Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Pool reminder Tip
In the summer heavy pool usage + hot weather will use up the sanitizer much faster. Keep it balanced so the chlorine will last as long as possible. If it rains heavily, my pool usually needs soda thrown in the next day. If I didn't keep this balanced (ph and alkalinity), my chlorine would fade out to nothing in no time. I have never bought alkalinity increaser--just use the baking soda that I buy in 12 lb bags at Sams Club. We probably buy 3-4 bags per summer to maintain. We buy grandulated chlorine one time every two yrs in a 50 lb tub. I noticed Sams sells this now--also has algae preventative in it. Not sure about needing that. Scroll to my other posts and you will see a link for Seaclear--the product that we have used successfully for many years and never have had a problem since then.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Schedule for Maintaining your own pool year round
CHEAP WAY TO MAINTAIN A SPARKLING CLEAR POOL
Since we have learned to maintain pool balance, our pool has stayed in good shape. I'm talking about year round for the past eight years. Here is the order of maintaining during the spring, summer and fall:
When your water begins to look a little murky in the glass tube attached to your filter, then it is time to
1. BACKWASH then rinse
2. Adjust/raise ph if necessary by adding baking soda (we buy ours at Sams)--most of the time after a big rainfall, I notice that the ph and alkalinity gets low
3. Add granular chlorine 3-5 lbs to oxygenate the water and clean it
4. If it is the beginning of the pool season, this is a good time to add the liquid algaecide directly to the pool. We didn't buy the algaecide from just any store--we ordered it from http://www.spadepot.com/ . It is the brand SeaClear. We also get our clarifier there. We tried all kinds of algaecides from pool places and Walmart--like for mustard algae, black algae--all that--back when we were in the black lagoon mode--none worked for us--but keep in mind that the ORDER that you do things is very important, and I may not have known that back then.
5. Add 4 or so chlorine tablets to chlorinater
6. Then next day add some clarifier directly to pool
Now we only add algaecide once a year even though the product says apply every 3 months--everything is still great--but we do keep our pool clean year round.
WINTER water MAINTENANCE:
Turn the pump on a few hrs a day to keep debris to a minimum
When below freezing always keep turned on.
Add chlorine tablets monthly. I do not have to shock unless the winter months are above 60 degrees for an extended period. (hasn't happened yet, but with this weather...)
REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY A GUIDELINE BECAUSE EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME WEATHER OR FOLIAGE AROUND THEIR POOL. BUT I DO KNOW THAT KEEPING IT CLEAN YEAR ROUND IS WHAT WORKS FOR US AS WELL AS THE PREVENTATIVE ALGAECIDE.
Since we have learned to maintain pool balance, our pool has stayed in good shape. I'm talking about year round for the past eight years. Here is the order of maintaining during the spring, summer and fall:
When your water begins to look a little murky in the glass tube attached to your filter, then it is time to
1. BACKWASH then rinse
2. Adjust/raise ph if necessary by adding baking soda (we buy ours at Sams)--most of the time after a big rainfall, I notice that the ph and alkalinity gets low
3. Add granular chlorine 3-5 lbs to oxygenate the water and clean it
4. If it is the beginning of the pool season, this is a good time to add the liquid algaecide directly to the pool. We didn't buy the algaecide from just any store--we ordered it from http://www.spadepot.com/ . It is the brand SeaClear. We also get our clarifier there. We tried all kinds of algaecides from pool places and Walmart--like for mustard algae, black algae--all that--back when we were in the black lagoon mode--none worked for us--but keep in mind that the ORDER that you do things is very important, and I may not have known that back then.
5. Add 4 or so chlorine tablets to chlorinater
6. Then next day add some clarifier directly to pool
Now we only add algaecide once a year even though the product says apply every 3 months--everything is still great--but we do keep our pool clean year round.
WINTER water MAINTENANCE:
Turn the pump on a few hrs a day to keep debris to a minimum
When below freezing always keep turned on.
Add chlorine tablets monthly. I do not have to shock unless the winter months are above 60 degrees for an extended period. (hasn't happened yet, but with this weather...)
REMEMBER THIS IS ONLY A GUIDELINE BECAUSE EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME WEATHER OR FOLIAGE AROUND THEIR POOL. BUT I DO KNOW THAT KEEPING IT CLEAN YEAR ROUND IS WHAT WORKS FOR US AS WELL AS THE PREVENTATIVE ALGAECIDE.
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