A pool in the house is a great
center of recreation for family and friends. Pool owners eagerly await the
summer months to get maximum benefits out of their pools. However, summer
months are also a crucial time for pool maintenance. Since the pool is mostly
used at this time of the year, it is very important to make sure that the water
remains clean and free from dirt and germs. Children love to splash about in
the pool which is why it is necessary to make sure that the pool remains clean
and sanitized throughout summer.
Warm months are also the time
when people use the pool more often than usual. That is why it is all the more
important to keep the pool clean and free from bacteria especially in the warm
months. Here are top five tips in pool services during the summer months:
1. Adding chemicals- If you have
to add chemicals (chlorine and other pool cleaning agents), add them at night
or evening, instead of in the daytime. There is considerable loss of chemicals
in daytime due to evaporation. This will reduce the efficiency of the
chemicals. Also, people mostly tend to use the pool in the mornings rather than
in the night. The chemicals will get more time to sanitize the pool before it
is used the next day.
2. Cleaning the floors and walls
of the pool- It is very common to find the growth of algae on the walls and
floors of the pool, if it is not cleaned for a very long time. There may also
be a buildup of bacteria and mineral. This is why the pool floors and walls
need to be cleaned regularly. You can use an automatic pool cleaner to do this
work. An alternate tip is to scrub the floors and walls by using a combination
of dish washing liquid and water. It is easy to get rid of debris stuck to pool
surfaces by spraying this mixture and then scrubbing the surfaces.
3. Maintenance of chemical
balance in the water- An important part of pool maintenance is to check if the
correct water chemical balance is being maintained. You can do this by
purchasing a test kit and by dipping a strip into the water to check the pH
level. A high pH level and low chlorine level is prone to algae growth. Keep
feeding chlorine to the water to ward off the growth of bacteria.
4. Backwash- Make it a habit to
regularly backwash the waste water of your pool as it is one of the basic steps
of pool maintenance. This maintains the water quality and the water can remain
free from germs and bacteria.
5. Clean the water surface
regularly- This is one of the important steps of pool maintenance. Clean the
water to clear the surface of debris, dead leaves, dead insects, etc. If not
cleaned daily, it will clog up the drainage and cleaning systems leading to
cleaning equipment failure.
0 comments:
Post a Comment