It's great to have a pool in the backyard of your home where you can host parties, adopt a fitness routine and spend your afternoons. However, with a pool comes the responsibility of its maintenance. If you can't follow a maintenance schedule, your pool may have different types of issues, such as the accumulation of algae, broken filters and green water, to name a few. Given below are a few pool maintenance tips that you may want to consider.
1. Skimming and Scrubbing
First of all, make it a habit to remove the debris and leaves from the water surface. Ideally, you may want to do it on a daily basis. Moreover, if you can afford to spend a bit of money, you can invest in a good robot vacuum to remove unwanted stuff from the bottom as well.
Apart from skimming, make sure you clean the sides to prevent the accumulation of algae. You don't have to do it every day. Generally, you can do it once per week. You can use a scrubber to get rid of the algae.
2. The Filter
The role of your kidneys is to help your body get rid of impurities. In the same way, the filter in your pool removes different types of impurities, such as small toys, leaves and dirt, just to name a few.
Mostly, you can clean the pool by removing the cap of the filter. But it's better to clean the basket of the filter at least once in 7 days. You also need to clean the pipes of the filter system. All you need to do is clean the leaf basket.
3. Chemical Levels
As far as pool maintenance is concerned, taking care of the chemical levels is really important. If the pool water is not balanced properly, it will look murky. Moreover, it will irritate your eyes and skin. Over time, bacteria will multiply in the pool, which you may not want to see happen.
It's a good idea to test the pool water a minimum of once per week. Ideally, you want to consider 6 chemical levels namely acidity/alkalinity, free chlorine, calcium hardness, total alkalinity and cyanuric Acid.
You can test the water without any problem. All you need to do is purchase a couple of test kits from your nearby pool store.
Once the chemicals are balanced, your pool water will be clear and free of scent.
4. Cost of the Chemicals
It's true that the price of pool chemicals is high. According to most of pool stores, you can make use of sodium bicarbonate in order to have a control over the alkalinity of the water. And this can be done without effecting the PH levels.
You can get the job done using the sodium bicarbonate by spending a small amount of money. Actually, sodium bicarbonate is included in most baking soda products.
So, if you are going to clean your pool, make sure you follow the tips given in this short article.
