Clean Your Pool Yourself With These Tips

By Marcus Ryan


Pool season arrives and with it comes the good weather, sunbathing and also a daunting task, maintaining pools. If you want to learn to do it yourself takes note of these tips. During winter there are communities that do not allow empty pools. Therefore, depending on where you live, find out what standard applies in your pool. If the pool has been empty during the winter, the first thing is to check for cracks or repairs by dislodged tiles, and fix them. It is therefore advisable to use epoxy putty adhesive even with high water contact properties.

Depending on what type of pool system you have you can use a brush or cleaning chemicals to get the job done. However, be sure that you never use any type of soap products because it can result in reactive effects with other chemicals in the pool.

Before you decide to fill the pool back up again be sure that you check the filter and whatever water treatment system you have in place. The pump and filters should be left in circulation for at least 24 hours to make sure the water is truly safe. Take this opportunity to check or maintain your filter properly or contacting a local specialist to make sure your filter lasts for many years.

One effective method to maintain a pool free from bacteria or viruses in the water is using chemical treatments like chlorine tablets. You can buy them at any pool supply store and they are essential to keep your friends and family safe in the pool. If the pool has received excessive use during the summer time be sure to increase the number of tablets use and it can also be added a bit extra if it rains.

During the bathing season it may be necessary to add flocculant to remove organic matter trapped on the filter. You may want to add defoamers to lower the concentration of algaecide or residues of sunscreens. We hope these tips are of great value to you.




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