If you
decide it’s time to introduce a pool into your life, either by moving into a
new house which already has one or building your own pool in the backyard, the
best maintenance advice for your pool we can give is you being well-educated.
That’s basically half of the effort that needs to be put into maintaining your
pool and keeping it up and running.
What Does Pool Maintenance Entail: The Basics
The first thing you need to know is
what type of pool you are dealing with. It might sound irrelevant, but it
actually helps to be well-informed about
the model, the time it was built, maybe info on some particular issues or
certain specific details from previous owners, such as when
was their last maintenance
appointment, if you are moving into a home that has one.
Terminology is also important. Being
familiar with the type of language used when people talk about pool stuff, the slang even. Do a research, read
some articles on expert blogs such as http://www.payanpools.com/, talk to
people and ask them about experiences they had and problems they faced, in
other words, make sure you are well
prepared to tackle any potential issue ahead of time so that you can have more
time to spend enjoying the pool.
How to Keep Your Pool in Shape
Now that we’ve scratched the surface
it’s time to move on to maintenance and
talk a little about the best and most efficient way of keeping your pool
‘’healthy’’. There are three things required to do the job right: circulation, the
balance of chemistry and sanitation
Circulation
Just as good ventilation is a need for any type of room, the same thing could
be said for a pool and its circulation of water.
Circulation is very important and
probably the biggest part of maintenance process and what keeps the pool clean.
It will prevent algae or cloudy water from forming and overall make it easier
for you to deal with any smaller outer elements and debris that might fall in.
If you can afford it, the best way
to have circulation active at all times is to have your pool pump working
constantly. What you can do to balance your costs is to get yourself a variable
speed pump. That’s a useful piece of hardware because the speed and therefore
electricity costs are adjusted according to what operation is currently
undergoing.
Whether it’s just a standard
filtering for witch a lower speed is sufficient, or higher speed if you plan on
cleaning the water and running chemicals.
Pool Cleaning
Now we’ve finally reached the
cleaning part. It is safe to say that we’ve basically covered this topic for
the most part when we were talking about circulation.
It really does play a big role if
you want your pool to be constantly on a high level of cleanliness, but still,
relying on circulation alone is never enough, sometimes
it requires actual manual labor from your side in terms of vacuuming, brushing
and skimming the pool. Sometimes you get leaves, mud from footwear, dirt in
general which has to be removed manually in order for the pool to function properly.
Pool Water Chemistry
The next thing we will talk about is
the chemistry. A lot of people find this part of maintenance to be very
confusing and something that only a true expert would understand and apply
correctly. It is not that big of a deal in reality. You need to pay attention
to a few major chemicals and the rest is pretty easily manageable.
Before you apply any chemical first
you need to test the water, there are kits you can use which would do that work
for you, they would measure things like Free or Total Chlorine,pH, Bromine,
Hardness, Alkalinity, and Cyanuric Acid. If you don’t feel comfortable doing it
yourself, you can always take a water sample to a local store and have a
professional test it for you, but these kits are pretty user-friendly and save precious time.
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