Articles about treating the water in your pool, spa, or swim spa.
These instructions are for a standard sand filter with a multiport valve. Please see your owner’s manual to verify the proper backwashing/cleaning procedure for your particular filter. It is important to remember that you only need to backwash if the pressure gauge is reading too high or the flow of water from your return into […]
Pool maintenance relies on some basic steps that are simple, but effective. You should pay close attention to these steps to help keep your pool looking and performing at its best. Circulation The water in your pool must be circulating for the products to work properly. This makes it harder for bacteria and algae to […]
The automatic chlorinator is very efficient way to chlorinate your pool with large or small Trichlor tablets or Bromine slow-dissolving tablets to make sanitizing your pool or spa easy and automatic. If you do not have this unit, your options are; 1. Put the tablets in a floater 2. Put the tablets in the skimmer […]
The liner in your pool is a very durable item designed to give you many years of enjoyment. Proper water chemistry is very important to the life of your liner. While the title of this article is Vinyl Liner Maintenance, the bad maintenance practices outlines here will also cause problems for concrete and fiberglass pools. […]
You have quite a few chemical option choices to use for your spa. The system we will discuss today is the BaquaSpa Water Care System. BaquaSpa is not a bromine or chlorine program. This system is more gentle on your eyes and skin. The products in this system are liquid. In a chlorine or bromine […]
Many homeowners who have expressed an interest in installing a swimming pool may have been told by a friend or neighbor, that pool will work you to death. “You will never have time to enjoy your pool. My neighbor installed a swimming pool about 20 years ago and I see him at the pool every […]
