Swimming pools are a great source of entertainment during the summer but not only if they are built indoors swimming is a great exercise that uses your entire body’s muscles, toning and strengthening your body while increasing your metabolism.

Adding a swimming pool to your property will increase your houses value besides the fact that it will allow you to exercise and relax when and as you please.

To build a swimming pool you will require hiring professional swimming pool services in order to get the job done the right way because many factors are involved in order for your swimming pool to function well for example, the drainage of the swimming pool, connection to the water supply, heating and the proper everyday functioning.

Finding professional swimming pool services should not be hard as there are a variety of them available however, you must ensure that they have a local office and maintenance team that can get to your house fast in case of any malfunction. Search online, yellow pages or the local newspaper to locate the closest swimming pool services company and also check their references, comments and reviews.

Good Price and Guarantees

The reason why most people will hire professional swimming pool services is that they will guarantee the work and swimming pool to function as desired as well as provide additional maintenance, which can sometimes be free of charge, depending on the individual contract.

A good swimming pool services company will extend their services to you for discounted prices even after your contract has expired because you are their customer.

The services that you will require every year for your swimming pool will be cleaning, painting and the occasional repairs. The suns rays, chlorine and even the sun block the you use on your skin when you get in the swimming pool has a damaging affect on the pool paint, which will peel or fade in time and therefore will need redone.

The best prices for swimming pool services can only be found through a thorough research or from recommendations of others who have built a swimming pool.

Enjoy Swimming Everyday

Having a swimming pool in your home will not be cheap but the rewards will be more then worth your while, as you will be able to swim daily if you please, entertain family and friends as well as relax and rejuvenate your body and mind through the calming effects of a swimming pool.

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Discuss - Make sure your chosen swimming pool cover comes with a good manufacturer’s warranty. In general, the swimming pool cover should come with a warranty of longer than 2 years.

Wind, rain and leaves introduce algae spores that are microscopic in size into your swimming pool. Sometimes as unsightly and slippery, algae consumes chlorine as it multiplies. This situation may become difficult and expensive to eliminate, therefore the best way to control this plant life is through algae prevention.

First of all, your free chlorine level must be between 1.0 and 3.0 ppm. and this can be tested with a special test kit designed to measure free, combined, and total chlorine levels.

To explain the “free chlorine” level you must understand the concept of a chlorine molecule. If it’s free it means that it has not combined with another molecule and ,therefore, is ready to sanitize your pool. Also, free chlorine is odorless.

Discuss - Every other day test the pool water. Use test strips or a DPD kit and measure free chlorine, pH and total alkalinity.

The “combination” process means that your free chlorine has encountered another molecule and destroyed it. This usually is nitrogen or ammonia. After your free chlorine has been combined it is no longer able to sanitize. Eventually the accumulation of many of these combined molecules blocks the path of free chlorine and release a chlorine smell.

A typical sign of your pool needing chlorine is the smell of it, or even whey your eyes burn, contrary to what you may have thought.

The best thing to do for your pool is to maintain it sanitized by keeping its free chlorine levels at their peak. This will allow you to use your pool as often as you like without the hassle and wait that happen when algae invades.

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Discuss - Every other day test the pool water. Use test strips or a DPD kit and measure free chlorine, pH and total alkalinity.

Sometimes when you have a cloudy pool it can be very difficult and time
consuming to get it clear. Or sometimes it happens over night. Here
Are some tips & tricks to help you clear that pool quickly.

1. Its always good to use some sort of clarifier. What they do is
gather tiny particles that are making your water cloudy and bring them
together to create bigger particles so that your filter will have a
better chance of picking it up.

2. A chemical called Floc or Flocculant is sometimes a good idea if you
are in a rush. Lets say you have a pool party tomorrow and your pool is
cloudy. But this method is very time consuming and difficult. The idea
here is the Floc gathers all the particles that are making your water
cloudy and sends them to the bottom of your pool creating a huge cloud.

At this point you will need to manually vacuum up that cloud through
your filter waste option or backwash port. Again it is difficult and a
lot of water is wasted but it will clear your pool in one day.

Discuss - Since salt water pool systems produce chlorine, the sanitizing effectiveness of the system is impacted by changes in temperature, bather load, sunlight and rainfall. Changes in any of these factors may require additional “shocking” of the water to prevent an algae outbreak.

3. To help your filter pick up more debris, especially if you have an
above-ground pool, you can create a bottom-drain effect like an
in-ground pool by simply hooking up your manual vacuum and turning it
upside down in the middle of your pool. That method will help collect
the cloudy particles at the bottom of your pool rather than just your
filter skimming the top.

These are some quick tips into clearing your cloudy pool. If you would
like to add or comment and have any questions about this discussion,
feel free to post something or email us. We are only here to help you
at Niagara Pools & Spas

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