Spring Time and Your Pool: getting Things Ready for Summer
Spring is the time to get your pool ready for the upcoming Summer months. If you don’t prepare your pool right for the Summer months ahead you will be battling all kinds of problems like algae, poor filtration and maybe even a green pool. So, in Spring you need to do several things to get your pool ready for the Summer months ahead. As you open your pools to start the season be aware of these things below.
The first thing you will notice in the Spring is that the water temperature begins to rise. It all depends on your area but by late April or May, the water temperature could already be at Summer levels. This means that the chlorine level will not hold steady as it did in the cold water of Winter. Now is the time to make sure the pool chlorine level is at 3-5 ppm to avoid problems with algae. I suggest at this point to start checking the pool chemistry once a week at least in the Spring.
One thing that you should be doing in the Spring if you have a DE or Cartridge filter does clean the filter to get it ready for Summer. I clean all of my filters in March and September so that the pool flow is at it’s best for the start of the season. If you have a single cartridge filter you may want to start cleaning it once a month at this time going forward into the season. The pool flow is critical for the warmer water temperatures and the hot Summer days ahead. If your cartridges are old or if the grids are old you may need to replace them before the season starts.
This is also a great time to upgrade your pool equipment so if you were thinking about a new filter or a new Variable Speed pump this is a great time to upgrade. You also want to make sure that everything is running at peak performance so if you have any air leaks or water leaks now is the time to get them repaired. You don’t want to be limping it the Summer months with poor running equipment.
If your pool was closed all Winter, you may have opened up to a mess if it wasn’t closed correctly. It may be green and stained so the first thing to do in that case is to get it back in shape. You can hire a professional to get your pool in shape or you can try to do it yourself. If you have a fiberglass pool there will sometimes be organic staining on the surface. A good way to treat this is with Ascorbic Acid Treatment. This will remove all of the organic stains on fiberglass and a vinyl lined pool. If your pool is green you can do a green to clean and get it back in shape.
One thing that I like adding in the Spring is the PoolRx Mineral Treatment. This is a great way to prevent algae in your pool and a great way to enhance the chlorine in your pool. I usually put the PoolRx in the pool right before the Summer season so April and May are ideal months to insert the PoolRx. You can usually find the PoolRx on sale right before Summer so the Spring is the time you want to purchase it. Once you try the PoolRX you will be amazed at how effective it is.
Last you will want to make sure your pool chemistry is balanced going into the Summer. Check your pool’s conditioner level to make sure it is at 30-50 ppm. Make sure your Salt Level is at 3100 ppm to 3400 ppm to get the Salt Water Generator active and producing chlorine. You also want to balance your pH and Alkalinity and of course, make sure your chlorine level is at 3-5 ppm. If you do all this you will have a very relaxed Summer season with weeks of enjoyment of your pool and spa. The Springtime is the best time to get things ready for the Summer months.
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