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Can’t Decide Between Salt & Chlorine ?

Sanitizing your pool is extremely important. It’s one of the most important things you will need to do to maintain a healthy pool. To have a healthy pool you can choose between chlorine or salt. What system is right for you and your family? We want you to be able to make the best decision that will fits your family.

Salt Pool Systems

Do you have sensitive skin? Are you sensitive to chlorine? With the salt system the salt is used as a disinfectant and it converts common salt into chlorine. When this happens, it sanitizes the pool by neutralizing bacteria and algae. Salt systems are also commonly called saltwater chlorination system.  It maintains and balances the pool with the proper amount of acid alkaline. The salt system will help maintain your pool, so you are able to enjoy your pool year-round.

Chlorine Pool Systems

Chlorine is the most traditional method and most powerful way to sanitize your pool. It is used to kill any germs and pathogens in the pool.  Chlorine is dispensed directly through your pools chlorinator or filter and it is circulated throughout your pool’s water. The pool chlorinator is the most efficient and most maintenance free way to chlorinate your pool, allowing you to enjoy your pool year-round.

What You Need to Know for Hurricane Season:

What You Need to Know for Hurricane Season: What all Pool Owners Need to Know When a Hurricane Strikes

Before the hurricane:

  • Add additional chlorine to your swimming pool. This will help prepare your pool for the abundance of rain your pool may acquire. The rainwater can cause a negative impact on your pool’s water chemistry.
  • Do not drain your swimming pool before the storm! It may seem like the correct thing, but the abundance of rain paired with an empty pool can cause the water table to rise. This will result in a concrete pool to rise and pop out from the ground.
  • Do not put a cover on your swimming pool. This may cause severe damage.
  • Be sure to put away anything that is not secured to the deck. Make sure to store all poolside furniture, floats, etc. in a safe space. High winds due to the hurricane can potentially turn those loose objects into flying projectiles that can or may damage anything it hits or may cause serious injuries to someone if hit.
  • Turn off all electrical components of your swimming pool equipment. This will help stop power surges from damaging equipment. This may also protect the equipment if your property is flooded.

After the hurricane:

  • Once your power has been restored, if you lost power, you may turn the equipment back on. Make sure all equipment is dry as well.
  • If your pool has an excess amount of water in it, drain it from your swimming pool down to mid tile line so that your skimmer can help clean the surface of the pool.
  • You will want to net out the debris in the pool. It is important to brush the pool walls and floor which again will help circulate the water.

Resources for you to learn how to better prepare and keep your family safe from the event of a hurricane.

American Red Cross Hurricane Safety page

https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/hurricane.html#About

National Hurricane Center

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Ready.gov Hurricanes page

https://www.ready.gov/

What Every Pool Owner Needs To Know

  1. Pool water must be tested every week. You need to make sure the water is safe to swim in. There is know way to visually look at a pool and see that it is safe.
  2. If you are adding chlorine tabs without testing the water, it could result in the pool becoming to acidic and too much stabilizer.
  3. The Florida Sun destroys the chlorine and adding a stabilizer will help protect the cholerine from the sun.
  4. If you use your pool everyday this will use up the chlorine quickly and the water will not have the proper amount of sanitizer and chlorine that will be safe for swimmers. Be sure to check regularly.
  5. If your chlorine level is low, has heavy use, high levels of nitrates and phosphates algae will form. Algae can be slippery in your pool, but not very dangerous it also shows there is a water problem.
  6. If you have a continuous problem with algae it usually indicates that your pool has high levels of nitrates and phosphates. This will result in algae growth. If you happen to use fertilizer near the pool, use reclaimed water to fill the pool, clean the pool deck with harsh chemicals, animals urinating by the pool are all sources of nitrates.
  7. Do not use reclaimed water to fill your pool. It is against the law in Florida to add to the pool water or fill a pool with reclaimed water. Reclaimed water also has high levels of nitrates and phosphates, both cause algae in your pool.
  8. You can test nitrates and phosphates. There are commercial products to remove them.
  9. Your pool pump should run 8 hours per day during the summer months and 6 hours per day during the winter months. If you have a saltwater pool this would be 10 hours in the summer and 8 hours for the winter months.
  10. Energy and efficient pumps and motors can reduce your electric bill as much $550.00 per year.
  11. Clean your pool filter monthly. Your filter should last at least a year.
  12. If you have a broken or a missing main drain grate in the pool or spa replace immediately. This is very dangerous and can be fatal. It can cause someone to become entrapped.
  13. Never drain your own pool. Have a professional drain it.  If you try and drain your own pool you may cause it to “pop out” of the ground.   If this happens it will be very expensive to fix.

Remember Pool Safety

In the state of Florida, you must have a fence or a safety wall, or a combination of both, that surrounds the pool.  It must also be 4 feet tall.

 

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