08/01/2016
Well its the last day of July and my last post was the last day of April when I started the pool for this year, so just a little run down of what my pool care included in May and June when we had lots of rain and then here came July, the hottest one I can remember in a while. With the two rainy months I had to shock 2 different times due to dirt washed into the pool, a total of 9 inches in those 2 heavy rain periods, which included vacuuming lots to waste to clean the pool back to pristine condition. So in 2 months I vacuumed about once a week and used approximately 30 gallons of 8.25% BLEACH at a cost of $2.50 per gallon. I did have to raise my CYA level a couple times also at a cost of $20.00 due to lots of water replacement from the vac process. Then July hit and we all know how hot it was! Pool was on cruise control and by the 25th of July the water temp had climbed to 96 degrees and we were replacing about a half inch a day in water due to evaporation so we let water level drop to the lowest possible level without dry running pump and added 4 inches of makeup water, temp is down to 87 and pool is perfect today after vacuuming for only the 2nd time of the month. During July I used about 16 gallons of BLEACH at a cost of $2.50 per gallon. In the 3 month period I never had an algae bloom requiring me to shock, only the 2 occasions of the floods in May and June that were dirt related using a total of 46 gallons of BLEACH @ $2.50 a gallon spending $127.50 including taxes and $20 bucks for CYA (stabilizer) for a total of $147.50 for the 3 months this season so far! I'm happy at $49.00 per month and 2 hours total time every week.
If you want to save some money on your pool care I highly recommend you learn how using the simplest method possible.