It doesn’t matter where you live or how much you use the pool on your property, it is essential that you are making pool maintenance a part of your backyard living when you have a pool. Maintenance is going to involve the water chemistry, cleaning the pool and maintaining the equipment. This is essential for anyone that has a pool on their property. If you don’t know what you need to do to care for a pool, you need to inform yourself before you make the decision to have a pool installed in your backyard. Metropolitan Pools is here to talk about some of the basics in pool maintenance so that those who are new to owning their own pool know what needs to be done to keep them a safe place to swim.
Pool Maintenance Schedule
When it comes to maintaining your pool, you might want to consider making a pool maintenance schedule to ensure that you don’t forget to do any of the maintenance required to keep your pool nice.
– Weekly: Part of your weekly maintenance is going to include testing the chemistry of the water in your pool. During this process, you will also want to check the water for any signs of algae growth or debris. You can use a pool skimmer to remove any debris that you see floating around in your pool. You will also want to check the pool filter pressure. If needed, you may need to backwash.
– Monthly: On a monthly basis, you will need to continue to test and balance the water. This is also a great time to change the pool filter. This needs to be done often to keep the water filtered. You need to check your pump and filter to make sure that they are functioning property as well. Once a month, you will also want to check all of your pool equipment including ladders, diving boards, handrails and more.
Test Your Water Often
One thing that is essential for pool owners to to test the water to ensure the chemistry is just right. It might need to be balanced from time to time. Using test strips is the easiest way to do this. There will be colors on the strips as well as the bottle that will help you understand if the water is safe for swimming or if you need to make some adjustments. You want to make sure the pH of your pool is 7.2. If you are higher than this, your water is alkaline, lower is considered acidic. You can adjust the pH with different chemicals.
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If you have a pool and feel overwhelmed with maintaining it, you can turn to Metropolitan Pools to help you keep it all balanced. We will ensure the water and equipment are just right so that your pool is ready for guests and pool parties at any given time. Call us today!