General Tips
Circulation of the water is the first of
the 5 Steps to pool care. Without proper circulation your pool will be difficult
to maintain and you will never achieve the best possible water quality.
Good circulation will ensure the proper
distribution of water throughout the pool. Watch out for dead spots, areas of
poor circulation - corners or behind pool steps for example, and
take care of these when
For the other key steps, use the
following 5 steps
Run your filter pump for a minimum of 8-hours a day, 7-days
a week, the longer you run your pump the better the water quality you will
achieve.
Ensure the inlets that return the filtered water to the
pool are pointing down towards the floor at an angle of 30% to _45%°.
Inlets pointed toward the surface create a nice ripple effect but are not good
for circulation.
Keep your pump and skimmer strainer baskets free of debris
by regular checks and emptying and cleaning as required.
Backwash your filter once a week, as the filter the
pressure within the tank builds up and flow collects debris diminishes.
Backwashing the filter will remove the debris collected in the sand and as a
consequence improve the circulation
STEP
TWO-Filtration
The second key to good pool water management is effective
filtration. The job of the filter is to remove large and small suspended matter
from the water and without an efficient filtration system no amount of chemicals
will make the water sparkle
There are three types of filter used on residential
swimming pools - diatomaceous earth, cartridge and sand; by far the most common type
used is sand. Sand filters come in different sizes and your filter will
have been selected to suit the size of your pool. Typically your pump and filter
combination will have been sized to give a pool water turnover period of 6-8
hours, which is why you should run your pump for a minimum of 8 hours per day, 7
days per week.
Specially graded silica sand is the media used to fill your filter and although
this will last for years it will become dirty due to grease deposits, which the
weekly backwash will not remove. The other thing that can impair the
effectiveness of your sand filter is calcium deposits that bind the sand
together effectively turning it into sandstone.
Backwash your filter once a week to remove the debris that has been become
lodged within the sand bed.
STEP
THREE-Cleaning
Brushing the walls and floor, vacuuming the floor and
removing debris from the water surface are all necessary parts of pool
maintenance, but these tasks need not be arduous and if done weekly should only
take a few minutes.
Cleaning around the pool's waterline is another task that
can be achieved very quickly when done regularly. The waterline is the area where
grease deposits can accumulate, which in turn makes debris stick to the walls.
This debris provides a source of food for bacteria and algae to grow in. Regular
cleaning off the Wall will prevent these problems.
Although out of sight the other thing that should be chemically cleaned at
least once a season is your filter media.
When cleaning the pool do not just look at the pool tank itself; consider the
areas around the pool as well. If there is debris surrounding the pool it will
be washed into the water by rain or walked in by bathers making their way in for
a swim.
Keep your pump and skimmer strainer baskets free of debris by regular checks and
emptying and cleaning as required.
STEP
FOUR-Testing
Regularly testing your pool water is vital to ensure that
the water is safe for bathers to use. In an ideal world pool water would be
tested on a daily basis and certainly if you are a new pool owner we would
recommend this. As a guide testing disinfectant and pH levels twice a week
when the pool is being used is an absolute minimum requirement.
Water testing can take as little as a minute using the our
Test Strips.
Our Test Strips is a quick and easy way to test your pool water, these test
strips will check for free chlorine, pH and total alkalinity. Simply dip a strip
into your pool water, remove immediately, wait 15 seconds and compare the colour
pads on the strip with the standards printed on the bottle.
STEP
FIVE-Chemistry
We at Clearpools believe that pool water treatment should
be easy and not consume a lot of your leisure time, it is on this basis that our
product range and systems have been developed.
All of our engineers have been extensively trained to help
you in your quest for the perfect pool conditions with just a few minutes work
each week. Yes, this dream is now possible if you follow a few simple rules! Our
system is straightforward and consists of:
TESTING TIPS
All our products work together to give you a perfect pool
and our trained, professional pool engineers can offer you advice and technical
support that you will not find just anywhere.
Your pool water should always be sparkling; clear and
comfortable to bathe in, do not settle for anything less. To achieve this
there are a number of water tests that should be carried out on a monthly basis.
We offer a full water analysis service free of charge to
our pool owning customers and we would highly recommend that you take full
advantage of this valuable service.
The best way to avoid problems is to test your pool water a
minimum of twice a week, react to the readings you get and adjust chemical
levels as necessary
We at Clearpools firmly believe that prevention of problems
is far better than having to repeatedly solve them. This is time consuming
and costly not to mention inconvenient to those who want to use the pool.
Safety
Dispose of empty chemical containers after
rinsing them out in the pool.
Do not use electrical appliances near the
pool.
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