Taking it Easy on Pool Care

If you own a pool, then you already know – having a pool means having more than just a pool. We aren’t talking about the various uses you can put a pool to; no, we’re talking about all the accessories and supplies that you can and oftentimes must have in order to ensure that your pool is safe, clean, and fun to use. It’s like owning a house or a car: sure, you have the thing itself, but it’s no good without as many bells and whistles as possible.

Of course, some people go overboard on their pool accessories and supplies, but it is honestly difficult to do so unless your pool is particularly small. Even a spa or Jacuzzi can benefit from a substantial number of accessories, and you can’t really swim a lap in those, now can you? Yet any swimming experience can benefit from accessories and supplies made to improve your pool’s condition.

Put a Lid On It 

A key pool accessory is the pool cover. Without an adequate pool cover over your pool when it is not in use, a number of things happen. First and foremost, debris falls into the water. At first, this may seem like nothing to worry about; your water filtration system takes care of that stuff, right? Yet unless your system is commercial or industrial quality, then it has a limit as to how much and how large it can go.

At a certain point, the debris in your pool will outstrip your filtration system’s ability to remove it from the pool, and that’s when you will have to bring in a professional to charge you heaps of money in order to clean your pool. Or… you could simply put a lid on your pool when the pool is not in use. After all, why have your pool open so that anything can find its way into your pool when you aren't there and you aren't using the pool, thereby increasing the amount of work you have to do to keep your pool clean and beautiful?

Clean Up Crew 

However, as much as you may do to try and prevent the pool from becoming dirty, it will inevitably become a little soiled; that’s just the nature of water and the environment. Fortunately, so long as the amount of debris, algae, and other undesirables stays low, you can easily manage what there is using cleaning tools and supplies.

An automatic pool cleaner is a popular way to accomplish this. You often see these at professional pools after hours; a little robot that just moves around on the bottom of the pool, cleaning up whatever dirt, debris, and algae may have gathered on the floor of the pool throughout the day.

Of course, not everything floats to the bottom of the pool, so sometimes you have to get in there yourself and scoop out the debris. Skimmers are great for this – nets that are long, sturdy, easy to use, and catch debris while straining all the water out and back into the pool. Any algae that has formed on the sides of the pool – where the automatic cleaner can’t reach – can be gotten rid of using a brush, at which point the algae floats into the pool water and is filtered out using your filtration system, not to mention the cleansing chemicals in the water.

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Stay On Top of Things 

As you can see, having a pool is a lot of work, but it doesn’t have to be quite so big a hassle so long as you take the necessary precautions. Use the right amount of chemicals in your water to keep it largely clean of dangerous bacteria and viruses, keep the pool covered when it is not in use, and use a cleaning and filtration system that can take care of whatever manages to sneak in anyway. With a little elbow grease and vigilance, you’ll never have to worry that your pool needs professional care, because it has you to look after it.