Browse Forums Pools & Spas 1 Mar 19, 2014 7:50 pm Hello Guys, We bought a house having swimming pool (first time we have pool) and we were away on vacation for couple of weeks. Pool turned green, tested water with local pool shop (swimart) and based on test we were given below items to add and their store rep mentioned how much to add as well. After 4 days we tested water again and now all good. Chlorine Concentrate - 10kg - $125 http://www.swimart.com.au/pool-supplies ... oncentrate Just add 3kg to start with. Alkalinity Increaser - 10kg - $42 http://www.swimart.com.au/pool-supplies ... -increaser Add whole Liquid pH Decreaser (Liquid Acid) - 5L - $17 Add 750 ML (diluted 1:10 proportion with tap water) 3KG sunscreen - $51 http://www.swimart.com.au/pool-supplies ... /sunscreen Add whole Hardness Increaser - 4kg - $30 http://www.swimart.com.au/pool-supplies ... -increaser Add whole As a general routine maintenance rule store rep said we need to : - Once in every 2 days : add 300gms of Chlorine Concentrate - Once in a Week : add 750 ML Liquid pH Decreaser (Liquid Acid) - - Once in every 6months : Alkalinity Increaser - 10kg - Once in every 12 months : 3KG sunscreen From where do you guys buy these chemicals? Looks like local pool shop (swimart) is too expensive. Please share your routine maintenance too along with which chemical you buy from where etc. Anna and Glen Re: Too expensive chemicals @ local pool shop ? 2Mar 19, 2014 10:42 pm Hi,
The various chemicals can be expensive bought that way. Do a trawl around your local supermarkets, Big W, Aldi, Bunnings etc, and much of it is cheaper these places, somewhere or other. A lot of unlikely places also sell the stuff, like auto parts stores and Clark Rubber etc, but they are less likely to be cheaper. Then, some of it can be obtained on the Net, but the trouble there is that common shipping of chemicals is quite restricted, so often it is pickup only. Cheers Re: Too expensive chemicals @ local pool shop ? 3Mar 19, 2014 10:51 pm Oops, more yet: I would not just throw chemicals in unless actually needed. Buy a test kit if you don't have one already, and regularly test for chlorine, acid demand, and alkali demand (this maintains the ph). Sunscreen is also known as stabiliser, or cyanuric acid. This is not commonly tested for by the pool owner, but it is long lasting stuff, I only put it in every 6 months. If you begin to have algae problems, have the pool guy test for phosphates, as these feed the algae. The usual algaecide is one with benzalkonium chloride. Cost per litre varies widely. More powerful products have a little copper sulphate in them, and should not be over used. Cheers Re: Too expensive chemicals @ local pool shop ? 4Mar 20, 2014 7:43 am Thanks Does that mean not everyone add Chlorine once in 2 days or everyday? Re: Too expensive chemicals @ local pool shop ? 5Mar 20, 2014 10:17 am Yes, It may not be needed. If the pool has stabiliser in it, is clean, and is not being used, then it may not need so much chlorine. However swimmers will use up the chlorine quickly, so test for chlorine level after everyone has jumped in and done a wee-wee Cheers Re: Too expensive chemicals @ local pool shop ? 6Mar 21, 2014 8:42 pm Not all chlorines are made the same. Back years ago when we used the pool at the old house, we found that some dry chlorine needed a lot more to be put in than with chlorine of the big name brands. Algicides suffer the same way as chlorine brands, some work really well whilst others you had to use a whole lot to achieve the same outcome. Alginox was a brand we trusted back then, as it did work really well.... it also works well in waterbed bladders too, and significantly cheaper than what you bought at a waterbed shop. Many people prefer to buy liquid chlorine rather than granular, as it appears to be cheaper. As already mentioned, get yourself a decent pool test kit, and do your own testing. Once you get the pool balanced, it's not all that hard to maintain it. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 5242 Firstly, if your house is still under builder's warranty (10 years in Victoria) you should have no need to crawl into roof space but let the builder handle it, unless you… 3 4479 Not sure if that works? I was told the issue is the headspace clearance requirement on step 4. My builder is proposing shifting the beam 310mm towards the kitchen...I'm… 2 1316 |