Protect Your Pool Over the Cold Winter Season
Pool chemicals play essential roles in maintaining the proper hardness, quality, smell and look of any type of swimming pool water which at the same time safeguard it against any type of pool water problem in the future. As we all know, all pool waters are daily compromised with every change in the water chemistry that’s why balancing is needed as it is crucial in achieving healthy and safe water for swimming.
Basically, all pool chemicals have a required safe zone or parameters when used in the pool water. This is in order to avoid side effects as well as to attain what they are best used for. Although balancing these elements may prove to be a daunting task, yet it is necessary in keeping not only your health in good condition but the pool itself as well.
Chemicals when either too low or exceeding with their appropriate levels can be catastrophic both to the swimming pool and to the bathers. For example, calcium on a lower dosage can cause the water to be corrosive, thus etching the plaster as well as the metals within the pool and around it such as the pool railings, pipe fittings and even the pool furniture. That is why keeping them within their required parameters is necessary to prevent any water problems from occurring.
Balancing pool chemicals can be difficult at some point, however paying attention on how you do it and doing some researches will make the job quite easier for you. Here is a simple yet proper method on how to balance the chemicals in your pool.
1. Usually, chemical balancing is done regularly or whenever the water inside the swimming pool is replaced with new water which would ideally need to be tested and adjusted according to their right level. Whether the water is new or the chemical balancing is only as maintenance, cleaning the pool is necessary for an overall satisfying result. The fastest way to clean the pool water is by using a pool vacuum cleaner although this pool equipment may not do all kinds of cleaning job like the removal of larger debris on the pool, yet it is by far the most convenient to use for this kind of job.
2. After thoroughly cleaning the pool water, the next thing for you to accomplish is to run a water test for the pH, calcium hardness and alkalinity level of your pool water. Make sure that you do this more than twice to be able to get the exact levels that you need to know.
3. Grab the products needed for the chemical adjustments on your pool water. Carefully read the instruction as well as properly follow the dosage required for each chemical that needs amendment.
4. The best thing to do the pool adjustment is by pouring the elements gradually and in portions so that the water can properly mix with it.
5. Repeat the process until you get the required level of pool water chemistry. Make sure that you sanitize the pool before leaving it ready for use to keep away harmful elements.
By Mike L Mitchell
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