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Category: Swimming Pool Maintenance

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5 Tips for Keeping Your Swimming Pool Warm All Winter Long

Introduction As the leaves change color and the air turns crisp, most pool owners reluctantly bid farewell to their beloved swimming pools. But who says you must pack up your swim gear when the temperature drops? With some planning and smart techniques, you can enjoy your pool even during winter. In this blog post, we’ll explore how…
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A Comprehensive Guide to Winterize a Swimming Pool

Introduction As winter approaches and the weather turns crisp, pool owners must take the necessary steps to winterize a swimming pool. This essential process ensures that your pool remains in optimal condition during the colder months and is ready for a splash when summer returns. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the detailed process…
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High pH in Saltwater Swimming Pools: Causes and Solutions

Are you wondering why the pH keeps rising in your saltwater pool? Saltwater swimming pools use chlorine generators to produce chlorine, which is released automatically into the pool to maintain the recommended (free chlorine) FC levels. A chlorine generator uses salt (Sodium Chloride) and water during electrolysis, which produces chlorine and sodium hydroxide as the…
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Clearing Swimming Pool Metal Stains

How to Clear and Prevent Metal Stains in a Swimming Pool

Why Swimming Pools Discolor After Chlorination Swimming pool fill water sourced from the Well is always full of heavy metals such as Copper, Iron, Silver, Magnesium, or Manganese. These metals can also be found in some untreated tap water, and to avoid metal stains, it’s advisable to test your fill water for heavy metals and use…
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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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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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