Owning a pool leaves plenty of room for maintenance mistakes, big and small. That is why many owners hire a pool maintenance service in Hoschton.
Mistakes are also a chance to learn. Knowing the most common ones helps you enjoy a cleaner, safer and less stressful swim season.
A pool at home brings responsibilities. Keeping up with routine maintenance protects the people who swim in it and the money you have invested in it. Even experienced owners make careless mistakes without realizing it.
To help keep your pool safe, the team at Clear Tec Pools has listed the most common maintenance mistakes we see.
The Most Common Pool Maintenance Mistakes
Not Cleaning After the Pool Gets Heavy Use
A few visitors will not upset your pool’s chemistry much. But before a big pool party, check the water ahead of time.
Cleaning after a gathering is not optional. Skipping it often leads to an algae bloom. Check the water chemistry after the party, or at the latest the next morning.
Brush the pool if you have time, and shock it or add algaecide to reduce the risk of algae, even if the chemistry looks fine.
Using an Automatic Pool Cleaner to Remove Algae
Getting algae out of a pool is hard enough. The extra work might tempt you to trade your pool for something lower-maintenance, like an orchid farm or a meerkat sanctuary.
Even so, do not rely on your automatic cleaner. Pressure-side cleaners collect debris in a mesh bag, and fine algae passes right through it. The algae gets a tour of your pool, but it does not get removed.
Robotic cleaners do not do much better. They work well when there is no algae, but their fine filter bags clog quickly with it, and the sludge just gets blown around the pool. Kill the algae with shock first, brush, then vacuum to waste. For a badly affected pool, see our green pool cleanup service.
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Not Picking Up After Pets
Lots of swimmers at once puts a strain on any pool, and even a single dog has a big impact. Letting pets swim may seem fun, but their hair and oils clog skimmers and filters and use up chlorine fast.
If your dog swims, test and adjust the chlorine afterward, and expect to clean the skimmer basket and filter more often to clear the extra hair.
Not Testing the Water Often Enough
Timing matters when you add chemicals. Shock loses much of its strength in the middle of a hot day, because sunlight breaks chlorine down quickly.
Heat matters too. Warm water uses up chlorine faster, so in summer you need to test more often and add chlorine more often to keep it in range.
Shock in the evening, test at least twice a week in summer, and adjust in small steps rather than one big dose. Or let our water balancing team do it for you.
Swimming in Street Clothes
Regular clothes bring dirt, fibers, detergents and other contaminants into the water. Pool chemicals can also damage the clothes.
Conclusion
The better you take care of your pool, the better it takes care of you. A professional pool maintenance service in Hoschton takes these mistakes off the table. Contact our team for advice and help.
Need help with your pool in Hoschton or nearby? Call Clear Tec Pools at 678-679-0165 or book online.