Open Your Own Pool & Keep it Clean All Season - EASY TIPS

You Sir are a National Treasure thank you for all your informational videos! I always learn something from your videos.

I put 10 bottles of liquid chlorine pool still green 😢

My pool is golden

Great video, the test strip company is pronounced hawk like the bird and not “hatch”😂

Sir thank you truly. I did exactly what you said , exactly , I bought the liquid hth as well . Even though I have a 12,000 gallon fully sunken above ground pool and my pool is not a true in ground and my filter is nowhere in the class of yours it worked perfectly . Thank you for taking the time to explain in a very clear concise way . Your the best

Don’t use liquid chlorine in a vinyl liner pool, otherwise good video.

Don’t assume your local pool store is out to get you. Shop local and develop a relationship. These guys are usually very knowledgeable and buy you products from then that’s how they stay in business. You’re support is how these guys stay in business and they can teach you plenty to keep your pool well taken care of.

Can't wait to try it!

I have been opening my pool with my father for years now. He always did the chemicals but he’s not around now. It’s funny you did exactly what he does, keeping it simple but being effective. He uses those test strips, and always used liquid chlorine instead of the powder or the kits. Sometimes less is more, thanks for the helpful video.

We just moved into a house with a pool. We opened it ourselves, but it is still cloudy after a week.The pool filter and pool vacuum keep cleaning up dead algae nonstop. We even hosed down the pool filter. At this point I’m not sure what to do. I was thinking of just going in the pool myself and brushing down the bottom manually.

Just start swimming in the green water and don't look back. Lol.

Hey Ed where you going with sunblock in your hand?
Going to my swimming pool and swim All the hours of my life

Hello, thanks for your video. How would I know which Valve to open? My pool had a few but I’m scared to open the wrong one.

Great video!!

Thank you.

You don’t add any acid?

He forgot to mention u need to add earth to the skimmer basket when u start the pump to coat the filter assuming u have an earth filter. Other thing is before u turn filter on add silicon lube to the rubber ring that sits between the 2 halves of the filter n make sure everything is tight. Add the plugs back to the secondary skinner and heater if u have. I usually have to clean my filter after a few days of the filter cleaning all the crap out of the water n vacuuming. Lastly, but everything online. Much cheaper than in the store

I live in San Diego...I've never heard of "opening a pool" . I just swim whenever I want

Although the algae is dead its not dissolved. All that dead algae just turns into a white powder sitting at bottom of pool or floating around. You should add a clarifier that clumps the dead algae together then vaccum.

I test the water before adding shock

Great informative video. I purchased my home about 10 years ago and last year, with the help of this video, I opened and maintained my pool all by myself! Thank you so much!

Do anyone have any recommendations for someone who clean house pool in Jacksonville Florida

I pool is green and water I'd hight I leave it hit brush wait till it is clear then vacuum the dirt what not to waste to lower water and save filtet

I thought the water is supposed to get drained out every year😂

Please make a video regarding pool covers

thank you so much, freaking Leslie asked me to buy $500 worth of chemical to clean my pool for the same green algae🙃

We have a pool and needs maintenance, I'm, going to help my brother to keep it clean per your video. Thanks. it was very heplful.

If you cut the test strips right down the middle you can double the amount of strips you have for free.

Thats a lot of work for a pool..

Thanks your good video for me first time own the pool learn some. Can I ask you my pool have some yellow on the wall , step and on spas, so Do I put the liquid chlorine and let the pump run it and how long should let the pump run and what speed or gallon minute to set the pump for effective. Wait your response thanks again.

Sir I can do swimming pool cleaning, do you have a swimming pool cleaning job for me? Please help me I am in dire need of work I am a very poor man may Allah reward you well.

Mine did the opposite, was a cloudy blueish turned yellow green

I have an above ground pool but I do hate when I open up the cover and it looks like green jello XD.

If your pool store trys to sell you everything under the sun, find a new pool store.

I take my sample in, they test it, show me the results and let me decide what I want to buy or not buy. Find yourself a pool store that does that!

What's the reasonable price of the job,cuz I don't know if the who cleans my pool charge me a good price

Your totally full of s__t we are on out third round of vertex 2 gallons and now an additional 20 oz algicide on a 15000 gal pool just like your before pic. Not to mention scrubbing flushing the filter each time and adding maintenance chemicals. Don’t post these things if you do not know from what the f__k you are referring?

great job! like your video, really want to cooperate with u, can i get your contact plz?

One of the best video here yet.

My father was in charge of our family pool. He passed away in January and we are in charge of helping our mom open the pool this season. Thanks for your amazing videos. From Massachusetts...

Would you ever recommend doing a saltwater pool

Hey man great video. I have all dead algea at the bottom of my pool. I been vaccuming but it’s very tedious . Your saying all i need to do is brush it? Add some liquid chlorine and run the filter?? And it will clear it all up?

The chlorine bottle itself----if you read it---will say to first adjust alkalinity and pH. Before you add the chlorine. Not a huge issue, but your chlorine will be more effective if pH and alkalinity are in the proper ranges. Usually at open they are far from it.

I like to triple shock with Calcium Hypochlorite (60%+) when the pool is green. I mix it in a bucket with water slowly. It's the strongest Chlorine. Be careful. 1) Circulation: Run 24/7 clean filter daily 2) Clean: Scrub walls and floor daily, skim. Vacuum, to waste if you can. 3) Balance pH and Alkalinity 4) Nuke it at night so the sun can't steal your chlorine. In the morning if it's clowdy blue, you can add Clarifier if you want. Repeat at night if it's still green.

Great video except the advice on test strips. I've compared exactly those strips with carefully done Taylor K2006 tests numerous times. For chlorine they're in the ballpark. (That's why I keep the strips around: a sanity check when there's no reason to suspect chlorine is low.) For hardness and TA they're iffy. For CYA they're just about meaningless.

Of course this is for my pool. Ymmv.

What pool pole do you use?

Wait 24 hours atleast before any chemicals. Also If you have a liner pool don't just shock. It's hard on the liner and shortens the life iof it

The green is just algie. That type of cover allows light through. Also easier to take it off if you fold it seem to seem and leave the springs attached until you fold to them. Keep the cover from going in the water so much like that. Do this for a living

i was told to pour the chlorine at night so the sun UV doesn't eat up the particles, so we just did that this evening. I did get Regal Ultra 60 for algaecide too, but next time I will just try bleach first...
Oh and I guess we are brushing the bottom of the pool tomorrow morning as we definitely didn't do that lol!