Swimming pool maintenance and some safety tips
Pool maintenance tips
Basic tools required to clean your pool
Pool skimmer
Pumice stone or tile brush
Pool cove
r
Vacuum head and automati
c pool cleaner
Pool wall
brush
Telescopic pole
Steps to clean your
pool
Skim the surface of your pool water for floating
leaves
Use a pumice stone or tile brush for tiled areas
Empty your skimmer and pump baskets
Five main pool chemicals that are needed for regular pool maintenance
Primary sanitize
r
Pool shock
treatment
Alkalinity & pH
balancing chemicals
Algaecides
Primary Sanitiz
er:
One of the
most co
mmon
saniti
zer i
s
chlorin
e . When
it is
added to
pool wate
r, it
acts as t
he
main
disinfe
ctant
agent.
Pool shock tre
atment:
The Pool shock treatment breaks down contaminants & utilize the disinfectant strength of the primary sanitizer through a process of super chlorination.
Alkalinity
and pH balancing
chemica
ls:
pH level of pool water needs to be monitored regularly since chlorine only works effectively in narrow pH ranges and too much acid or alkaline can irritate the swimmers.
Algaecides:
Algaecides are mostly used as a preventive measure to remove green algae from Swimming pool water.
Pool safety tips
Pool Rules :
Keep toys away from the poolwhen the pool is not in use
Empty blow-up pools after each use
No tricycles or other riding toys at pool side
No electrical appliances near the pool
No diving in a pool if that isnot deep enough
No running on the pool deck
Some beneficial protection products
Automatic pool covers
Pool alarms
Doors that are self closing
Window guards
Door alarms
Simple diving rules
Check the depth of the water
Never dive into above ground pools
Never dive into shallow end of a pool
Never dive through inner tubes