Pool covers
Having a swimming pool requires cleaning and safety procedures. It needs to be cleaned and maintained on a regular basis. One of the most effective ways to reduce the cleaning procedures and the time needed for your pool is to purchase a swimming pool cover. Swimming pool covers protect a …
Pool Water Problems
Water Acidity
Acidity of water is measured on a scale from 0-14 called the pH scale. A pH level of 7 is neutral and anything lower than this indicates acidic water. The lower the number, the more acidic it is.
Symptoms of high acidity:
Corrosion of metal pool fittings, heat exchanger damage and …
How To Take Care Of Your Swimming Pool
Weather can wreak havoc on an in-ground swimming pool’s water stability, as wind blows debris into the water and makes it less than inviting. All it takes is a few times a week to clean the pool and test the pool water.
1. check the chemical balance in the pool. Use …
Mistakes People Make When Choosing A Swimming Pool
By Kevin Woodhurst
Shopping like you are buying a car.
Swimming pools are custom construction projects and are built by many individual trades and pool contractors with different standards. All pools are not built the same, unlike an automobile which is manufactured in a factory under controlled conditions. With a swimming …
Swimming Pool Safety Tips
Drowning is one of the major causes of accidents resulting in serious injury and death in children. Parents should not be fooled into thinking that their child is safe just because he/she knows how to swim. In a lot of these cases accidents happened even though the child knew swimming. …
Sustainable swimming pools
Sustainability is a serious issue, not a fad that can be taken lightly, and it cannot be achieved by lip service alone. Affordability and implement ability are key factors, not the least because without these it would all be only preaching and not practice, which is why real sustainability has …
SPATA problems
Tony Bingham
How to land in the deep end: Trade associations
07 August 2009
Of course trade associations want to boast about their members. But in doing so, they can come perilously close to taking the rap if those members do a dud job.
Three years ago, Mr and Mrs Patchett decided to treat …
Swimming Pool Construction
Building the structure
Shotcrete/Gunite is a process of applying concrete to a structure. It is commonly used to build pools as well as bridges, homes, tunnels, water tanks, sea walls, and bridge and dam repairs to name but a few. Gunite has been is use since the early 1900’s with excellent …
Swimming pool chemicals and green hair
Many swimmers and spa goers complain that the chlorine in the pool or spa has caused their hair to turn green, their fingernails blue or turquoise and their bathing suit blue-green.
The short answer is: It’s NOT the chlorine, it’s the copper.
A simple explanation: Chlorine after all, is a bleach. When …
Swimming pool chemicals and eye irritation
The two main causes of eye irritation are: Chloramines (combined chlorine determined by the difference between free available chlorine and Total chlorine). When combined chlorine is >0.2 ppm eye irritation can occur. Also when combined chlorine is that high it is time to shock.
Shocking is not based on the calendar, …
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