Draining And Cleaning A Gunite Pool

Start draining the pool.

Draining and cleaning a gunite pool.

This pool is permanent and has cement sides built directly into the ground. However in order to get rid of all of the water a pump is needed. The pool itself will have a drain and filter that will partially drain the pool. Inground pools made of concrete or gunite are susceptible to popping out of the ground if drainage is not done properly.

However if you live in an area that is extremely wet or has recently experienced heavy rains you may be better off hiring a. As the pool is draining clean out any debris or leaves that may still be floating around. Scrub the pool walls with your scrubbing utensil. Do not drain a pool if it has rained recently the pool can float up big problem with spas.

Rent a submersible pump to drain 70 to rent at a pool store. This is not something that you can practice all of the time as it involves a purposeful stripping of a thin layer of pool plaster. Acid wash your pool. Once empty physically remove debris with shovels and brooms using hose with power nozzle to wash dirt to the puddle.

In general draining this type of pool is the trickiest. You ll need to maintain the chemical balance throughout the winter apply pool shock and algaecide thoroughly clean pump and filter drain water to the recommended level drain pool hoses and cover the pool. If permanent stains do develop you can drain your pool water and acid wash your pool if it has a plaster liner. Leave the pool unattended for about 15 minutes.

If there has been a surplus of rain recently or your pool is located in a wet area it is best not to try and drain the pool yourself at all. In a clean 2 gallon 7 6 l bucket mix 1 4 cup tsp trisodium phosphate. You can try to find an ascorbic acid cleaner at a local pool store and use it to clean the stains but it cannot be mixed with chlorine so dechlorinated the pool or empty and clean it. Proceed with cleaning the entire pool with a garden hose.

Most pools are professionally whitened using acid cleaners from time to time. Methods are available that will reduce cleaning time and give you successful results when cleaning a dirty stained gunite pool. The acid decomposes all the stains into small deposits that can be easily washed away. Using a tumbler sprinkle some of the muriatic acid cleaning mixtures across the gunite pool.

This swimming pool is mostly drained for repairs. City water can stain the pool don t throw your hose on the ground of the poll and leave in the same place. Drain pool and periodically spray sides of pool to loosen dirt and grime.