How to Clean a Swimming Pool

Cleaning your pool is a must to ensure your comfort and protect your equipment. Cleaning your pool is quite simple if you have the right tools and if the pool is not surrounded by trees or bushes that keep filling it with leaves, that is.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pool Supplies
• Pool Sanitizer
• Swimming Pool Shock

1. Use a manual brush and pool vacuum on all areas of the walls and floor at least once a week, even if your pool is equipped with an automatic system. There are some places in every pool that the automatic cleaning systems miss.

2. Pay particular attention to corners, stairs and other hard-to-reach areas that get little circulation.

3. Keep your pool maintained. A clean pool is also a function of a working filtration system and proper pH levels. Use a sanitizer to help fight bacteria, and shock the pool on a regular basis (see How to Shock a Pool) to help keep it clean and crystal-clear.

Tips & Warnings

• Pool brushes come with handles of varying lengths, and many have telescoping handles - so a large portion of the work can be done from poolside.
• Frequently cleaning algae-growing areas keeps bathers more comfortable, saves wear and tear on filtration systems and saves money by preventing situations that require costly chemical remedies.

[swimfun]

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[chris100]

on 6/7/2009 we use a Nobis pool pole to removee the skimmer cover and basket and take water samples. no more laying down to do basic pool maintenance

[kkb1963]

on 3/26/2009 The filter on the over flow pool needs attention, either due to grid damage, or cleaning issues, i realize you posted a while back but I would get the tank back washed and if that does not work open the housing unit to find the related problem. Good Luck!

[j3gak]

on 10/11/2008 on an overflow pool when vacing i have dirty water (sand ?) flowing from the jets at the bottom of the pool.any ideas please.

[Jimshouse]

on 8/14/2008 Someone mentioned a pool cleaner-can't find the article now. Anyway, I need a cleaner that will polish the tiles around the pool that are above the water level. It is an in ground gunite salt water pool. Can you share your successes please?