Q:

I have an existing fiberglass lined pool. If I got one of your systems would I have to drain it and start over or would your system remove all the bad stuff already in there over time? Also does the system take care of itself in a freshly filled pool? I know when we started over a few years ago it was a real pain to get the chemistry balanced.

 
A: Fiberglass as a rule is the easiest system for Ecosmarte, provided the pool does not have a cartridge filter which is incompatible with all surfaces and Ecosmarte. The cartridge requires daily chemical to function properly and even when clean or new will not remove a skin or blood cell from the pool in the absence of a chemical shock. The only time an Ecosmarte pool startup requires draining is when a saltwater chlorine generator or bromine sanitizer (which is also heavy in salt content) has been used. Sodium is worse for people and the environment than chlorine, I might add.

 In the vast majority of pools the chlorine is simply replaced by the daily oxygen and the main copper residual is ionized into the pool the first two days and in a weekly or every other week basis depending on the weekly water test for ph and copper. We will oxygenate out the total chlorine in three or four days and de-scale it out of the pool plumbing the first three weeks. Worst case the pool requires more ph down the first two or three weeks and by the third day you are swimming in bottled water from a wetter water standpoint and by the third week the results are measurable from a lab standpoint. You will love the water with this system and it is easier than the chemical systems available.