Swimming Pool Chemicals – A Simple Guide for Keeping a Clean and Healthy Swimming Pool

By Pool Chemicals Care Team, Online Pool Chemicals

Balance

Keeping the right balance of swimming pool chemicals in your pool is essential to a sanitary pool and having an enjoyable swim many times. The pool will keep looking and smelling fresh and, really critically, bacterial and algae growth will remain at a low level, ensuring that everyone can enjoy your pool in safety.

The primary step is to make sure that the pool has the right mix of chemicals when you fill. A swimming pool starter kit is probably be the best thing to use here to ensure you get it right from the start, and there are a wide variety available on the market just like the ones we manufacture and distribute from our swimming pool chemicals store.

After this, you need a good quality pool tester to ensure that the right balance is  maintained.

{To let you enjoy your swimming pool or spa it is important that the water is tested on a timetabled basis and you ensure it is kept in good condition. You can do this by the regular use of swimming pool chemicals. The testing of the pool / spa water may at first seem initimidating, however test kits are easy to follow and can be relied on to give quick reliable results. }

The fundamental tests are
1.     pH
2.     Alkalinity
3.     Sanitiser (Free Chlorine or Bromine)

Visual Investigation
1.     Check the pool water for a clear appearance, and ensure it is clear.

Other Investigations
1.     Calcium hardness
2.     Combined chlorine
3.     Copper levels

It is a good practise to always note your results and the chemical additions that you make. Keep a noting sheet with the test kit and chemical treatments.
Remember to retest the water after the addition of chemicals to ensure you have reached the correct chemical levels.

* If the water is foggy then it is not safe to swim, bathers cannot see the bottom and may jump into shallow water!
* Bathers in difficulty under the water will not be seen!
* Cloudy water is an indication that there is a problem with the treatment.

Sanitation

Sanitation is the main reason for using swimming pool chemicals. Left untreated, a swimming pool can become a breeding ground for bacteria and algae. The algae will damage the pool but the bacteria can make you ill!

The answer is a sanitiser such as Bromine or Chlorine. Make sure that the levelsare maintained all the time and the level should be monitored and topped up weekly or when needed. Don’t Forget, if you want to reduce the levels, just add more water in your pool to reduce the concentration of the chlorine. There are different choices for delivering the Chlorine to your pool. Consider using slow dissolving tablets in conjunction with a chlorinator or, alternatively, a floater. You will need to be very careful that the floater stays in your pool though!

Twice monthly you will also need to treat your swimming pool with additional products to deal with the waste by-products left by the Chlorine, i.e. the sterilised bacteria and algae. Most will, of course, have been removed by your filtration process but some will remain and decompose creating to unpleasant smells and skin and eye irritation. You should soon know when this is needed because the water will appear , you can use clarifiers and flocculents to sort this out.

When testing your pool, watch your ph levels. This measures the acidity in your pool. The balance needs to be kept stable to enable the Chlorine to work efficiently. After that, an effective pool filtering system will help you to keep your water clean and healthy. Which is the key to an enjoyable swim every time!

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