Swimming Pool Chemicals – A Straightforward Manual to Keeping a Clean and Healthy Swimming Pool
By Pool Support Team, OnlinePoolChemicals.com
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Managing the correct proportion of pool chemicals in your pool is the key to a sanitary swimming pool and indulging in an agreeable swim time after time. Your water will look and smell clean and, really critically, bacterial and algae growth will stay at a low level, ensuring that neither you nor your pool suffer.
The initial stage is to make sure that the pool has the right mix of chemicals when you fill. A swimming pool starter kit could be the best option here to ensure you get it right from the start, and there are a wide variety available on the market just like the ones we manufacture and distribute from our pool, spa chemicals store.
Continuation
On an ongoing basis, you need a reliable pool tester to ensure that the right balance of chemicals are maintained.
{To let you get the best from your swimming pool spa or hot tub it is important that you test the water on a timetabled basis and you ensure you keep it in a healthy state. You can do this by the regular use of pool treatment chemicals. The testing of the water will at first seem initimidating, however test kits are easy to use and will give quick accurate results. }
The fundamental tests are
1. pH
2. Alkalinity
3. Sanitiser (Free Chlorine or Bromine)
Additional Investigations
1. Calcium hardness
2. Combined chlorine
3. Copper levels
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1. Check the pool water for clarity, and ensure it is clear.
It is a sensible practise to regularly note your results and the chemical dosings you carry out. Keep a note book with your test kit and chemical treatments.
Don’t Forget to retest the water after the addition of chemicals to ensure you have created the appropriate chemical levels.
Don’t Forget
* If the water is cloudy then it is not safe to swim, people cannot see the bottom and may dive into shallow water!
* Swimmers in difficulty under the water will not be visible!
* Foggy water is an indication that there is a problem with the treatment.
Sanitation is the priority reason for using pool chemicals. If not properly treated, a swimming pool can become a breeding ground for bacteria and algae. The algae can affect the pool but the bacteria will damage you!
The answer is a sanitiser like Bromine or Chlorine. You will need to ensure that the levelsare maintained at all times and levels should be checked and supplemented weekly or as needed. Don’t Forget, if you want to lower the levels, just add more water to your pool to reduce the concentration of the chlorine. There are a number of choices for delivering the Chlorine to the pool. Try using slow dissolving tablets in conjunction with a chlorinator or, alternatively, a floater. You will need to be very careful that the floater stays in your pool though!
Fortnightly you will also need to treat your swimming pool with additional products to deal with the waste by-products created by the Chlorine, i.e. the sterilised bacteria and algae. Most will, of course, have been removed by your filtration system but some will still be present and decompose creating to unpleasant smells and skin and eye irritation. You will soon know when this is necessary because the water will appear cloudy, you can use clarifiers and flocculents to sort this out.
When testing your pool, watch the ph levels. This measures the acidity in your pool. The balance needs to be kept stable to enable the Chlorine to work effectively. After that, an effective pool filtration system will help you to keep your water clean and healthy. Which is the key to an enjoyable swim every time!
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