Protect your good times

Most people would love to have a swimming pool in their backyard in the summer, but few want to deal with the maintenance that comes with having one.It doesn’t have to be that hard, though. Maintaining your pool is easiest when your chemical treatment program and filtration system work together. Here are the basics. Maintaining [...]

Having a swimming pool in your home can be really great. It is fun to go swimming during summer time just to cool off. However, when you have a swimming pool, you must ensure it is properly kept clean.

If you are the owner of a swimming pool, jacuzzi hot tub or spa, then it is an absolute necessity that you have a way of sanitizing your pool water and keeping it free from harmful germs and algae. The most popular, economic and trusted way of doing this is to use the chemical chlorine in the form of tablets or granules. Chlorine tablets or granules, when properly used, will dissolve relatively quickly and extremely safely in your pool making it safe for you to swim in.

Pool sanitizing is one of the most important aspects of swimming pool maintenance. When pool water is not cared for and kept clean, swimmers are at risk of contracting illnesses and infections from organic waste, bacteria and other microorganisms present in the water. When pool water is properly treated and regulated, it will be clean, fresh and free from harmful contaminants, providing a healthy environment for swimmers to enjoy. In order to keep pool water clean and sanitary, the use of swimming pool chemicals is required. The two most common chemicals used for this purpose are pool chlorine and pool bromine.

I often hear people referring to salt water swimming pools as being chlorine free because they uses salt as a sanitiser. This is not quite correct. A salt water pool produces its own chlorine using electrolysis of a mild salt solution.

When the snow has melted and winter is finally over, it’s time to start enjoying springtime activities. For many swimming pool owners, the changing of the seasons and warming spring temperatures indicate that the time is right for a spring pool opening. However, after a swimming pool has been sitting unused for several months throughout the fall and winter, there are several important steps that need to be taken in order to prepare and maintain the pool water so it’s safe and suitable for swimming. One of the most important aspects of a swimming pool opening is using pool chlorine and pool chemicals to create a healthy and hygienic swimming environment.

Umbra, I recently managed to mangle my knee and am going through all the 4,673 steps necessary to unmangle it and make it happy and functional again. One of the things my doctor advised me to do was swim. Well, swimming pools are of course full of chlorine! Hey, I just bought an expensive filter [...]