What It Takes to Maintain Your Pool

• Ensuring the correct pH level of 7.2 – 7.8 is maintained.  Anything outside of this range could damage your concrete pool surface, and it may become abrasive to touch.
• Ensuring calcium hardness levels are correct.  This is important to ensure you don’t see a calcium ‘scale’ which becomes unsightly when large nodules form on the pool walls, floors, steps etc.
• Regular brooming / brushing of walls, including vacuuming to help maintain your pool surfaces original lustre.
• Removing any algae stains as soon as they appear (a result of organic matter entering the pool such as leaves, dirt, dust etc)
• Ensuring foreign objects such as hair clips, jewellery, and even weighted pool toys are removed from pool to prevent difficult to remove metal staining.
• Keeping phosphates under control, especially important after heavy bather loads or extreme weather events such as heavy rain or very hot weather.
• Checking the pool skimmer pots are empty and free of debris, as left unattended may cause blockages.
• Regular review of the pool plant room and equipment to ensure all is running as it should be – at least 6 monthly.
• Keeping up the pool pump, filter manufacturers recommendations to ensure functionality is as good as the day it was started up – including salt cells, automation tubing, robotic cleaners, heating equipment and pool cover mechanisms.

The need for regular pool and spa maintenance cannot be avoided. Putting off the cleaning until next weekend can often be a costly mistake.

There is no doubt pool ownership creates hours of fun and a nice space to relax around. By hiring a pool maintenance professional, the onus of pool care and maintenance on the pool technician, so you can relax, enjoy and be rest assured the pool is always looking its best!