When Painting a Pool, One Type of Paint Does Not Fit All Painted pools are becoming fewer and fewer these day. If you have a painted pool and you are going to repaint it to…
December is always a crazy month for everybody. Between what seems like an endless number of kids birthday parties, family gatherings, shopping, Christmas festivities, New Years preparations and sneaking some work in-between everything, not only…
Slush~Snow on an unfrozen or thin iced rink-All is not lost! The BEST thing to do is nothing? If you have just filled your rink and it froze over with 6″ of ice or less…
Believe it or not, lots of pools get fall renovations or parts of renovations done in the fall. It is a time of year when the temperatures are still warm…
Hopefully by this time of the season you have all your leaks fixed and any green stuff in the water gone and taken care of. This entry will go over a few water chemistry basics…
A few quick ideas on different water problems and some ways to fix them. Green murky water is usually algae. Shock and a good poly 60 algaecide should take care of green murky water.…
June, this is the month when most people actually start swimming in their pools. Kids are getting out of school and summer vacations are beginning, what better time to figure…
Here is a troubleshooting list to use when your pool heater doesn’t work Check the gas supply. If you use propane, do you have any in your tank? Is the switch on? Check to make…
Maintain your chlorine at a level at 1ppm to 3ppm. The maximum chlorine level for your pool is 5ppm. If the chlorine falls below 1ppm, there won’t be disinfectant to kill the bacteria that is…
Water quality is the most important issue you need to be concerned with in taking care of your pool. This does not simply mean that you can see the bottom of the pool. There are a number of elements to this equation. Out of balance water is either scale forming or corrosive.
Scale Forming Water
Scale forming water causes a crusty mineral build up on the pool surfaces, insides some type of plumbing and especially in heat exchanger of your pool heater. The average heater exchanger should last from five to seven years. If your water is scale forming that exchanger could be clogged in one season, even in one month is the condition is severe. Add $1200.00 to the cost of that exchanger and you could buy a new heater, tax and labor not included. When you let your water become scale forming you’re making it possible for me to wine and dine my wife at upscale restaurants.