- what must you do?
Keeping a pool clean, healthy and sanitized is not difficult - just as long as you know what you have to do!
Pools are complicated systems and there is very little chance that a new pool-owner will be able to correctly guess what needs to be done; and then do all that is necessary, in the correct order, at the right time
However, if you follow the advice given below you shouldn't go far wrong in day-to-day maintenance
Daily
- (You can watch a 'How to use a Reagent Test-kit
' video here)
- Run the pump and filter for 4 hours twice a day - set this up on the pump timer, which is just like the timer on your central heating system
- Empty the skimmer baskets of leaves, insects and other floating debris
- Remove leaves etc., from surface and bottom of the pool with a net
- The sooner debris is removed the less Chlorine you will use
- Tidy the pool area and remove anything that can be tripped over
- Make a note of everything you do to your pool in your Pool Logbook
Weekly
In addition to the 'Daily' tasks above, each week (preferably on a Friday to prepare the pool for extra bather load over the weekend), carry out the following: -
- Check and if necessary clean the sand filter
- Check the Total Alkalinity
- Empty the pump strainer basket
- Vacuum the pool, either from the skimmer or the vacuum point
- Alternatively, use an auto-cleaner
- Brush the pool walls and steps
- Check and adjust the return jets
- Check the security of ladders, diving boards, handrails, etc.
Bi-weekly
- Superchlorinate the pool
Make notes
Make a note of your test-results, what you did to correct any chemical imbalances, all your pool maintenance activitiesand everything else you do to
your pool in your Pool Logbook
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