October 30, 2009
Where to save money maintaining your own pool and where not to
Self maintenance of a swimming pool is really very simple and helps save a lot of money.Poor maintenance can mean expensive breakages in equipment and always means you have to spend more on chemicals.
Follow instructions carefully, especially with pool chemicals, this means a more economical pool but not a less safe one.
Problems that are difficult to repair and usually costly will be avoided with good maintenance. The high cost of professional pool cleaners can be saved with simple good pool maintenance.
Saving on Chemicals?
You should not try to save in the area of pool chemicals. Remember:It costs more in the long run when your pool is unsanitary. You will need a lot of expensive chemicals and procedures to bring your pool back to acceptable levels.
Safety
Be careful if you administer the chemicals yourself when handling pool chlorine products. The thinned form is safe but the concentrated form is toxic.
Never mix swimming pool chemicals with any other chemical product. A fire or explosion could be the result.
Chlorine
Be sure to dissolve granular chlorine in water before adding it to your pool. Also, add the chlorine to the water not the water to chlorine and maintain all these pool chemicals away from children. Automatic dispensers will add chlorine to keep the right balance and be less work. Your chlorine level should be at 1 to 3 parts per million steadily. During the warm weather you can take your pool water to a pool depot every week and have it tested for balance of the ph and alkaline.
Save money with cleaning
The best place you can save money is in the cleaning of your pool. The leaves and debris on the top can be skimmed weekly as well as vacuuming the sides and bottom. Skimming can be done everyday. Hygienic tiles, cement and fixtures need brushing. For cement as well as tiles PVC brushes are good even though they cost more because they last a lot longer.
Take Lessons
To learn how to use a pool test kit to test ph balance, amount of chlorine, bromide, acid and alkalinity there are courses available if they are convenient for you or you can go online to learn timely pool cleaning.
Summary
For the maintenance of your pool routine cleaning, vacuuming and skimming, filter changing and checking the ph alkaline balance are the principal things you can do to save money.
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