Many believe that maintaining your garden and pool is a complex task that requires professional assistance, but this is far from the truth. With a little expert guidance and a bit of time invested over the weekend, you can save a substantial amount of money and even host fantastic outdoor summer gatherings.
Adding a swimming pool to your home can increase your property's value by a minimum of 5%. However, some mistakenly assume that maintaining a pool and garden should be a seasonal endeavour. In reality, consistent year-round maintenance makes it much easier to keep them in pristine condition.
Consider implementing the following recommendations
-The first thing you need to do is to
check the pool equipment like pump, skimmer basket, filter and pool cleaner. Listen for gurgling, look for holes and make sure everything works. If you have a pool cover be sure to remove it carefully so that any stagnant water on top of it doesn’t affect the pH of your pool. If you don’t have a pool cover, get one, as it reduces water evaporation.
-Next top up your pool and then
test the chemical balances of the water. The pH levels should be 7.2 to 7.8. The chlorine levels should be 1 to 3ppm and the alkalinity 80 to 125ppm - for an average size pool. the stabiliser should hover around 30ppm and the calcium hardness at 150 to 280ppm. These numbers may seem daunting but you can just take a jug of your pool water to your nearest pool equipment supplier and they will do the rest for you.
-Once you know your numbers,
balance your water’s pH. That may mean doing shock treatment, it may mean just adding a few sprinkles of chlorine.
Maintaining the pH balance in your pool water is important as it not only help sanitising chemicals (i.e. chlorine and bromine) to work effectively but it also decreases the chance for water problems like cloudiness and algae growth.
-Should it turn out that your pool is beyond saving in some other way then you may just need to drain it and
start from scratch again
Moreover, a sparkling pool can really brighten up your garden and gives your kids something to do other than playing online games.
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