The chemical balance in the pool went haywire, pool changed water colour from luminous red tinged glow (too much acid) to murky green (too much chlorine) and then back to blue again but we had already decided to change the water and take the chance to get a bit of maintenance done...namely,.......re-grout the tiles and to replace one of the lights wall bracket that "mysteriously" (kids using it as an unofficial springboard is our best guess......) broke.
Draining the pool was slightly tricky because we have a submersible pump to pump out groundwater and this needed to be balanced with decreasing water content in the pool.....then also because 28 m3 (my guess) was introduced into the water run off drain and it started to back up later in the process, anyway after a day or so it was done.
Bracket changed, re-grouting took place and then re-filling, all took 4 or 5 days and we had a "new" swimming pool party Sunday 21st Feb, water was bracing to say the least, kids dodged it, me and Arnel were the main swimmers it was re-freshing.
Job cost a few quid in repairs, grout, labour and water, but every 2 years or so not too bad.
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