I'm going to repeat this comment because I can't believe how unbelievably unfair people are. Only 3.6k likes to 371k views! This guy has put alot of effort into these videos and many people have failed to 'like' let alone subscribe to his channel. Maybe YT should change the 'like' button to say 'gratitude'?
Thanks again for the support alexandraathay7809! I know this video could have been better being it was made in my rookie year of you tubing but yes alot of time went into making this video and I think the pros out way the cons for sure!
@@Poolelementaryno way! This is the 3rd green to clean video I’ve watched today just to get another perspective but you had some amazing tips here that blew me away! I think it’s a great video. Something about phosphate lol, I have to RE watch it, and when I get started I love the tip about the ladder, simple yet effective. And I’m going to have rewatch to get that stuff you talked about to scrub the liner, awesome stuff!
I do this for a hobby and have about 175,000 views and only 1750 subscribers. That's some depressing math until I look at other youtubers in my field with millions of views, less likes per video than I get, have 70 to 80 thousand followers but have between 1500 and 4000 videos. I don't know how many pool videos you can do but you either get a video that pops off or you grind them out. There's no other way. Content content content. So do it for fun or not at all because the odds are against you. Gotta just have fun! Cheers!
Thank you so much. You saved me a lot of work. My pool went from green to blue in 18hrs. I am a Very happy guy right now. 😁😁 And my wife thinks i am a GENIUS.
I stumbled on this today as I am fighting a swamp green pool due to high heat and heavy rain. My filter does not have a recircukate option and NOT one other video mentioned adding flocculant to a bucket. OMG you saved me a ton of time and aggravation with this tip!!!
Lovely man! New pool owner here, i have no idea what i am doing. I did not go into the pump room yet, have no idea what i will find there but i have to make mine clear again. Thank you very much!
So I've clearly done something wrong. I've shocked this thing with 16 bags of chlorine and had nothing. So I bought liquid chlorine (12 gallons for a 25k gallon pool) and that is FINALLY holding high shock levels. I watched this video, immediately went to walmart and got HTC floc. I'll post my results back when finished but good grief man, you make it look easy! Really well done video sir! Thank you!!!
Deadly Dozens thanks for the comment and I'm definitely routing for you just make sure you follow the flocs instructions to a T and get your PH in the area they recommend it's an important step for the floc to work properly. Good luck!
@@Poolelementary Brother, not even 12 hours later and my pool is clear as a crystal! !!! 500 dollars of chemicals trying to figure this crap out but I have the perfect combination (thanks to you!!) So a 25k gallon pool (TEN times the recommended dosage for the size to super chlorinate / achieve breakpoint) with PH at 7.7, CYA stable (HTC six tests test kit from walmart) and not worrying about Alkalinity (because that's going to go wild no matter what you do) this is what I should have done and will do in the future. This is also for anyone needing 'the quick fix' that at least worked for me in a 24 hour period. I Brushed it. Then as you instructed. Brush it. When you're done brushing it. Brush it. Thoroughly brushing was my problem. I was repopulating algae faster than my bleach could kill it rendering it inert and causing 'chlorine lock' which I don't think is chemically possible but I see why people use that terminology. 12 One Gallon Liquid Chlorine bottles, 3/4th of a bottle of the HTC floc stuff (98 dollars including tax with Biden prices) Six at night before bed, add the floc and then six in the morning, evenly distributed (EYE and LEG protection ON, that crap BURNS like fire lol) ensuring CYA (Chlorine protection) is nominal. Wait 12-16 hours after that ensuring shock levels remain above 20ppm (longer the better, 24 if possible) and then that's it. Vacuum, as you instructed, very methodically. Turn your filter back on and let it run for 24 hours. Test the water, balance the chems and you're golden. So even without pool clarifier, my water is crystal clear. It's an acid bath right now lol but that'll go down with time, UV and filtering. I can't thank you enough man. That Flocculant was the key ingredient to it all.
I don't have a pool. I clicked on this because i was curious what people do to get a pool clean after it turns mucky. Loved this video. The view with the trees, mountains and clouds was so cool. It looks like the Pacific Northwest.
Best video I’ve found on opening a pool. Killing the algae and using flocc worked like a charm. Once everything settled to the bottom of the pool, it was a cinch to vacuum out. Pool was open in 2 days. Thank you for the helpful and informative video!
I had yellow algae on my pool walls. I used 4 gallons of liquide chlorine and I double shocked I put 2 -3 inch tabs in the skimmer. I ran the pump for 24 hours. Tested and balanced. I scrubbed the pool walls added 2 pounds of yellow out ran the vacuum for 24 hours. My pool looks great. The only thing left is to clean the cartridge filters. 15,000 gallon pool. Thank you for your advice .
Just bought a home with a pool. I will follow your guide as this seems to be the most comprehensive and no B.S. video on YT. Thanks so much for the video.
Going through this for the first time, I’m a new pool owner, who went away on vacation. I shocked it a couple times, brushed, vacuumed, used algaecide, and tomorrow will be the 48 hour mark and I should be good. Good tip with chlorine levels to know if there is still some algae living in there, I will chlorine and brush the hell out my pool for the rest of summer. It’s sure a lot of work when a pool goes green.
I've been a pool guy for 10 years now and I never knew those darn skimmer lids actually fit in the handle of the basket. I am stunned. Though I have a tip for you though...! If you have your hose wrapped up and you set it in the pool it makes it so much easier to fill with water I saw you struggling pulling it from behind you. Lmao
A lot of people don't understand algae and how it spreads....it was very smart to thoroughly brush off the steps and taking the ladder out...the algae that was growing on the ladder would have spread out to the rest of the pool within a week or two and frustrated the owners... once it's fully clean just use a weekly dose of an algaecide to prevent it from coming back.
Good detailed footage on the process which other videos lack. A picture with a thousand words - it helps me to better understand when I can see the water each step of the way.
Yep we laid back all winter (sadly) and had a Florida swamp pool. Saved your video had pool cleaned up in 5 days (beer drinking was purposely left out of instructions I see). Thanks
Excellent info. I'm going to start tomorrow on my 65,000 gallon pool. Came with the house. We've yet to clean it. I've tried once. Vacuum doesnt stay longer than 10 to 15 seconds and I have NO bottom drain. (pool made in 1980) To drain I need an external waste water pump. But. Floc and Shock starts tomorrow!
My pool is 55k gallons and so what I did was upgraded my pump and took the old one and made had it wired to a reg 110v plug and I only use it to vacuum my pool. Waste water never touches my regular pump or sand filter. It has been a huge help for me. Just run the discharge hose straight to the field from the pump
I was close to where you are with having to drain it without a pump or drain. A syphoning hose (water hose) and getting the hose down hill while draining will get most of the water out. From there, it's work; You'll have to 'snow' shovel the funk out then wash the walls etc and then clean the 2-6 inches of water in the deepest part. Once you're all clean, fill it back up checking levels. If this video's trick doesn't do it, this will be what I do tomorrow. Needless to say, I'm really hoping this works.
Bro I’m buying everything from this video right now. I’m going to go clean my grandmas pool tomorrow when it all arrives and I’ll update you as the days go by. Her pool looks like this so I feel like it should be a good time.
Very informative. I’m in Ecuador and one morning I went out for a swim and the pool was pea green. I’m glad I watched your video. Now I know the proper way to care for a pool vs. the way it’s often done here in Ecuador.
Awesome video! Saved me a lot of time from the way I was opening. That floc is great. Did not know about that before your video. I'd like to know where to get that skimmer plate you show that goes over the handle of the basket. The other skimmer plate you did list a link for. Thanks again for the great video! Probably be referring back to it next year.
Floc is the best kept secret in the pool world. A lot of stores would rather sell you $300 worth of chemicals than tell you about this $15. miracle. One thing to mention is that sunlight will cause the floc dust on the bottom of the pool to start to float and make a mess out of your pool again. Do this so your 24 hours ends first thing in the morning before direct sunlight hits the pool. I also use a garden sprayer that attaches to my garden hose to broadcast the floc across the entire pool if you don't want to, or can't pour it in the skimmer. Now tell me how to get the sand out of my filter just as easy without using a shop vac or scraping off my knuckles.
Buy a bilge pump brother. Fill your tank up with water and keep it running, get the bilge pump head as low as you can and start flowing it into a bucket (or five lol) and every five minutes or so move the sand around. Takes about 30 minutes to get the sand out but you won't bust a knuckle or bang your knees up. Also, don't use an electric pump as they suck and will tear up quick. Just a good ole' fashioned ship bilge will do the trick.
Great video. Drop the ph and shock the pool, then balance the pool after it is clear. Used to be an operator at commercial pools and if you know you are going to have a lot of swimmers drop ph to 7.3/7.4 and bring chlorine up a little. Also, if you are going to have a lot of rain, do the same thing lower ph slightly and raise chlorine, keep your pool from turning green. Be careful though, get below 7.2 and people are going to start getting the old red eye. Of course we were commercial so we always used liquid chlorine and just poured it into the skimmers to evenly distribute it.
Pouring in to the skimmers is a mistake. That is concentrated chlorine going straight to your pump and filter. Chlorine is very hard on metals. You are shortening the life span of your metal pump and filter parts by putting the chlorine in the skimmer basket. Just pour it in the pool as you walk around it, wont hurt anything.
@@Nebul0us well, you could dilute in a 5 gallon bucket then. My point is it gives better distribution of the chemicals. I only worked in commercial pools and all our filters were sand, so not sure we were doing any damage to that part, but I could see DE or paper possibly being a problem. Plus we had lots of skimmers, so by the time that water all got to the pump not sure it was that concentrated. Most of the time we would have issues on hot days when the pool was packed, people would be wearing tons of suntan lotion(or just sweat) and then we would get a late rain storm. A lot of times if we didn't "dump" some chlorine we would come back to a not so perfect pool. Most of our shocks were done from total chlorine getting high. We didn't always test total, but if you smelled that chlorine smell, you knew you were in trouble. 😄 BTW - just talking about pouring in skimmers for the shock, we had chlorinators to maintain the normal chorine levels.
Thank you. Im interest in the pool pump motor settings step by step. Eg. Waste, Bypass? Rinse, Filter? Sequence important. Once I put mine back to filter after waste, dirt gets recycled back into pool. 😢
Great video! I dread opening my pool honestly everything that’s not swimming in it… I’m going to try hard this year to not waste money and properly read and test my water.
I have had a pool for over 20 years and just recently I tried scrubbing bubbles for the ring around the pool it wiped right off I didn't even need to scrub through the year's I have tried every thing under the sun which always required scrubbing this scrubbing bubbles no scrubbing at all spray it on wipe it off.
Hello there Justin aka Mr. Pool elementary. I live in NorCal and we just got a flurry of rains and have turned my pool to the river from the princess and the frog green. lol. Anyways, I don’t have d same pump as you. I had just cleaned my filters yesterday and it was mud brown. My valves also don’t have labels like yours. I remember there are 2valves. One says skimmer and the other one doesn’t say anything but I know it turns on the waterfall. My question is, once I dump the liquid chlorine and the Algaecide, I’m assuming I need to turn the pump off right? Also what is backwashing? Is that only for sand filters? Like I mentioned, I don’t have clear labels on my valve. Only 2 valves (skimmer&waterfall control) and it doesn’t have others controls within the valve like your video which has backwash,waste, filter etc. would love to get some information so I can get my water to crystal clear blue. Thank you so much!! Appreciate it!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@Poolelementary excellent video! We are closing on our first home in 6 days… we have a pretty good size inground pool so I’m taking in all the education I can get. Thanks for making these videos!
Very interesting. Do i take it that the pool got so bad because it's out in the elements? I take it an indoor pool if far easier to keep and maintain? I don't have a pool but we're moving home and I'd love my own garage but I'd also like a mid size pool, I'm more a dipper than a swimmer but the wife loves to swim so it'd be my gift to her 😘
@@Poolelementary thank you I added the shock and the algaecide on filtration but for some reason the pool jets lose power and filter pressure goes from to 8 to 18. I did the backwash but I does not last more than 20 min and again the same problem. Do I leave it like that?
Hi love your video. I've done everything you said a few days ago and noticed that all the Algae is on the bottom of the pool but the pool is cloudy and bluey/green in colour. What do you suggest?
I would vacuum what you can out of the pool first. The less the chlorine has to fight the better and then the choice is yours to floc again or just use a clarifier and let the filter do the work of clearing up the water. If you can see the bottom of the pool your filter should do the job in a couple of days as long as the pool is balanced and free chlorine levels are atleast 1-3 parts per million
Hello! I think you are the best pool TH-camr out there! You speak about details no one else does! When putting the chlorine and stuff, you have the pool pump off? Thank you!
And tool add to my comment, is it ok if I start my pump only with the skimmer and add the products to clear it out? My problem is that I probably have lots of leaves at the bottom, but I cannot remove it because I cannot see it, I need to clear the water out but I don’t want to open that line because I don’t want the leaves to go into the suction at the bottom of the pool
Great video! I am curious about one of the steps. Around minute 8 you talk about switching the pool pump back on after applying the floc. From my understanding please correct me. We recirculate the pool pour in the floc into the skimmer. Let the pool recirculate for 2 hours then turn everything off. Turning everything off will allow the floc to work and Gather everything at the bottom. For 8 hours we have all everything off then you come back and switch the pool pump back on to let the floc to do it’s job. Then the next morning we vacuum? Or do we turn everything off for 8 hours then we come and vacuum out the bottom. I’m just lost if we let it sit for 8 hours the come back and turn the pump on with all of it settled at the bottom it would just be mixed up and the next morning you couldn’t vacuum because the pump was running all night and mixing everything up. Thank you for the video I am just lost on this one part.
After recirculating the floc to mix it up you leave the pool pump off until everything settles to the bottom of the pool. Nobody said this was gonna happen in 8 hours. Normally it takes 12 to 24 hours to settle out and some pools up to 3 days. When everything settled out then you set your pool filter to waste and Vacuum immediately upon turning on your pool pump.
Great video and thanks for sharing. I will refer back to this on a pool cleaning task I have coming up very shortly. It’s been about a year since it was used and is green and full of algae.
I hate opening my pool because it always look like a swamp and takes me 2 weeks atleast trying everything under the sun and using every video I can find. Most stressful thing on earth for me I swear. I need to try this...hopefully it works!
do you have the sand filter running when you add the chemicals. and is it ok to add algicide right after you added chlorine? thanks in advance for your help. Lanny
Yes you can run the filter when you add the chemicals but if your using a flocculant you want you filter on recirculate so your filter doesn't filter it out. You also can add Algaecide and chlorine together no problem.
Hey been following you for a while now can you please help im stuck I didn’t know I had to shock pool before flocking and flocked it but I can’t see the bottom of the pool so it’s hard to vacuum I have a 20k gallon pool 8 feet on the deep end and a de filter I don’t know what to do now if I should shock or turn on filter can you please help thank you
@Poolelementary This worked perfectly. Our pool was WAY worse than yours (previous homeowner had not opened since covid). We had some serious ph balancing to do first, changed out sand halfway through the process, and skimmed for probably a total of 12 hrs to get all the algae and debris out. Suface brushing only took about an hour. The coolest part was watching the Banish work exactly how yours did in the video! Thank you again for the info, Sir!
Last week I put some Epsom Salts in my pool my mistake. I thought I had a 1/2 pail of salt but was wrong. Now my pool is cloudy. I just put in a new cartage filter in but is doesn't seem to be doing anything. Can I ask your advice on how to clear up the water? I took a water sample to my local pool store to be checked and they said the water is perfect in chemicals. Thanks so much!
In the Chicago suburbs, we had the warmest and driest winter in years. Wednesday opening was a completed green algae outbreak, on the bottom and floating on top. Worst I've every experienced. First step was to remove the surface stuff which I helped the skimmers with a net. Continually rinse the skimmers. Yes it was nasty. Got that done in 24 hours. Shocked the heck out of it. Friday and today I vacuumed to waste the bottom solids. It is now manageble with the sand filter and backwashing. Only had to refill the water 3-4 inches. That's my story. If you encounter the same...don't panic. 1. handle the surface. 2. tackle the bottom. 3. keep shocking 4. Vacuum and backwash daily until you are just dealing cloudy water.(you may need a flocking agent) 5. get your water tested at a pool store and buy there recommended products. I should be totally GTG by next weekend. I hope this helps!
Good evening sir I am working as lifeguard swimming for last four year ago when vacuum the pool after cloudy I am used my pool only chlorine powder please suggest to me how to remove immediate remove the cloudy pool only chlorine
Do you think that I can learn how to open a pool in two weeks and start offering pool opening for clients at the beginning of this season (mid April)? I never opened neither maintained a pool before but the demand for this type of service in extremely high in my area! Where should I go to learn everything that I need?
That's a tough one because normally you have to find a company that will take you as an apprentice and show you how to do it. All pools are not the same so there is a learning curve. It took a couple of seasons and about 200 pool openings for me to see it all. Long story short I don't have the answer for a quick course on pool opening but it easier than the closings for winter. Do some research and you might figure something out.
My pool was completely full of leaves this spring (injured in october and didn't cover pool for the winter) and it turned very dark green. I've managed to get the chemicals right and the leaves out, but I stll can't see the bottom even in the shallow end. It has gone from a dark dark green to an emerald green. I'm concerned that if I use flock and the water doesn't clear up at least so I can see the bottom, I will not even be able to see to vacuum out the flock. Any suggestions? And great video!!!
Hi Justin, thank you for a great video on dealing with a seriously green pool. I noted that you recommend to go to 10 ppm free chlore when shocking, to keep testing the impact of the treatment daily and to stop the treatment when the daily change is less than 2 ppm. I would like to try that but how do I measure those high chlore levels? Any chance you can give me a hint? Regards from the South of France! Andras
I'm going to repeat this comment because I can't believe how unbelievably unfair people are. Only 3.6k likes to 371k views! This guy has put alot of effort into these videos and many people have failed to 'like' let alone subscribe to his channel. Maybe YT should change the 'like' button to say 'gratitude'?
Thanks again for the support alexandraathay7809! I know this video could have been better being it was made in my rookie year of you tubing but yes alot of time went into making this video and I think the pros out way the cons for sure!
@@Poolelementaryno way! This is the 3rd green to clean video I’ve watched today just to get another perspective but you had some amazing tips here that blew me away! I think it’s a great video. Something about phosphate lol, I have to RE watch it, and when I get started I love the tip about the ladder, simple yet effective. And I’m going to have rewatch to get that stuff you talked about to scrub the liner, awesome stuff!
Thanks alot I will clean my pool
because it is fair. draining and refilling is faster and simpler
I do this for a hobby and have about 175,000 views and only 1750 subscribers. That's some depressing math until I look at other youtubers in my field with millions of views, less likes per video than I get, have 70 to 80 thousand followers but have between 1500 and 4000 videos.
I don't know how many pool videos you can do but you either get a video that pops off or you grind them out. There's no other way. Content content content.
So do it for fun or not at all because the odds are against you. Gotta just have fun! Cheers!
Thank you so much. You saved me a lot of work. My pool went from green to blue in 18hrs. I am a Very happy guy right now. 😁😁 And my wife thinks i am a GENIUS.
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Your method worked! I couldn’t get the green out for weeks, until I tried your method. BOOM overnight it turned blue. Now I know for next time
Glad to hear it worked for you and thanks for watching pool elementary! 😀
I stumbled on this today as I am fighting a swamp green pool due to high heat and heavy rain. My filter does not have a recircukate option and NOT one other video mentioned adding flocculant to a bucket. OMG you saved me a ton of time and aggravation with this tip!!!
Thanks for watching!
Lovely man! New pool owner here, i have no idea what i am doing. I did not go into the pump room yet, have no idea what i will find there but i have to make mine clear again. Thank you very much!
So I've clearly done something wrong. I've shocked this thing with 16 bags of chlorine and had nothing. So I bought liquid chlorine (12 gallons for a 25k gallon pool) and that is FINALLY holding high shock levels. I watched this video, immediately went to walmart and got HTC floc. I'll post my results back when finished but good grief man, you make it look easy! Really well done video sir! Thank you!!!
Deadly Dozens thanks for the comment and I'm definitely routing for you just make sure you follow the flocs instructions to a T and get your PH in the area they recommend it's an important step for the floc to work properly. Good luck!
@@Poolelementary Brother, not even 12 hours later and my pool is clear as a crystal! !!! 500 dollars of chemicals trying to figure this crap out but I have the perfect combination (thanks to you!!)
So a 25k gallon pool (TEN times the recommended dosage for the size to super chlorinate / achieve breakpoint) with PH at 7.7, CYA stable (HTC six tests test kit from walmart) and not worrying about Alkalinity (because that's going to go wild no matter what you do) this is what I should have done and will do in the future. This is also for anyone needing 'the quick fix' that at least worked for me in a 24 hour period.
I Brushed it. Then as you instructed. Brush it. When you're done brushing it. Brush it. Thoroughly brushing was my problem. I was repopulating algae faster than my bleach could kill it rendering it inert and causing 'chlorine lock' which I don't think is chemically possible but I see why people use that terminology.
12 One Gallon Liquid Chlorine bottles, 3/4th of a bottle of the HTC floc stuff (98 dollars including tax with Biden prices) Six at night before bed, add the floc and then six in the morning, evenly distributed (EYE and LEG protection ON, that crap BURNS like fire lol) ensuring CYA (Chlorine protection) is nominal. Wait 12-16 hours after that ensuring shock levels remain above 20ppm (longer the better, 24 if possible) and then that's it.
Vacuum, as you instructed, very methodically.
Turn your filter back on and let it run for 24 hours. Test the water, balance the chems and you're golden.
So even without pool clarifier, my water is crystal clear. It's an acid bath right now lol but that'll go down with time, UV and filtering.
I can't thank you enough man. That Flocculant was the key ingredient to it all.
One of the best vids on this i have seen
Best video on youtube for algae treatment period. Thank you.
Man that pool looked like Godzilla was living in there. U did an amazing job! Thanks for the video!
I don't have a pool. I clicked on this because i was curious what people do to get a pool clean after it turns mucky. Loved this video. The view with the trees, mountains and clouds was so cool. It looks like the Pacific Northwest.
Thanks for watching!
Best video I’ve found on opening a pool. Killing the algae and using flocc worked like a charm. Once everything settled to the bottom of the pool, it was a cinch to vacuum out. Pool was open in 2 days. Thank you for the helpful and informative video!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent - I thought it was only me that couldn't clean a pool, but now I have a clean and wonderful pool thanks to following your guidance.
As always, great great video. Thank you!
I had yellow algae on my pool walls. I used 4 gallons of liquide chlorine and I double shocked I put 2 -3 inch tabs in the skimmer. I ran the pump for 24 hours. Tested and balanced. I scrubbed the pool walls added 2 pounds of yellow out ran the vacuum for 24 hours. My pool looks great. The only thing left is to clean the cartridge filters. 15,000 gallon pool. Thank you for your advice .
Congratulations! Thanks for watching poolelementary
Make sure to follow instructions on yellow out bottle. If you put to much of it won't work. Or it'll be harder to activate it when to shock at least
Thx so much for the feed...I'm going to move forward step by step.
Just bought a home with a pool. I will follow your guide as this seems to be the most comprehensive and no B.S. video on YT. Thanks so much for the video.
I love this shock and floc video. Great method! Thank you so much for this video! Add music 3 years in a row. Thank you so much! God bless you. 🙏
Going through this for the first time, I’m a new pool owner, who went away on vacation. I shocked it a couple times, brushed, vacuumed, used algaecide, and tomorrow will be the 48 hour mark and I should be good. Good tip with chlorine levels to know if there is still some algae living in there, I will chlorine and brush the hell out my pool for the rest of summer. It’s sure a lot of work when a pool goes green.
Make sure you clean filt or backwash
Yeah, make sure to take the filter apart and rinse it.
I'm working on getting my green pool summer ready using your technique n steps. Thank you so much. I am grateful beyond words.
Thanks for watching!
So satisfying when you see the vacuum sucking up all that dirt.
I've been a pool guy for 10 years now and I never knew those darn skimmer lids actually fit in the handle of the basket. I am stunned.
Though I have a tip for you though...! If you have your hose wrapped up and you set it in the pool it makes it so much easier to fill with water I saw you struggling pulling it from behind you. Lmao
A lot of people don't understand algae and how it spreads....it was very smart to thoroughly brush off the steps and taking the ladder out...the algae that was growing on the ladder would have spread out to the rest of the pool within a week or two and frustrated the owners... once it's fully clean just use a weekly dose of an algaecide to prevent it from coming back.
This was an excellent video as I also just uncovered dark green swampy stinky water. Thank you for taking your time to explain the process! Liked!
Good detailed footage on the process which other videos lack. A picture with a thousand words - it helps me to better understand when I can see the water each step of the way.
Yep we laid back all winter (sadly) and had a Florida swamp pool. Saved your video had pool cleaned up in 5 days (beer drinking was purposely left out of instructions I see). Thanks
Thank you very much. This is helpful. 🙏
Sir, you have made my day with this video.
Definitely following for more great content.
Thanks for watching Al-rm6iz !
Excellent info. I'm going to start tomorrow on my 65,000 gallon pool. Came with the house. We've yet to clean it. I've tried once. Vacuum doesnt stay longer than 10 to 15 seconds and I have NO bottom drain. (pool made in 1980) To drain I need an external waste water pump. But. Floc and Shock starts tomorrow!
My pool is 55k gallons and so what I did was upgraded my pump and took the old one and made had it wired to a reg 110v plug and I only use it to vacuum my pool. Waste water never touches my regular pump or sand filter. It has been a huge help for me. Just run the discharge hose straight to the field from the pump
I was close to where you are with having to drain it without a pump or drain. A syphoning hose (water hose) and getting the hose down hill while draining will get most of the water out. From there, it's work; You'll have to 'snow' shovel the funk out then wash the walls etc and then clean the 2-6 inches of water in the deepest part. Once you're all clean, fill it back up checking levels. If this video's trick doesn't do it, this will be what I do tomorrow. Needless to say, I'm really hoping this works.
Nor cal Solano county pool and lawn guy here. This video was awesome thanks man
Thanks for watching
Good work there brother that Floc is it✔
YT recommends weird things. I don’t have a pool and watched every second. Interesting.
Thanks for watching!
Bro I’m buying everything from this video right now. I’m going to go clean my grandmas pool tomorrow when it all arrives and I’ll update you as the days go by. Her pool looks like this so I feel like it should be a good time.
It's definitely gonna be fun! Lol and yes let us know how it goes.Thanks for watching and keep us posted!
Soo…. Wheres the update ?
Very informative. I’m in Ecuador and one morning I went out for a swim and the pool was pea green.
I’m glad I watched your video. Now I know the proper way to care for a pool vs. the way it’s often done here in Ecuador.
Great job...thnxs for the info...
Great video sir
Thanks for watching
Following your instructions right now my pool looks like swamp
Awesome video! Saved me a lot of time from the way I was opening. That floc is great. Did not know about that before your video. I'd like to know where to get that skimmer plate you show that goes over the handle of the basket. The other skimmer plate you did list a link for.
Thanks again for the great video! Probably be referring back to it next year.
Best pool video!!! Thank you so much!!
Thanks Rhonda
Floc is the best kept secret in the pool world. A lot of stores would rather sell you $300 worth of chemicals than tell you about this $15. miracle. One thing to mention is that sunlight will cause the floc dust on the bottom of the pool to start to float and make a mess out of your pool again. Do this so your 24 hours ends first thing in the morning before direct sunlight hits the pool. I also use a garden sprayer that attaches to my garden hose to broadcast the floc across the entire pool if you don't want to, or can't pour it in the skimmer. Now tell me how to get the sand out of my filter just as easy without using a shop vac or scraping off my knuckles.
I like how your pool is clean no because there's no Leaves in the pool so I love it
Buy a bilge pump brother. Fill your tank up with water and keep it running, get the bilge pump head as low as you can and start flowing it into a bucket (or five lol) and every five minutes or so move the sand around. Takes about 30 minutes to get the sand out but you won't bust a knuckle or bang your knees up. Also, don't use an electric pump as they suck and will tear up quick. Just a good ole' fashioned ship bilge will do the trick.
Just pick it up turn it over and dump it out in a wheel barrel. That's what I did
great video really appreciate the effort you put in.
Great Job !!!!!
Thanks for watching!
I dont even plan on floc in my pool but this video was so well done and great content! Thanks mate for passing the knowledge on
Thanks for watching!
Good stuff! Thanks
We always had a problem with algae until we started using copper sulfate. Bam end of algae. Crystal clear water.
What product?
your videos is amazing❤
Sir your teaching is wonderful 👍 one about pool, and I have a challenge in my pool The machine Head broke off. please what should I do
I also use a net inside my skimmer so it catches every little piece.
Super and thankyou😅😅😅
Great video thank you
Wow! That's a lot of information. Thanks. Great video.
Great video.
Drop the ph and shock the pool, then balance the pool after it is clear. Used to be an operator at commercial pools and if you know you are going to have a lot of swimmers drop ph to 7.3/7.4 and bring chlorine up a little. Also, if you are going to have a lot of rain, do the same thing lower ph slightly and raise chlorine, keep your pool from turning green. Be careful though, get below 7.2 and people are going to start getting the old red eye. Of course we were commercial so we always used liquid chlorine and just poured it into the skimmers to evenly distribute it.
Thanks for the great tips Timothy and thanks for watching!
Pouring in to the skimmers is a mistake. That is concentrated chlorine going straight to your pump and filter. Chlorine is very hard on metals. You are shortening the life span of your metal pump and filter parts by putting the chlorine in the skimmer basket. Just pour it in the pool as you walk around it, wont hurt anything.
@@Nebul0us well, you could dilute in a 5 gallon bucket then. My point is it gives better distribution of the chemicals. I only worked in commercial pools and all our filters were sand, so not sure we were doing any damage to that part, but I could see DE or paper possibly being a problem. Plus we had lots of skimmers, so by the time that water all got to the pump not sure it was that concentrated. Most of the time we would have issues on hot days when the pool was packed, people would be wearing tons of suntan lotion(or just sweat) and then we would get a late rain storm. A lot of times if we didn't "dump" some chlorine we would come back to a not so perfect pool. Most of our shocks were done from total chlorine getting high. We didn't always test total, but if you smelled that chlorine smell, you knew you were in trouble. 😄
BTW - just talking about pouring in skimmers for the shock, we had chlorinators to maintain the normal chorine levels.
Thank you. Im interest in the pool pump motor settings step by step. Eg. Waste, Bypass? Rinse, Filter? Sequence important. Once I put mine back to filter after waste, dirt gets recycled back into pool. 😢
Great video! Very informative, on track for opening our pool and looking forward to swimming! Thank you!
Thanks Danielle 😊 have a great pool year!
Just watched this while video good work brother
Thanks again! Take care brother
Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing.
Great video! I dread opening my pool honestly everything that’s not swimming in it… I’m going to try hard this year to not waste money and properly read and test my water.
Super informative. Thank you!!
Can you use floculant in intex pools?
If the pool has a sand filter you normally can if not it would be very tough
Good job
I have had a pool for over 20 years and just recently I tried scrubbing bubbles for the ring around the pool it wiped right off I didn't even need to scrub through the year's I have tried every thing under the sun which always required scrubbing this scrubbing bubbles no scrubbing at all spray it on wipe it off.
Is it Scrubbing Bubbles like the bathroom tub/sink cleaner, (if so, that makes sense), or is it some other product?
Hello there Justin aka Mr. Pool elementary. I live in NorCal and we just got a flurry of rains and have turned my pool to the river from the princess and the frog green. lol. Anyways, I don’t have d same pump as you. I had just cleaned my filters yesterday and it was mud brown. My valves also don’t have labels like yours. I remember there are 2valves. One says skimmer and the other one doesn’t say anything but I know it turns on the waterfall. My question is, once I dump the liquid chlorine and the Algaecide, I’m assuming I need to turn the pump off right? Also what is backwashing? Is that only for sand filters? Like I mentioned, I don’t have clear labels on my valve. Only 2 valves (skimmer&waterfall control) and it doesn’t have others controls within the valve like your video which has backwash,waste, filter etc. would love to get some information so I can get my water to crystal clear blue. Thank you so much!! Appreciate it!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Wow! That’s amazing work. Such a gorgeous view from that pool area. I love it!
Thanks for watching Laura B!
@@Poolelementary excellent video! We are closing on our first home in 6 days… we have a pretty good size inground pool so I’m taking in all the education I can get. Thanks for making these videos!
This was great! Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting. Do i take it that the pool got so bad because it's out in the elements? I take it an indoor pool if far easier to keep and maintain? I don't have a pool but we're moving home and I'd love my own garage but I'd also like a mid size pool, I'm more a dipper than a swimmer but the wife loves to swim so it'd be my gift to her 😘
So satisfying
Great video, thank you for explaining stuff I should have already known but didn’t.
we've had a pool for over 25 years and we still can't get it right. Learning a lot from these youtube videos.
Good video . Can you guide me? I shock my pool and add the algaecide. Do i have to put the pump on filtration or recirculation?
If your adding the floc you use recirculate. If your just chlorinating and using Algaecide you want it on filter
@@Poolelementary thank you I added the shock and the algaecide on filtration but for some reason the pool jets lose power and filter pressure goes from to 8 to 18. I did the backwash but I does not last more than 20 min and again the same problem. Do I leave it like that?
Hi love your video. I've done everything you said a few days ago and noticed that all the Algae is on the bottom of the pool but the pool is cloudy and bluey/green in colour. What do you suggest?
I would vacuum what you can out of the pool first. The less the chlorine has to fight the better and then the choice is yours to floc again or just use a clarifier and let the filter do the work of clearing up the water. If you can see the bottom of the pool your filter should do the job in a couple of days as long as the pool is balanced and free chlorine levels are atleast 1-3 parts per million
impressive
Hello! I think you are the best pool TH-camr out there! You speak about details no one else does! When putting the chlorine and stuff, you have the pool pump off? Thank you!
And tool add to my comment, is it ok if I start my pump only with the skimmer and add the products to clear it out? My problem is that I probably have lots of leaves at the bottom, but I cannot remove it because I cannot see it, I need to clear the water out but I don’t want to open that line because I don’t want the leaves to go into the suction at the bottom of the pool
I always add the chlorine and stuff with the pumps on to help mix and distribute the products in the water.
Yes you can draw off the skimmer alone no problem.
First time watching your channel great job my pool does has dirt stains after the hurricane Ida is anything I can use to remove it.
Blanca it totally depends on what your pool surface is if you can not just brush it or vacuum the spots clean.
Thank you, very informative
Thanks for watching
Great video! I am curious about one of the steps. Around minute 8 you talk about switching the pool pump back on after applying the floc. From my understanding please correct me. We recirculate the pool pour in the floc into the skimmer. Let the pool recirculate for 2 hours then turn everything off. Turning everything off will allow the floc to work and Gather everything at the bottom. For 8 hours we have all everything off then you come back and switch the pool pump back on to let the floc to do it’s job. Then the next morning we vacuum?
Or do we turn everything off for 8 hours then we come and vacuum out the bottom. I’m just lost if we let it sit for 8 hours the come back and turn the pump on with all of it settled at the bottom it would just be mixed up and the next morning you couldn’t vacuum because the pump was running all night and mixing everything up. Thank you for the video I am just lost on this one part.
After recirculating the floc to mix it up you leave the pool pump off until everything settles to the bottom of the pool. Nobody said this was gonna happen in 8 hours. Normally it takes 12 to 24 hours to settle out and some pools up to 3 days. When everything settled out then you set your pool filter to waste and Vacuum immediately upon turning on your pool pump.
Wow what a video!
Perhaps an explanation of what flocculent is and does would be helpful. Good vid!
It coagulates, pools all the scum and filth together, and sinks it to the bottom of the pool so it helps with the vacuuming
Very helpful! Thanks so.much. Great job.
In addition to leveling the pH, should Level the total alkalinity as well?
Great video and thanks for sharing. I will refer back to this on a pool cleaning task I have coming up very shortly. It’s been about a year since it was used and is green and full of algae.
Thanks for watching and good luck with your pool project. Let us know how it goes!
@@Poolelementary cheers, will do 👍
Fantastic job
I hate opening my pool because it always look like a swamp and takes me 2 weeks atleast trying everything under the sun and using every video I can find. Most stressful thing on earth for me I swear. I need to try this...hopefully it works!
I feel your pain lol, I'm opening mine in two weeks and I'm going crazy thinking how can I clear this pool quickly. This video helps a lot
do you have the sand filter running when you add the chemicals. and is it ok to add algicide right after you added chlorine? thanks in advance for your help. Lanny
Yes you can run the filter when you add the chemicals but if your using a flocculant you want you filter on recirculate so your filter doesn't filter it out. You also can add Algaecide and chlorine together no problem.
Thank you for this video. Our pool is super clean this morning just a bit cloudy but blue, blue, blue overnight. PS (I very rarely leave comments)
Thanks Tammy, We do like to hear success stories and appreciate you for watching pool elementary! Enjoy your happy pool
Can you write all the chemical in here because I can not spell all the chemical you are talking .
Thank you for this, it is very helpful
Hey been following you for a while now can you please help im stuck I didn’t know I had to shock pool before flocking and flocked it but I can’t see the bottom of the pool so it’s hard to vacuum I have a 20k gallon pool 8 feet on the deep end and a de filter I don’t know what to do now if I should shock or turn on filter can you please help thank you
Thanks!
Thanks John! Super appreciated and thanks for watching!
@Poolelementary This worked perfectly. Our pool was WAY worse than yours (previous homeowner had not opened since covid). We had some serious ph balancing to do first, changed out sand halfway through the process, and skimmed for probably a total of 12 hrs to get all the algae and debris out. Suface brushing only took about an hour. The coolest part was watching the Banish work exactly how yours did in the video! Thank you again for the info, Sir!
Great to hear John! love to hear success stories 👍
Thanks, may have just saved me 800 dollars
Thanks for watching!
Is the main drain closed while you are doing all of this and skimmer only? Thanks!
I only shut off the main drain while actually vacuuming to give full suction to the skimmer
my pool has two skimmers. do we cut off one skimmer and the main drain, or leave both skimmers open when vaccuuming
Definitely turn off the other skimmer and drain. If you don't have a valve for each skimmer use a plug in one
@@Poolelementary thank you sir
Thanks for watching!
Last week I put some Epsom Salts in my pool my mistake. I thought I had a 1/2 pail of salt but was wrong. Now my pool is cloudy. I just put in a new cartage filter in but is doesn't seem to be doing anything. Can I ask your advice on how to clear up the water? I took a water sample to my local pool store to be checked and they said the water is perfect in chemicals. Thanks so much!
I learned a lot with this video.
Thanks
Thankyou for replying .
Is it the same for an above ground?
In the Chicago suburbs, we had the warmest and driest winter in years. Wednesday opening was a completed green algae outbreak, on the bottom and floating on top. Worst I've every experienced. First step was to remove the surface stuff which I helped the skimmers with a net. Continually rinse the skimmers. Yes it was nasty. Got that done in 24 hours. Shocked the heck out of it. Friday and today I vacuumed to waste the bottom solids. It is now manageble with the sand filter and backwashing. Only had to refill the water 3-4 inches. That's my story. If you encounter the same...don't panic. 1. handle the surface. 2. tackle the bottom. 3. keep shocking 4. Vacuum and backwash daily until you are just dealing cloudy water.(you may need a flocking agent) 5. get your water tested at a pool store and buy there recommended products. I should be totally GTG by next weekend. I hope this helps!
Thanks for sharing Steve. 👍
Good evening sir I am working as lifeguard swimming for last four year ago when vacuum the pool after cloudy I am used my pool only chlorine powder please suggest to me how to remove immediate remove the cloudy pool only chlorine
After you brush and stir up the water and has time to filter you might need to backwash depending on how high your filter pressure is.
How long do you backwash for?
Normally until the water is running clear out the backwash line but a minute or two usually does the trick
I never heard of putting the flock or frock into the sand filter will that help more some how can you explain?
Do you think that I can learn how to open a pool in two weeks and start offering pool opening for clients at the beginning of this season (mid April)? I never opened neither maintained a pool before but the demand for this type of service in extremely high in my area! Where should I go to learn everything that I need?
That's a tough one because normally you have to find a company that will take you as an apprentice and show you how to do it. All pools are not the same so there is a learning curve. It took a couple of seasons and about 200 pool openings for me to see it all. Long story short I don't have the answer for a quick course on pool opening but it easier than the closings for winter. Do some research and you might figure something out.
@@Poolelementary appreciate your response . Thank you 🙏🏼
Wow thank you this one of the best pool cleaning video show yet 🫡🫡❤️
Great video
My pool was completely full of leaves this spring (injured in october and didn't cover pool for the winter) and it turned very dark green. I've managed to get the chemicals right and the leaves out, but I stll can't see the bottom even in the shallow end. It has gone from a dark dark green to an emerald green. I'm concerned that if I use flock and the water doesn't clear up at least so I can see the bottom, I will not even be able to see to vacuum out the flock. Any suggestions? And great video!!!
Hi Justin, thank you for a great video on dealing with a seriously green pool. I noted that you recommend to go to 10 ppm free chlore when shocking, to keep testing the impact of the treatment daily and to stop the treatment when the daily change is less than 2 ppm. I would like to try that but how do I measure those high chlore levels? Any chance you can give me a hint? Regards from the South of France! Andras
Use a dpd test kit