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I am a Certified Pool Operator... Why
your pool Man should be also!
Resurface your pool, new marcite,
diamond brite or pebble tech,
sounds expensive. I have seen pools where the finish will
literally crumble in your hands. I have also seen pools with
calcium deposits that are forming on the sides. It sounds
pretty bad, but it is even worse when you start signing
checks to fix these problems.
The better solution is proper maintenance.
If your water chemistry is maintained properly you can avoid
some of these problems. It will save you money, and add to
your enjoyment of the pool if you can change the way you look
at Pool Maintenance.
First is Swimmer Safety. Keeping
organics like algae under control with a sanitizer like
chlorine is paramount. Proper chlorine levels will keep
diseases from being passed on to swimmers. No matter how clean
your pool, you can't prevent the wind from
carrying micro organisms into your pool.
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Every one seems to naturally understand
this part of water chemistry.
Second is protecting
your Pool. What seems to be less intuitive, is how water
chemistry can effect the
finish of your swimming pool. Qualities of water that we
commonly measure are of course Chlorine level, Ph, Alkalinity,
Calcium Hardness and Total Dissolved Solids. If you add a
thermometer to your bag of pool tools, you have what you need
to take it to the next level. If you maintain your own pool,
you are
either taking these measurements yourself or
you take water down for testing. Either way, you have been
told that there is a normal range for these readings. Just
having each of these within norms is only half the job. These
readings affect each other. If you take it one step further
and calculate the saturation index, you can make minor
adjustments to these levels that will keep your water friendly
to your pool finish.
Inside the manual that comes with
your test kit are usually instructions on how to do this
calculation. I first learned of Saturation Index during
my certified pool operator class. It can explain a lot of what
you see going on in your pool. I highly recommend trying this
from time to time, especially if you are having problems that
you can not otherwise explain.
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