Swimming Pool Chemicals – A Straightforward Manual for Keeping a Clean and Healthy Swimming Pool

By Pool Care Team, Online Pool Chemicals

 

 

Balance

Maintaining the correct equilibrium of pool chemicals in your pool is essential to a healthy pool and getting an pleasing session day after day. The pool will look and smell fresh and, really critically, bacterial and algae growth will keep to a low level, ensuring that neither you nor your pool suffer.

Starting

The first step is to ensure that the water has the right mix of chemicals when you fill. A swimming pool chemicals starter kit might be the best thing to use here to ensure you get it right from the start, and there is a large selection available on the market just like the ones we manufacture and distribute from our swimming pool and spa chemicals store.

Continuation

After this you need to make sure you test using a testing kit. This makes sure you get the right balance of chemicals

{In order to get the best from your swimming pool or spa it is critical that the water is tested on a regular basis and you ensure it is kept in a healthy state. You can do this by the regular use of pool treatment chemicals. The testing of the water may at first seem initimidating, however test kits are easy to use and can be relied on to give fast reliable results. }

The basic tests are
1.     pH
2.     Alkalinity
3.     Sanitiser (Free Chlorine or Bromine)

Other Investigations
1.     Calcium hardness
2.     Combined chlorine
3.     Copper levels

Sight [InspectionInvestigation]
1.     Check the pool water for clarity, and ensure it is clear.

To help you , you can regularly record your results and the chemical dosings you carry out.
Don’t Forget to test the water again after the addition of chemicals to ensure you have reached 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 might dive into shallow water!
* People in difficulty under the surface of thewater will not be seen!
* Foggy water is a sign that there is a problem with the treatment.

Using Sanitisers

Sanitation is the main reason for using pool chemicals. Left not properly treated, a swimming pool can become a breeding ground for bacteria and algae. The algae will damage the pool but the bacteria will make you sick!

The solution is a sanitiser like Bromine or Chlorine. You will need to ensure that the levelsare maintained all the time and the level should be checked and supplemented weekly or if needed. Don’t Forget, if you need to decrease the levels, just add more water to your pool to reduce the concentration of the chlorine. There are various choices for adding the Chlorine to your 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!

Additional Treatment

Twice a month you also need to treat your swimming pool with additional pool products to deal with the waste materials created by the Chlorine, i.e. the sterilised bacteria and algae. Most will, of course, have been removed by your filtration process but some will remain and decompose creating to unpleasant smells and skin and eye irritation. You should easily tell when this is appropriate because the water will appear , you can use clarifiers and flocculents to solve this.

When testing your pool, watch your 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 efficient pool filtration system will help you to keep your water clean and sanitary. And that is the key to an enjoyable swim every time!

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