On a humid and hot day in August, there is nothing that feels quite as good as a dip in your pool. If your pool is looking a little bit more like a pond than a place for swimming, then nobody is going to be happy. Here are some tips for swimming pool maintenance that are going to help you make sure that your pool is ready for you as soon as you are ready for it.

• Your pool filter should be running 24 hours a day if you want the cleanest possible water. If you do not want that impact on your electric bill, then at the very least your pool filter should be running between 8 hours and 10 hours every day, and preferably during the morning and afternoon hours.
• If you are using a skimmer basket, then you are going to want to check it out every day, removing collected debris and leaves to make sure that it is always operating at a peak level of performance.
• You should be adding chlorine to your pool every single day with an automatic chlorinator or a chlorine floater.
• If you have a pool cover, make sure you are keeping it in a clean environment when it is removed. It can easily collect dirt and debris when it is wet, so if you put it back on the pool you might be introducing more junk into the pool than you intended to simply because you are not caring for your cover when your pool is in use.
• If you have an in ground pool, make sure that you have a trash can handy so you can immediately throw away any of the debris that are skimmed from the pool. If you simply empty the net onto the ground, most of the debris are simply going to be introduced right back into the pool again.
• Make sure that you are adjusting the level of water in your pool every time that maintenance is performed. This is the quickest and the easiest way for you to add water, as only an inch or so will be necessary rather than several inches if you let it go for too long.
• Make sure that you take extra caution when adding chemicals into the pool water. It is better for you to add less than to add too much all at once. Once you have an excess of chemicals within your pool, it is going to be very difficult for you to get your water levels back to normal so try to avoid overdoing the pool chemicals if you can help it.

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Originally posted 2009-10-07 03:18:48. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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