Brunette Question: Can you "maintain" a pool yourself?

mixie


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 13:24

Been reading the posts about green swimming pools and I wondered.....





- Does anyone actually maintain a pool themselves ?



- How much maintenance does it require?



- What do you need to do?



Being Scots, not afraid of hard work but I have never actually heard anyone speak about doing the maintenance themselves.



Mixie

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 13:59

Hi Mixie

Quite a few of our friends do their own pools. Usually clean them twice a week in the summer or more if lots of suncream in them. But they have to check the Ph balance every day. Also you would never get me down the pumproom in weather like this it is boiling and too many levers and switches. We just pay somebody and if anything goes wrong he knows how to fix it. He is a Scot as well so its great if he is late or anything I can actually communicate with him very nicely of course. And before the PC brigade come on yes Brian does have a work permit.

mixie


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 14:08

Thanks Nurseawful,

I've got an awful lot to learn

Mixie

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 14:18

mixie



and be careful when your throwing your chlorine in the pool,if you get a bit of a wind blowing towards you,youll find you might get a lung full of chlorine dust.



not very nice



Cheers

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 14:24

Personally i find it very easy to do my own, twice a week in the summer and once a week in the winter about 45 mins each time, at the moment though am cleaning the pool at night.

would be happy to show you what does what.

mixie


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 14:30

Hey thanks a lot,



ttoli,

Will take you up on that if its not putting you out.

Mixie

Mr Vince


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 696

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 17:59

No problem. Been doing our pool for last 2 years. Water in better condition now than when using pool company. EASY PEASY.

ttoli


Joined: 24/03/2007
Posts: 1172

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 19:53

Mixie, Not putting me out at all 0533 875 8980, Gary

OLDGIRL



Joined: 02/10/2008
Posts: 118

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 20:35

Easy once you know what levers to turn in the pump house do not leave your chlorine in the pump house like we did and it nearly finished my hubby off when we opened it.

Good Luck. x

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
24/07/2009 20:42

even a blond could do it

Carndi


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 613

Message Posted:
25/07/2009 15:51

My neighbour and I do our shared pool and after going through the learner stage have now got it down to a fine art.

Good idea to draw up an ' idiots guide ' to hang in the pump room given step by step details on turning of valves,cleaning etc. Save a lot of money.

Having got it the way we wanted we have now gone over to using ' Triple X ' tablets ( I am not a sales rep for pool cleaning equipment ) and have found them to be the best thing ever. Two or three tablets in the floater and our pool is sparkling

mixie


Joined: 16/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
25/07/2009 16:29

Carndi



An idiots guide does sound good.



I guess I will just have to learn bit by bit

M