Establish a routine of cleaning your pool is an important aspect of pool maintenance. Follow "CASA POOLS" simple steps and your pool will reward your efforts with free-swimming debris.
Bacteria and Algae can be from many sources, the water itself, the wind, and even the swimmers. Keep up with clean healthy water, follow these steps:
In simple terms, scientific water balance program suggests that the pool owner should balance the following variables:
Using Swimming Pool Water Testing Kit, available at HOUSE Pools helps you test your pool water pH, total chlorine, bromine total, acid demand, and total alkalinity.
Why is that'?
Treated or incorrectly treated water in the pool can be a threat to health. Chemically balanced sanitized water will provide a healthy and visually appealing for you, your family and friends. |
| How to Keep your Swimming Pool Water Need and Clean |
- Chemically size of water to make sure it is neutral for swimmers, the Marsh itself and pool equipment.
- Sanitizing the water oxidizes contaminants.
- Regular testing of your water, and water balance.
WHAT IS WATER balance?
Balanced water means that their chemical requirements have been met. If the chemical levels are too low water can aggressively seek products need attacking the pool surface and equipment. This can lead to severe corrosion problems. At the other end of the scale, high chemical levels can cause chemicals to precipitate out of the water and form scale on the pool surface, inside equipment etc.In simple terms, scientific water balance program suggests that the pool owner should balance the following variables:
Total alkalinity
ph
calcium Hardness
TOTAL ALKALINITY:-
This is a measure of bicarbonates, carbonates and hydroxides in your water.
HOUSE Pools recommends a range between 60 to 200 ppm (parts per million).
Low Total alkalinity will lead to erosion of the surface of concrete and painted pools as the water carries the chemicals it needs from rendered pool-walls. Low levels and cause the pH levels to be very unstable with small additions of chemicals resulting in major changes in the pH values. This sometimes known as "pH bounce". Your Total alkalinity levels can be changed in the following ways:
Adding "buffer" (ie baking soda). This is used to lift Total alkalinity.
Adding acid to your pool to lower pH will lower Total alkalinity
Adding a top-up water to your pool will change the total alkalinity depending on the TA. From the top-water.
From the last paragraph we can see that acids will lower the pH and TOTAL alkalinity. It is interconnection between these two chemical components and, therefore, need to be fit together. The levels you are trying to keep are:
pH of 7.2 to 7.8 (7.0 to 7.2 for fiber pools and 7.4 to 7.8 for concrete pools)
Total alkalinity of 100 ppm or as directed by your pool builder.
The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with 7 being neutral. Values below 7 are acidic and values above 7 are alkaline.
HOUSE Pools recommended operating range as 7.0 to 7.8, 7.0 to 7.2 for fiber pools and 7.4 to 7.8 for concrete pools
Heading your pool heavy rain, heavy bathing loads and chemical additions can exchanges the pH level of your pool water. pH must be kept within the operating range because if it is too high or too low any:
Regardless of the chlorine type or chlorination process used, any pH drift outside of the recommended range will inhibit the sanitizing effect of your chlorine. For example, a pH level of 8.2 would mean only about 16% of your chlorine would be available to sanitize the water at any time, which means that you would have to add more than 5 times as much chlorine to achieve the same sanitizing effect. When the pH is lower than 7.0 the chlorine becomes extremely active and rapidly consumed.
HOUSE Pools recommends chlorine to be at least 1.5 ppm Free Available Chlorine (FAC) in un-stabilized pool or at least 3 parts per million F.A.C. in stabilized pool.
HOUSE Pools recommends a range between 60 to 200 ppm (parts per million).
Low Total alkalinity will lead to erosion of the surface of concrete and painted pools as the water carries the chemicals it needs from rendered pool-walls. Low levels and cause the pH levels to be very unstable with small additions of chemicals resulting in major changes in the pH values. This sometimes known as "pH bounce". Your Total alkalinity levels can be changed in the following ways:
Adding "buffer" (ie baking soda). This is used to lift Total alkalinity.
Adding acid to your pool to lower pH will lower Total alkalinity
Adding a top-up water to your pool will change the total alkalinity depending on the TA. From the top-water.
From the last paragraph we can see that acids will lower the pH and TOTAL alkalinity. It is interconnection between these two chemical components and, therefore, need to be fit together. The levels you are trying to keep are:
pH of 7.2 to 7.8 (7.0 to 7.2 for fiber pools and 7.4 to 7.8 for concrete pools)
Total alkalinity of 100 ppm or as directed by your pool builder.
PH:-
PH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline water is.The pH scale ranges from 0 to 14, with 7 being neutral. Values below 7 are acidic and values above 7 are alkaline.
HOUSE Pools recommended operating range as 7.0 to 7.8, 7.0 to 7.2 for fiber pools and 7.4 to 7.8 for concrete pools
Heading your pool heavy rain, heavy bathing loads and chemical additions can exchanges the pH level of your pool water. pH must be kept within the operating range because if it is too high or too low any:
- Create a swimmer discomfort (itching skin, red eyes, etc.)
- Interfere with the sterilizing action of your pool sanitizer.
- Cause damage to the pool surface.
- Damaging the pool equipment.
Regardless of the chlorine type or chlorination process used, any pH drift outside of the recommended range will inhibit the sanitizing effect of your chlorine. For example, a pH level of 8.2 would mean only about 16% of your chlorine would be available to sanitize the water at any time, which means that you would have to add more than 5 times as much chlorine to achieve the same sanitizing effect. When the pH is lower than 7.0 the chlorine becomes extremely active and rapidly consumed.
CHLORINE:-
Chlorine is the most commonly used water sanitizer in the world. There are many forms of this highly effective products, including:- Tablets
- Powder
- Liquid
HOUSE Pools recommends chlorine to be at least 1.5 ppm Free Available Chlorine (FAC) in un-stabilized pool or at least 3 parts per million F.A.C. in stabilized pool.
How to test your Swimming pool WATER? Use TEST KIT
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