Trusted Swimming Pool Builders in Plymouth, MN

The easiest and probably least efficient way is to set your cover pump or a sump pump on the top step in the pool and turn it on. A quicker method is to drain the pool through the filter. If you have a cartridge filter, there is a white slice valve near the base. Attach your blue backwash hose to this valve and run the hose to where you prefer to dump the pool water (ie. the street). While the pool pump is running, pull up on the valve handle. Water should start to rush through the blue hose. Keep a close eye on the pool water level because this method will empty the pool rather quickly. To speed up this process, you can close the return valves which will in turn force more water through the blue backwash hose.

A normal shock for a swimming pool is 1 pound per 10,000 gallons of water. If your swimming pool has 30,000 gallons of water you will be using 3 pounds of granular chlorine to shock the pool. There are 2 cups in a pound. Our GLB scoop is 1/2 cup. 4 GLB scoops equal 1 pound.

Close all suction valves (lines coming in to the pump). Open all return valves (lines going back to the pool- after the heater). Fill the pump pot with water until it is overflowing. Turn the pump motor on. Gradually open the bottom drain valve. Slowly continue opening the valve until water is rushing in. If this does not happen within 5 minutes shut off the valve, turn off the motor and start over. When the drain line is flowing, slowly open a skimmer line. If the drain line flow starts to slow down turn off the skimmer and re-open it slowly. Repeat this step with the other skimmer if the pool has two skimmers.

The salt system does not generate below 50 degrees. Between 50- 60 degrees the system will generate at 20%. The system will generate at 100% above 60 degrees.

This typically depends on your water quality. If you have soft water, you may only need to clean the cell once a season. If you have very hard water, you may need to clean the cell every few weeks.