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How to Balance pH and Total Alkalinity in a Swimming Pool

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 and follow necessary procedures.

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How to Shock Pool or Spa and Important things to Know Handy

How to Shock Pool or Spa and Important things to Know Handy

Shocking or sanitizing a pool or spa is a regular process of adding chlorine to pool or spa water, to raise free chlorine (FC) to recommended levels of 3ppm for a swimming pool and 3-6ppm for a hot tub to kill harmful germs and bacteria, and to remove chloramine and other organic and inorganic materials from pool and spa water.

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How to Select the Best Robotic Pool Cleaner for Inground and Above Ground Pools

How to Select the Best Robotic Pool Cleaner for Inground and Above Ground Pools

  Pool Vacuum cleaners come in two types; manual and automatic pool cleaners. Manual pool cleaners attach to the pool skimmer or garden hose and are handheld since they must be moved manually around the pool to collect debris. This article is about automatic pool cleaners that include both electric automatic pool cleaners and cordless automatic pool cleaners. Types of Automatic Pool Cleaners  1. Robotic Pool Cleaners  A robotic pool cleaner uses power source for it to move around a pool and you don't have to be there for the pool robot cleaner to clean the pool, you can drop...

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How to Select Winter and Safety Covers for Inground and Above Ground Pools

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 roles in ensuring that debris, snow, and leaves do not enter into the pool when not in use, and prevents the chlorine lose due to UV light. On the other hand, safety covers are used both as winter covers during the winter season to prevent...

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Hot Tub or Spa Maintenance Tips

Hot Tub or Spa Maintenance Tips

  Hot Tub or Spa has a water heating system and comes in handy during winter and fall when the temperature is cool and snow falling, making swimming pools without pool heaters a no-go zone due to freezing cool water and ice. While Hot Tub chemicals are the same chemicals used to maintain swimming pools, its maintenance routine and how hot tub works is different from that of a pool; for example hot tub maintenance and cleaning, monitoring and maintaining chemical levels, and water circulation.  A. Hot Tub/Spa Maintenance and Cleaning There are a few hot tub maintenance measures you need to take on...

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