As a swimming pool owner if you want a pool that sparkles like a diamond basking in the desert sun, there's three things you must know about proper swimming pool maintenance.
In this article I'm going to break down each of these essential points and explain why they're so important.
Swimming Pool Maintenance Success Tip #1: Water Circulation. Think of your pool as a big bucket of water. Without adequate circulation and water movement it quickly becomes a safe haven for bacteria and algae.
Without proper circulation any chemicals added to the water essentially because meaningless. Anything you add to the water isn't circulated, which in turn, causes your free chlorine levels to quickly become depleted, your pH levels get elevated as well as your Total Alkalinity levels. These are the 3 most important items to manage and if they get out of whack, that causes a spiral reaction and it's never pretty.
If you don't winterize your pool, run your equipment for 6 hours during the off season (when it's too cold to swim) and 8-10 hours during the summer months. As a general rule of thumb, you want your pool to cycle all of the water at least one time during the swimming season. …show more content…
Inside your filter dome, you have filter grids. These need to be removed and hosed down with a high pressure water hose. If you have a pressure washer you can also use a good degreasing agent and mix it with the water. Use a very mild solution like 4 parts water to one part cleaner. I'm generally not a fan of getting a DE filter cleaning product from the larger pool supply retailers as the pricing is astronomical and you likely have something that will work just fine under your kitchen sink right now. You can also use a mild muriatic acid mix (3 parts water to 1 part muriatic acid) as well as your dishwashing detergent (just be sure to thoroughly rinse the grids to ensure there's no detergent residue when you've completed the
In this article I'm going to break down each of these essential points and explain why they're so important.
Swimming Pool Maintenance Success Tip #1: Water Circulation. Think of your pool as a big bucket of water. Without adequate circulation and water movement it quickly becomes a safe haven for bacteria and algae.
Without proper circulation any chemicals added to the water essentially because meaningless. Anything you add to the water isn't circulated, which in turn, causes your free chlorine levels to quickly become depleted, your pH levels get elevated as well as your Total Alkalinity levels. These are the 3 most important items to manage and if they get out of whack, that causes a spiral reaction and it's never pretty.
If you don't winterize your pool, run your equipment for 6 hours during the off season (when it's too cold to swim) and 8-10 hours during the summer months. As a general rule of thumb, you want your pool to cycle all of the water at least one time during the swimming season. …show more content…
Inside your filter dome, you have filter grids. These need to be removed and hosed down with a high pressure water hose. If you have a pressure washer you can also use a good degreasing agent and mix it with the water. Use a very mild solution like 4 parts water to one part cleaner. I'm generally not a fan of getting a DE filter cleaning product from the larger pool supply retailers as the pricing is astronomical and you likely have something that will work just fine under your kitchen sink right now. You can also use a mild muriatic acid mix (3 parts water to 1 part muriatic acid) as well as your dishwashing detergent (just be sure to thoroughly rinse the grids to ensure there's no detergent residue when you've completed the