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Opening up an outdoor pool for the new season isn’t the hassle it once was. It has to be done every year but there are still new options and alternatives to make the task easier
By Alan Lewis
ar too many swimming pool owners probably dread opening up their pool after the winter. After one of the toughest winters on record, it perhaps seems an even tougher and more complicated job than it really is.
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It’s a fact of life that every year winter turns to spring and thoughts come round to getting every aspect of the pool dusted down and out of hibernation.
From sorting out the pool cover to testing pumps and filter systems, to getting the pool water ‘shocked’ into action, swimming pools now need to be nursed back to life. It has to be done every year but there are still new options and alternatives to make the task easier and more thorough.
Many pool suppliers and retailers still favour a traditional approach, taking the view that chemicals such as chlorine and bromine offer the best and most reliable method of ensuring safe, new season water for bathers. They will literally ‘shock’ the pool water into action. Additions of shock and algaecide will change the water chemistry and water balance. It may be severe but it works.
More recently, a number of alternative, products have become available, which offer a similar standard of water quality.
There are a lot of non-traditional, low or non- chlorine treatments emerging as options for the pool owner to consider when opening up a pool for spring, but these still have questions surrounding them, and very few are endorsed by the Pool Water Treatment Advisory Group (PWTAG), the leading trade association SPATA, or any of the other recognised bodies. Currently, the bottom line from them so far is that chemicals are the only option to have proven results.
CHOOSE A SYSTEM YOU CAN MANAGE ADVOCATES CPC
Complete Pool Controls (CPC) offer a traditional approach and one which is based on experience. Mark Ramsden, Commercial Director of the respected chemical specialist company, advocates pool owners use a system they can cope with and manage, rather than try something which is either too complicated or too demanding.
“You need to make sure the water is balanced and that you choose a system that is manageable by you, the operator,” he recommends. “For example, some products require daily doses, such as fast dissolving chlorine granules, while others are weekly or even less frequent, such as slow dissolving chlorine tablets.”
Blue Horizons Domestic Pool Control from Complete Pool Chemicals
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