brookseisj714-blog

[brookseisj714-blog]

Prepare Your Pool For Warmer Weather

"As a pool prefessional I get asked a great deal of concerns. Here is a quick list of this seasons most popular concerns.

Dealing With New Water

Something many people don't comprehend is that tap water is not swimming pool water. To make faucet water into pool water, modifications need to be made to the alkalinity and calcium firmness. Metals and minerals in the water should be sequestered. Stabilizer needs to be added so your chlorine will remain in the swimming pool. Lastly, the Ph is actively handled and sanitizer (chlorine) is included. If, while including water, the pool is overflowed, all the brand-new water MUST be treated. Likewise, if the pool is over drained pipes and refilled, the water MUST be dealt with. Not doing so can result in staining and damage to the plaster, damage to the equipment, algae growth and hazardous swimming conditions. This should be attended to at any time 12 or more inches of water is changed.

Pet dogs In Pools

People ask all the time if it is OK for their canine to swim in the pool. The response is yes. Nevertheless, you ought to expect the swimming pool to require more attention, more chemicals and more filter cleanings. DO NOT let your pet dog swim after playing in the ocean, lake, river, creek, etc. Those waters are filled with things that we do not want in our pools. Likewise, do not let your pet dog swim to clean off soap after a bath. Soaps and detergents can include phosphates to the swimming pool and trigger unmanageable algae growth.

Valve Settings with Cleaners

If you don't know what the valves do, have a pool man out to identify them for you.

In an effort to speed up the cleaner, in some cases individuals will alter the valve to be ""all cleaner"". This is never okay. Neither the cleaner nor the pipes are developed for it.

Filters

Filters need to be cleaned frequently. Under normal situations, for every single 100 square feet of filter, you will get one month in between cleanings. For instance, if you have a 300. filter, it needs to be cleaned up every 3 months. They need to NEVER be pressure washed. In the most desperate of situations, only a professional must try pressure cleaning. When cleaning up the filters, use a tube nozzle with a strong, single beam of water. If you are not utilizing a great hose pipe nozzle, you are not getting a good cleaning.

You will also require to replace the filters. For every single 100. of filter you will get 1 year of life span. The very same 300. system will last 3 years. Going beyond the life expectancy will cause concerns such as bad water clearness, heavy chemical needs, algae growth and damaged internal parts.

DE filters are various than explained above and will not be resolved here as Elk Grove Pools does not service DE systems.

Draining Pools

Draining a swimming pool can cause major concerns. The pool can ""float"" out of the ground, plaster can delaminate, gaskets and o-rings dry. Plus, when you fill up with fresh water it will need a complete new water launch, $$$. We never advise draining.

Instead, we water swap. This is where a sump pump is put on the very first or 2nd step to get rid of 6 to 8 inches of water at a time, while a tube remains in the bottom of the deep end including the brand-new water. This process is longer and more costly, however does not carry any of the draining threats.

Solar Blankets

Solar blankets are utilized to assist warm the swimming pool. If you have one, follow these guidelines.

Don't enable water to pond on the surface. It will grow algae or germs and ultimately enter the pool. Put the cover away if it is going to rain. While swimming pools can handle the slow everyday build-up of dust and dirt and stuff, having a good downpour clean a months worth of debris in can't be dealt with.

If you have a chlorine floater, put it next to the skimmer. This helps distribute chlorine better and is much easier to get to.

Salt Water Pools

Here is the short version of my tirade versus chlorine generators:

If you want soft water, simply include some salt. That is the only part of the sales pitch that holds true. Everything else they tell you is deceptive or a flat out lie. You do not need or want a chlorine generator. It is costly, only works half of the year (so you add chlorine the other half), produces a huge acid demand, requires regular cleansing (with acid), lasts about 4 all this magical device does is make the exact same chlorine that you could have received from an $8.00 floater and a tablet.

Also, not all equipment is ranked compatible with seawater, the concrete around the swimming pool is not going to like the salt and the landscaping won't either.

Phosphates

Phosphates are the common component in fertilizer. Considering that algae is a plant, high levels will promote robust algae development. Indicators of this problem are green algae on walls, however not in the water, algae accumulation on the cleaner and its hoses, huge consumption of chemicals and quick return of algae after shocking and brushing.

There are a lot of methods in which phosphates are presented to the swimming pool to list here, but a few of them are: dead skin cells, decomposing plant (leaves), bird droppings, yard fertilizer (carried in by feet or inadvertently transmitted into pool), landscape overflow, any soap/ cleanser, bubbles or just from dirt and dust in the air. If trees or plants grow over or into a pool there will constantly be a problem with phosphates.

Treatment is complicated and can easily cost $150.00 or more. Repeat culprits will desire to utilize a regular monthly maintenance dose instead of waiting for problems to establish."