Swimming Pool maintenance ?

Hi- Looking for some advice on swimming pool maintenance as follows.  Scenario is, 8 x 4 pool covered for 40 weeks per year, what is the least amount of maintenace I can get away with?  Do I need to keep the water circulating all year ? etc etc.

cheers 

Hi,

We have a salt water system - fully automated -therefore no testing of water, manual measuring and dosing of chemicals etc.

It has a digital display - so we just have someone to go around once a week to make sure there are no warning lights flashing.

It costs approx 2000 euros to install - but pays for itself after 2/3 years.

 Also we find it far more gentle on the skin AND no nasty red itchy eyes!

Jo

Thanks randolph

But doesn't it taste vile? 

At the risk of sounding really ignorant, where do you get the water from to fill the pool initially and subsequent topping up?

Cheers

No...'tis great!

The salt taste is far less than sea water. In Australia and the Us this system is the most popular. There is no chlorine smell or itchy eyes at all!

Our pool is fully automated. We had it filled with regular water , and any water lost due to evaporation or splashing is automatically replaced from the main water supply.

It is practically idiot - proof........and I've certainly tested that to the limit

Jo

One of my friends has the salt water system on their pool,its a liitle more money to start with but i find it far better.

As everyone has said,no red eyes and you cant really notice the salt.

If you can afford it at the time it is worth it.

Standard chlorine pool will cost you approx 90€ per month for a pool guy.

Hi Alancaz,

Sorry if this is too late - only just found the board.

Your pool can be virtually maintenance free.

My suggestion is to have either a salt system + auto-pH

Or an Ion/Oxydation system + Auto-pH

You then only need to clean the pool and adjust circulation/filtration times for the different pool seasons, during winter some people switch off compleatly, we don't advocate this as the pump can become siezed when left idle for a long time.

Filtration should be longer in August and should always run when the pool is in use - in heavy use it can be wise to run 24 hours to ensure it does not become "overcome with bacteria" with lots of bathers especially children and some adults - little accidents the residual Chlorine can become used very quickly enabling bacteria to breed.

Again pH is the most important aspect of pool sanitising, with a pH over 7.8 the chlorine effectiveness is greatly reduced to between 1~20% pH at 7.2 Chlorine is 70% or more effective.

pH is affected by enviornmental changes - dust, adding water, people, leaves, evaporation - in fact everything including the construction of the pool - Tile grout raises pH.

Hope this helps, drop me an email should yo require any specific advice

Regards, David