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How to Balance pH and Total Alkalinity in a Swimming Pool

Balancing pH and Total Alkalinity (TA) might seem difficult if you’re doing it for the first time. However, this is something you can fix within a few hours if you have the right chemicals. The most common problem is spiking pH and TA levels in pool or spa water. Having low pH and TA levels…
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How to Shock a Swimming Pool and The Best Pool Shock to Use

What is Shocking a Swimming Pool or Spa? Shocking, sanitizing, or chlorinating a swimming pool or spa is adding chlorine to a pool or spa water to raise and maintain free chlorine (FC) at the recommended level of 2-3 ppm for non-saltwater pools, 3-4 ppm for saltwater pools, and 3-6 ppm for a hot tub.…
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Selecting the Best Robotic Pool Vacuum Cleaner for Your Pool

Maintaining a clean pool can be time-consuming, but pool cleaners can make the job effortless. Pool cleaners come in different types; robotic pool vacuum cleaner, suction-side pool cleaners, and pressure-side pool cleaners. In this post, we are looking into dynamic robotic pool cleaners that don’t rely on pool filters like pressure-side and suction-side pool cleaners.…
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How to Select Winter and Safety Covers for Inground and Above Ground Pools

Winterization or closing a swimming pool during the winter is a very important pool maintenance activity and should be done correctly to avoid the hustle of cleaning debris, algae, and ammonia when opening the pool during the summer. Pool covers come in two types; winter covers and safety covers. A winter cover plays very vital…
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The Ultimate Guide to Hot Tub and Spa Maintenance

A hot tub or spa is a fantastic way to enjoy warm, relaxing water, especially during the colder months when an outdoor pool without a water heater might be unusable. For clarity, we will interchangeably use hot tub and spa, as they all have similar maintenance routines. Hot tubs or Jacuzzis are portable and inflatable,…
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How to Clear Fiberglass Pool Stains: Causes and Solutions

A fiberglass swimming pool is the easiest to maintain due to its smooth surface, which is easy to clean and highly resistant to algae. However, when general cleanliness and chemical levels, especially Chlorine, pH, and Calcium Hardness are not appropriately maintained, it is easy to find organic and inorganic stains in a fiberglass pool. Most…
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How to Correct Low and High Free Chlorine Level in a Saltwater Pool

One advantage of a saltwater swimming pool over a non-saltwater pool is that you don’t need to manually measure and adjust the free chlorine level (FCL) by adding harsh chlorine. A Saltwater Chlorine Generator (SWCG) produces chlorine and adds the right amount to your water to maintain the recommended FCL. However, some of the potential issues of…
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Factors to Consider When Buying a Swimming Pool Pump

The brand, size, speed, voltage and horsepower of a pool pump will determine your choice when it comes to selecting the best pump for your swimming pool. Of cause, price is another important factor but if you need the best pool pump that will work best for your pool, has a low maintenance cost and…
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How to Clear and Prevent Calcium Flakes in Pool and Spa

What Causes White Calcium Flakes in a Swimming Pool? Developing white flakes or calcium buildup in a non-saltwater pool is not common unless you use a pool heater or have not been monitoring and balancing Calcium Hardness (CH), pH, TA, and other mineral levels, which have become incredibly high, forming calcium flakes or scales in…
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POOL SLAM: How to SLAM a Swimming Pool to Get Rid of Ammonia or Algae

What is Pool SLAM? SLAM stands for ‘Shock Level and Maintain.’ Pool Slam means adding chlorine to your pool or spa to reach and maintain particular free chlorine (FC) shock levels to eliminate algae or ammonia. So you know SLAM is not a pool chemical. There are no shortcuts to getting rid of algae or ammonia; the SLAM…
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