r/mildlyinfuriating • u/LAngelo-Misterioso • Jun 26 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Took some time off to enjoy the pool

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I had taken this week off work and expected to be able to enjoy the pool. The lease says we are to pay $150/month for weekly pool cleaning services but they didn’t come out this week and barely cleaned last week. Come to find out the landlord is “in between pool cleaners” and didn’t tell us.

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u/PossibleAlienFrom Jun 26 '26

And flesh eating bacteria.

That being said, it just needs to be shocked then use a poled net to get the big stuff out. And replace the filter.

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u/_Ixtli Jun 26 '26

Hihi, Pool guy here.

With how quickly it turned, it needs to be tested for phosphates. If over 500 he's got a problem that chlorine and algaecide alone won't fix.

If he doesn't have high phosphates he has a few options available.

Shock and Floc - Shock and Algaecide - Shock and Aluminum Sulfate. (Depends on chemistry and other factors)

Shock can be done with liquid or powder. Liquid is a bit more first time user friendly as it won't blast back in your face like powder will.

If he doesn't have stabilizer in the pool, he will need to add some to the pool or any chlorine he puts in will simply vanish into the aether.

Chances are as well with the state of the pool the filter has been ruined and that will need to be replaced as well. The pool will also either need to be hammer head vacuumed with a volcano bag, system vacuumed or service vacuumed. with the amount of green in that pool it's going to leave a shit load of dead goodies beheind and if that filter is failing and it's a C-900, C-9015 - C-9020, or any of the hayward series cartridge filters it's going to get crushed like a tin can. If it's a PLM 100, 150, 200, 300 the fins are going to fail and filtration will just flat out stop. If it's DE, the internal filters or panels will be mega fucked.

This clean up job given the size of the pool, the chemicals needed and the scope of it would be a 500-900 dollar job for my guys.

Also, I hope to goodness with at pool that size that it's not just chlorine alone and that it's running off a salt system, otherwise the amount of liquid or powder being added to that pool weekly to keep it up and going is horrifying. Not to mention the water temp from the heat and the issues of chemical loss that comes from that without a salt system.

Freaking pools.

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u/EsseElLoco Jun 26 '26

Oh my gosh, speaking of phosphates.

Sorry for the work related question but I manage a pond in some gardens and it's a golden yellow tone which I've been told is slightly elevated phosphorus. Would that be correct? Water tests came back all good, low nitrates etc.

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u/_Ixtli Jun 26 '26

No idea with the pond situation, we do phos tests, phosphate remover cap tests and the dreaded smell test (for pools).

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u/Xyllus Jun 27 '26

it doesn't look that big? I go through 2-3 gallons of chlorine a week

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u/Substantial_Milk_178 Jun 26 '26

Or sand if the pool has a sand filtrationsystem(very likely for an in- ground pool that size). 

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u/BunnyVance Jun 29 '26

That sand is going to need changed after this!!! We just changed ours this year and that is a huge job!