Algae in pool water is a common problem and frustration for many pool owners. This is particularly true if your pool is surrounded by trees or is exposed to bad weather quite often. Here's what you can do to remove algae in pool water and get it sparkling clean and safe once again.The best chemical for the job is a chlorine based shock. Shock is designed to raise the levels of chlorine in your swimming pool quickly, so that nothing organic can survive. The typical dose of shock needed is around 1 bag per 10,000 gallon of water in the swimming pool. If in doubt, consult the manufacturer for their suggested shock level.Before adding any shock however, you'll want to manually brush as much algae as you can from the walls and bottom of your swimming pool. This will allow the anti-algae agents you'll be using in later steps, to .. more»

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Swimming Pool Season is almost upon us, and its time to go out and open up the pool. So you go out uncover the pool, start up your swimming pool pump and your ready to add your Spring Start-Up Kit, and you find out your pool pump is broken. Great what next? You could just replace your burned out pump with the same model and HP rating in hopes that it was sized right, from when your pool was installed. Or you could make a conscious effort to make sure your pump is sized correctly, allowing you to get maximum filtering benefit and to also save energy. Bigger is not better when choosing a Pool Pump. What you want to do is use the smallest size pump possible for you swimming pool. To choose the correct pump, you can consult a pool pump-sizing chart. In technical terms you want to .. more»

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Swimming pool equipment can be one of the most misunderstood parts of owning a pool.?One of the simplest tools to use is the pool filter gauge.?For some reason people have a difficult time figuring out what the readings on the gauge is trying to say. The article you are about to read will help clarify the meaning of the readings.Most of the pool filter gauges have readings from zero to 60. The numbers stand for pounds per square inch.?This means that the pump is pushing water threw the filter, and there is a certain amount of resistance. This causes pressure to build and is measured by numbers.The higher the reading the greater the pressure in the filter.?This is mainly caused by the pool filter being dirty. In most cases all that needs to be done is to backwash the filter. This process will clean the dirt from the filter, this .. more»

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