Tipton Pool Builders in Knoxville, TN offer pool service maintenance basics

Keeping your family swimming pool cleaned, maintained and properly serviced is a must in order to protect the investment you’ve made in the family pool. Toward that end, you must either commit to cleaning and balancing the pool chemicals yourself or you need to hire a pool service professional in Knoxville, Tennessee area to take on the pool tasks on your behalf.

Pool service maintenance basics

  1. Keeping the pool water clean. This means skimming off floating dirt and debris. Using a pool cover helps keep the water cleaner longer and will also help with slowing the rate of evaporation and lowers the amount of chemicals you need to use.gunite swimming pool
  2. If you’re maintaining the pool yourself you will not only need to skim floating debris, but you will need to vacuum the pool to pick up any fallen debris. Along with vacuuming the pool and before you vacuum you will want to brush the walls and pool floor to loosen anything.
  3. Buy a water testing kit so you can test the water between service visits. Your pool contractor will have them available for purchase when he comes to service your pool. He can also show you how to interpret the numbers on the test kit.
  4. Other pool maintenance basics include checking the filter and emptying the skimmer basket. You will also need to check the filter pressure to assure it’s operating at its peak.
  5. Check the pool occasionally to see if there is any water puddling around it as this could mean the pool has a slow leak; this will typically require a call to a pool service contractor to inspect and repair it.

Before you hire a pool service contractor, make sure you check his references, request a quote and understand what tasks he will perform and how frequently. You should also understand pool service maintenance basics before you hire a pro.

Here’s to your best summer swim season!