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.
“My Pool Is Green, What I Do Now?”
In April of 2003 we received an email that asked this question. At first we thought it was someone making a joke. Further investigation proved it to be a serious question from a real customer. As much as the wording is a sad commentary on the state of the English language in the information age, sadder still is the fact that so many people have a major investment in the backyard and so few know how to care for it in a reasonable and cost effective manner. This is not a failing on the part of the pool owner but on the part of the pool builder and service contractor. Almost anything you buy; a car, TV, garden tractor, cake mixer comes with an owner’s manual. A pool can cost from twenty to a hundred thousand dollars or more and comes with no more than an hour of verbal instruction and no written manual.