10,000 litres of water will do it. 48 hours later it should be OK again, but watch that PH level and make sure you clean the filters the following week to remove the crap that's been collected.

I changed my pool to an Ioniser system, 60,000 litre pool and it's crystal clear most of the time, but I do shock it a couple of times a year after really bad weather. Also it's surrounded by gum trees, so leaves and gumnuts need to be skimmed out daily.

BadgeIsBack

Biggest issue we've had is having the cover on, and then not using it for a week - other matters might be pressing. The cover hides the first sign of greeness...

2 weeks ago, I got the pool perfect after a green problem, only to then miss my chlorine and adjustment after a huge downpour - green again! Only myself - and busy weeks -to blame.

aston

i went off my tits at the bloke,but he just said "dont pay it then and ill take you to court?what do you do?

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Add the following to your pool for a permanent solution to green water.

Cement = 2 bags.
Sand = 4 bags.
Gravel = 6 bags.

ABCDiamond

Write to the local newspaper, and ask them if they think the charge is reasonable. If they think it is a good story he will get plenty of free advertising, although not the type he might want.

Let him know before you send the letter though, just in case he realises he accidentally overcharged you.

billymacker

well you must have accepted his price before he did the work.

aston

seriously,what makes you think that?do you honestly think i accepted the price was shocked by it,and then come here and moan about it?

the company were servicing our pool,so i thought i could trust them..

i was wrong?

but i payed the price?i know how to do it..so i came on here to tell people that dont know how to do it,how to do it?

you obviously aint been in australia long,dont you know that when someone tells you a price it mean **** all?

moneypenny20

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