There are many important steps in shutting your pool down for the winter. If you live in climate with harsh conditions, making sure that you pool plumbing is protected with anti-freeze might be the most important! After lowering your water level and capping off your return lines, you should always add an anti-freeze agent through your skimmer to protect your pool from frigid temperatures. As a standard rule of thumb, you should use one gallon of anti-freeze per every ten feet of distance from the pump to the pool. Pool Anti-Freeze Concentrate is the perfect freeze prevention product because it is both effective and safe. It is non-toxic and is designed for all types of swimming pools. Because it is super concentrated, one quart mixes with three quarts of water to make one whole gallon of anti-freeze. It will protect your pool down to negative forty degrees farenheit! You will never have to worry about frozen pool plumbing again!
Category Archives: Pool and Spa Chemicals
Maintaining Balance Through All Kinds of Weather
Did you know that a heavy rain shower can throw the chemicals in your pool water out of balance? When the amount of water in a pool changes, whether due to heavy rain or evaporation, the balance of pool chemicals must be adjusted to maintain ideal levels. Here’s why it’s important:
- Ideal levels of pool chemicals prevent dangerous bacteria from thriving in pool water;
- Water that is chemically out of balance can actually damage parts of a pool;
- Eyes and skin can become irritated easily when pool chemicals are not balanced.
Testing your pool’s water frequently is highly recommended, and using the appropriate amount of pool chemicals to bring the water back into balance is an important step in keeping the water safe and your pool in good working order.
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Winterizing Chemical Kits Make Pool Closing a Cinch!
Sometimes, owning a pool can be confusing! Like many pool owners, you are probably looking for easy solutions to answer your pool related questions. One question that many pool owners have been asking lately is “what chemicals do I need to add to my pool to close it for winter?”, and I have the perfect solution to share with you. You can now buy winterizing chemical kits that come premeasured for your pool size! They are the ultimate in hassle free pool closing. Available in chlorine and chlorine-free varieties, you can get them for any pool size. They even come with pool closing instructions. These are so handy that you will wonder why you ever worried with buying individual products.
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Pool Frog Chlorinator Systems – The Mineral Alternative
If you are looking for a more gentle, natural approach to pool care, the Pool Frog Automatic Chlorinator system is a great solution. Chlorinator systems have become very popular in recent years, with many using salt, oxygen, or light for chlorine generation. Pool Frog is unique because it uses minerals. The system works just like mother nature, using a patented ionic catalyst technology to provide clean, clear, and safe water without the harshness of traditional chemicals. Your pool water be remarkably gentle on the skin, eyes, and hair and smell fresh. You will feel like you have been swimming in a fresh water spring.
Operation is simple and inexpensive. As water passes through the Frog’s mineral system (consisting of silver, zinc, calcium, and other natural minerals), bacteria and viruses are killed and eliminated, effectively purifying your water. You need only to supplement the Frog system with a small amount of chlorine and a regular weekly shock. This means no more high doses of chlorine and other messy chemicals to dump into your pool. The Pool Frog even helps you pool’s pH stay balanced. This system will likely cost less than your current sanitation method does per season, and it is easily installed through your pool’s water return line. It will provide your family with sparkling clear water that you can feel good about!
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Salt Chlorine Generators
Salt water swimming pools may create images in your head of salty tasting water and high prices. However, you might be surprised! A salt water swimming pool is not a pool that tastes like the ocean and lacks chlorine. It is simply a pool that enjoys the benefits of a salt chlorine generator. These chlorine generators automatically convert small amounts of ordinary non-iodized table salt or water softener grades of salt into chlorine, keeping your swimming pool sanitized and free from algae. A teaspoon of salt per gallon of pool water is all you need. The salt never leaves your pool and is used over and over by the system to generate chlorine that purifies your water and leaves the pool crystal clear. Chlorine generators are totally automatic and are perfect for plaster, vinyl, or fiberglass residential pools up to 40,000 gallons.
The salt cannot be tasted because the salt solution in your pool is at a much lower level than that which is found in a human tear. You will no longer have to deal with harsh, smelly chlorine products. The silky smooth water will no make your skin dry or your hair brittle. In fact, you skin and hair often feel softer after leaving the pool. Salt water pool are also much easier on your eyes than regular pools. You will be able to open your eyes underwater without the itch and burn of traditional chlorine. Installation is easy, as illustrated below, and you will save hundreds of dollars on pool chemicals! These systems are perfect for anyone who has little ones or sensitive skin, but also for anyone who is looking for a softer, gentler alternative to traditional chlorine.
