Swimming Pool Maintenance
The following should be checked regularly to keep a pool in its best condition:
Chemical balance: to ensure safe bathing - regular checks of the chemical levels means that slight imbalances can be dealt with quickly and easily.
Filtration: As the summer sun and heat intensifies the hours of filtration must be increased. This puts greater work on the filters which will need regular cleaning to keep the filtration system operation effectively. Skimmer baskets need regular cleaning of debris and dead animals before they start decomposing!
Cleaning: To keep the pool free of debris but also to clear away dirt from the bottom of the pool which can accumulate quickly, especially in a rural area like ours when a large amount of dust can be produced from work in the adjacent fields.
Backwashing: To clean the inner workings of the filtration system to maintain maximum efficiency.
Salt Pool Adjustments: Whilst people consider salt pools automatic, this is not true. The electrolysis process gradually uses up salt in the pool, and along with other losses, the salt will need checking and topping up to keep it at the correct level . The output from the electrolyser also needs adjusting to compensate for increases/decreases in the chlorine dissipation rate over the summer, in order to make sure that the chlorine level in the pool is correct.
We believe that prevention is better than cure as it is much easier to make minor adjustments to chemicals at an early stage before problems develop, rather than finding the water has turned to looking like pea soup, which would require far more vigorous use of chemicals to restore it to an inviting blue colour once again.
Chemical balance: to ensure safe bathing - regular checks of the chemical levels means that slight imbalances can be dealt with quickly and easily.
Filtration: As the summer sun and heat intensifies the hours of filtration must be increased. This puts greater work on the filters which will need regular cleaning to keep the filtration system operation effectively. Skimmer baskets need regular cleaning of debris and dead animals before they start decomposing!
Cleaning: To keep the pool free of debris but also to clear away dirt from the bottom of the pool which can accumulate quickly, especially in a rural area like ours when a large amount of dust can be produced from work in the adjacent fields.
Backwashing: To clean the inner workings of the filtration system to maintain maximum efficiency.
Salt Pool Adjustments: Whilst people consider salt pools automatic, this is not true. The electrolysis process gradually uses up salt in the pool, and along with other losses, the salt will need checking and topping up to keep it at the correct level . The output from the electrolyser also needs adjusting to compensate for increases/decreases in the chlorine dissipation rate over the summer, in order to make sure that the chlorine level in the pool is correct.
We believe that prevention is better than cure as it is much easier to make minor adjustments to chemicals at an early stage before problems develop, rather than finding the water has turned to looking like pea soup, which would require far more vigorous use of chemicals to restore it to an inviting blue colour once again.
Opening and Closing your Swimming Pool
Most pools are closed down once the summer season is over, which is more than just turning the pumps off. The winter cover will need to be fitted for both security (unless you have a hard cover) and to keep debris out of the pool. The filtration system will need to be drained down and winterised, and for a salt water pool the electrodes removed and properly stored for winter. When the water is cool enough a winterising product will also need to be added.
In spring this will have to be reversed to open the pool, connecting all the pipe work, refitting electrodes if necessary and primed to get the filtration system operational again. The pool may have to be shocked and then all the chemical levels brought back to the correct levels to make it ready for use.
In spring this will have to be reversed to open the pool, connecting all the pipe work, refitting electrodes if necessary and primed to get the filtration system operational again. The pool may have to be shocked and then all the chemical levels brought back to the correct levels to make it ready for use.
Swimming Pool Repairs and Servicing
We can provide a limited repairs and servicing for your swimming pool as either an emergency response or routine out of season servicing.
Minor repairs to the pool liner
Pump repair or replacement
Repair or replacement of damaged pipework
Replacement of sand in filter systems
For larger repairs or electrical problems we can arrange for a local pool company to assist
Minor repairs to the pool liner
Pump repair or replacement
Repair or replacement of damaged pipework
Replacement of sand in filter systems
For larger repairs or electrical problems we can arrange for a local pool company to assist