Above ground intex swimming pool, and well water problem - with iron?
Question:We just got our 18''x48" intex above ground metal frame swimming pool. We filled with well water, and it's BROWN. I went to local Norbert's pool store, and also Great Escape. They gived to me some iron controlling chemicals, and chlorox. After 2 days nothing seems to work. Please HELP. Kids can't wait to get in to the pool. I was so sure those guys will know everything, and it seems, like they don't. Verry dissapionting.
Answers:
First things first. If your Well water has iron in it. you want to add an iron/metal removing chemical to your pool water. You want to have your filter running 24 hours a day until the water clears. Remember too that the "intex" comes with a relatively CHEAP pump/filter system, so you are going to have a tremendous time each year filtering this water. The intex filtration is a cheap small cartridge filter system. This is going to make your cleaning of the water take 3-4 days or even more.
Because it is such a small filter, and its a cartridge style filter, you are going to want to take the filter out, and hose off the junk every 6 hours or so. The more that you clean the filter cartridge, the faster your pool will clean.
Intex pool systems are nice, but they are intended for speedy set up and use with town water that is relatively clear, and as such is consumable for humans. They won't tell you that, But with the size of the pool and the size of the filter, unfortunately these are the problems you will face every year if you fill with the well.
So... Filter Filter Filter, thats all i can tell you right now. The only way to filter and clean your water is to run the pump/filter system they give you.
Finally... dont be disappointed with the guys at the store. Pools are unique and every pool acts differently. You could build two inground pools side by side in the same yard, and in 2 years each will have its own flaws and differences in taking care of them, even though they are identical and built at the same time. So what i am saying is.. don't feel like the pool guy at the store misled you. You can't take the roughly 5-7 thousand gallons an intex might hold, and have a miracle happen over night. Consumers never look at themselves first. It's not their fault you filled the pool with Well water.
Additionally. Any pool store that is "selling" CLOROX as pool chlorine should be avoided. Chlorine is much much much stronger than clorox or any other household intended bleach.
Finally... in closing. The kids "cant wait" is such a common thing, but its always the parents or adults in every case that waits last minute <now being june> to set up a pool and get it operational. Do yourself a favor the next time, and set it up 2 weeks before you want to use it. If it only takes 4 days to clear up and Get clean, consider yourself lucky, and now your kids will benefit by being able to use it early. To set it up and think that the next day you will be swimming is unrealistic.
hi also have alot of iron in well water, when i fill pool i just run the filtration and change filter often until i have filtered the rust out, dont know what else u would do. also my kids couldn't wait till this process was finished and used the pool rust and all, didn't hurt them but sure ruined their suits lol
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