Cassi Creek:
Make that
sweep down north to south. The pool was
opened last week, on the 22nd.
The decision was to run it this year using only a solar blanket for heat
as the propane heater’s exchanger had developed serious leaks just before we
closed it for the winter. Best estimates
for a new heat exchanger came it at ca. $1500.
Too rich for our blood this year.
On the 22nd,
we discovered the availability of a used heater with an intact heat
exchanger. We’re currently waiting for
it to arrive and to be installed.
In the
interim, I’ve spent about an hour most days sweeping the pool down and trying
to remove as much detritus and just plain dirt, along with the algae that built
up over the winter by back flushing it out of the sand filter. There’s every possibility that the sand will
need replacing this summer.
Yesterday we
noticed that the pool was nearly clear.
Today it is much more evident. Last
week we had two days of thunderstorms to keep the water level up in the right
range. This week I’ve added water yesterday
and today. It’s well water, not the best
for the pool chemistry and we don’t want to take the water level in the well
too low.
Such is the
plan of the day.
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