Pool Cleaners Runaway Bay

Generally, your pool water should be clear, allowing you to identify even small objects on your pool floor. Your pool water can become cloudy, however, if particulates are able to build-up in your pool. Clean, clear water should be circulated by pool pump through your pool filter, which is responsible for capturing these particulates and preventing cloudy pool water. Unfortunately, if your pool filter is not functioning optimally, whether it's due to being dirty & full, or the media is old and unable to filter, then it will not be able to clean your water adequately. Microscopic algae growing in improperly sanitised water is a common source of these particulates, as is dirt and dust from the area surrounding the pool. Similarly, poorly balanced pool water can inhibit the performance of the sanitiser, as well as altering the state of chemicals in the water from solution to solid, thereby affecting water clarity. Get in touch with our excellent team at Active Pool Supplies for all pool cleaning in Runaway Bay on (07) 5537 3341.

Keeping your pool water healthy and balanced requires the appropriate use of sanitiser. You'll commonly want to use chlorine to achieve this, thanks to its ability to kill undesirable elements within your water, including algae, bacteria, and small organisms. Pool owners have several choices when they need to decide how they would like to chlorinate their pool. Manually chlorinating your pool on a regular basis was a common option in the past. Modern Runaway Bay pool owners, however, can save time by using a saltwater chlorinator with their filtration system. Salt (or other suitable mineral with a salt content) is added to the pool water in sufficient quantity so that as the pool water passes the chlorinator cell, through the process of electrolysis a soluble hypochlorous gas is dispersed into the water which acts as the sanitiser to kill the algae and other bacteria present in the water. Any chlorine treatment will depend on the pool water being appropriately balanced at an ideal pH level. It's also important that you filter the pool water appropriately, and that you regularly remove dead algae and bacteria from the filter. Cleaning the floors and walls of the pool to remove dirt, dust, and debris is also critical to preventing algae, as is good water flow.

To keep your pool water healthy, you'll need to perform regular upkeep and maintenance on your pool. Though you may want to try to speed through your maintenance commitments for your pool wherever you can, you might not be able to rush the process of balancing your pool's chemicals. With some help from Active Pool Supplies, you'll be able to maintain the chemical balance in your pool using the best practices possible, ensuring it remains healthy for longer. Get in touch with us on (07) 5537 3341 about all pool care in Runaway Bay.

Don't alter the chemical balance of your pool in a single, large pass. Instead, you should make small changes by adding small amounts of chemicals. After these changes have been made, test the water once you've left it to rest for a few hours with the filter running. Using large amounts of chemical in a single pass deprives you of the ability to test the water repeatedly and stop once you've achieved perfection, which you can do after smaller changes. Correcting the influence of large amounts of chemical can be difficult, and so by making large changes all at once, you may find yourself in a tough spot. Rather than making a single, large change to your pool's chemical balance, it's important that you make multiple smaller changes instead.

Maintenance isn't a huge task with saltwater pools. Any saltwater pool is dependant on a saltwater chlorinator. Salt (sodium chloride) that has been added to the pool water is used by the chlorinator's salt cell to produce a hypochlorous gas via electrolysis, with the ultimate product being chlorinated water. If you're looking to stop the growth of algae and destroy any bacteria lurking in your pool, then you can benefit from a healthy dose of chlorine. An in-built timer inside of the chlorinator will control the pool pump run time. Nonetheless, a typical chlorinator does not automatically maintain the correct level of chlorine in the water, so you still need to test the chlorine level, and then adjust the level by altering the chlorine output on the chlorinator, or by altering the running time of the pump. There is also a need to test for salt in your pool water, and ensure it is maintained at the appropriate level for your chlorinator. Salt can only exit the pool alongside water, via things like splashes and backwashes; it is not consumed by the chlorinator. There are other adjustments you'll need to make as well, as you will still need to test for other aspects of water balance. In-built acid dosing, pH, and chlorine probes are options available in smarter saltwater chlorinators, which can go a long way towards automating this process.

Considering the hazardous nature of liquid chlorine, a saltwater pool is simpler and safer to maintain than a liquid chlorine pool. Ionised pools use dissolved metals to sanitise the pool, which increases the risk of metal plating on the walls of the pool - saltwater pools don't use metals as the sanitiser, so this risk is reduced.