Maintenance on saltwater pools?
We are thinking of putting in a salt water pool. Can anyone (who already has salt water system) give us some general tips for maintenance / cleaning ? We are living in southern Ontario. Thanks!
Salt water pools are great and no self cleaning chemicals needed just add salt when your reading is in the range 2800-3000 and keep it in the 3000-3200 range and add stabilizer about every 3 months (2 cups is fine) Good luck
Salt Water Pool Secrets pt 1
Can I get “swimmer’s itch” from a pool @ my health club?
I’ve been swimming pretty frequently (4-5 days a week) since early 11/07 @ an indoor pool @ my new gym. Lately my skin (mainly my legs) has been itching rather badly. I always shower off w/my normal soap immediately after leaving the water.
I haven’t had a change in any products I use that come in contact w/my skin. I have tried a high quality moisturizing cream (in case it was due to dry skin) which seems to help, but only a little bit.
A. Can you get “swimmer’s itch” from a pool?
If so, does it have to do w/pool maintenance/cleaning?
B. Could I be NOW developing some kind of chemical sensitivity to something in the water even though I’ve been doing this for over two months now?
Perfect, at least I know it’s not parasitic in nature from the first response, but COULD it be from a pool that is not being properly maintained or cleaned?
“Swimmer’s itch” is the result of parasite that is hosted by and spread by snails and waterfowl. So, no — you didn’t get “swimmer’s itch” from a filtered pool.
However, you could be getting dry skin from the chemicals in the water. Because it’s winter, you skin is already on the dry side. Keep using the lotion.
Add: Just because your skin is drying out does NOT mean the pool chemistry is being mismanaged. Some people are not tolerant to the chemicals used. It could be that the last two months have simply exposed your skin to the point of eliciting a reaction. Before you go blaming your club, why don’t you ask the other swimmers there if they are having problems. They might have some good tips. If the condition is intolerable, I suggest you consult a dermatologist.
Want to know how to close our Gibraltar pool? ?
we want to learn how to close our pool our selves/ the problem being is our pool has a bottom drain even though its an above ground pool. when we had someone close it last year they blew out the bottom drain and plugged it. we don’t know how to go about doing this ie what to use. but we have seen that other people use chemicals. we normally use Baquacil in our pool not chlorine. any help would be great. thanks
i own a pool company and dont do baquacil pools but i highly suggest that you go to a pool store they will tell all the steps to follow.hope this helps