Imagine: It’s a beautiful 90 degree weekend in the Hamptons. You and your family are looking forward to using the pool all weekend long. But, what you didn’t know is that your pool company hasn’t been properly balancing your water and it’s hazy with a green tint. Now you are unable to use your pool for likely the whole weekend and might have some upset kids!
DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU! Keeping your pool properly maintained will greatly improve the longevity of your pool and ensure that you are able to use it when you want it. Whether it’s a vinyl pool or a gunite pool, weekly maintenance is necessary.
There are a couple key weekly maintenance items:
- Pool cleaning
- Water chemistry
- Chemicals
- Equipment inspection
- Property check
Pool Cleaning
This is one of the more straightforward maintenance items. Keeping your pool clean from dirt and debris affects not only the water chemistry, but the equipment used to run your pool. A dirtier pool is likely to clog up the filter faster and cause issues down the road. A weekly visit will ensure that doesn’t happen. 
Water Chemistry
This is one of the most important steps, if not the most important step of them all. Water is very fickle. It changes with the weather and even bathers in the pool can affect it. Water chemistry is important for these three aspects:
- Swimmer safety
- Properly balanced pool water is going to look great and it’s going to feel great. Most importantly, it’s going to be safe (don’t swim in murky water).
- Structural integrity
- Water chemistry plays a role in the structure of your pool. If it’s vinyl and your pattern is fading early on in its life cycle, check your pool chemicals. If it’s gunite and you are seeing white calcium buildup, check your pool chemicals.
- Equipment longevity
- Balanced pool water will also help with the life of your pool equipment. Unbalanced water can cause calcium buildup in your equipment which could potentially ruin it if not caught soon enough.
A lot of companies in the field use a quick method to check the chemicals, which can be inaccurate from the test or the user. Contact us to ask about our mobile computerized test, which provides us with the most accurate readings.
Chemicals
Your pool water is balanced using chemicals based on the water chemistry. The proper chemicals need to be added each week to ensure that the water is balanced and safe. Adding chemicals can be dangerous, and should be left to your trained pool technicians to handle.
Equipment Inspection
A weekly visit would also consist of equipment inspection. Some homeowners don’t like going over to the pool equipment, so they may not know if it’s running properly. Pool equipment is very expensive and should be maintained weekly to ensure longevity and safety. 
Property Check
Your pool technician is going places on your property that you may rarely go to yourself. So if your sprinkler head for example, is leaking near the pool equipment, you may not know until you receive a large water bill. Your pool technician could bring that to your attention before it becomes a bigger problem. 
As you can see, weekly pool maintenance is very important.
Now imagine: You’ve hired Anchor Pools to take care of your pool. It’s a beautiful 90 degree weekend in the Hamptons. You and your family are looking forward to using the pool all weekend long. The pool is crystal clear, safe to swim, feels great and is running efficiently. Enjoy!
