ClownCausedChaos2
Footballguy
Our kids are a little older now and have reached the age where they have outgrown the inflatable pools that can be blown up every weekend. Mrs. Chaos and I decided that we would get one of those seasonal 12' x 30" metal frame pools this summer. I've never owned a pool. We never had a pool as I kid. I've never taken care of a pool. It sucks.
Maintaining this thing is a pain is the ###. Skimming it, covering it, uncovering it....that's the easy stuff. The expensive chemicals....Having to balance the pH, the chlorine, the hardness (huh?), alkalinity....What the hell is this stuff? We had a few days of hard rain and guess what? The pool turned green...like, Secret of the Ooze green. Back to the store for more expensive chemicals. Shock the pool, now the chlorine is too high. Gotta get that between 1 and 4! Once that settles down, its in with the algae killer. But only if the pH is between 7.2 and 7.6! Good thing I bought pH Up and pH Down!
This whole "owning a pool" thing is like one big, expensive chemistry experiment. To hell with these things.
Maintaining this thing is a pain is the ###. Skimming it, covering it, uncovering it....that's the easy stuff. The expensive chemicals....Having to balance the pH, the chlorine, the hardness (huh?), alkalinity....What the hell is this stuff? We had a few days of hard rain and guess what? The pool turned green...like, Secret of the Ooze green. Back to the store for more expensive chemicals. Shock the pool, now the chlorine is too high. Gotta get that between 1 and 4! Once that settles down, its in with the algae killer. But only if the pH is between 7.2 and 7.6! Good thing I bought pH Up and pH Down!
This whole "owning a pool" thing is like one big, expensive chemistry experiment. To hell with these things.
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