A Guide To Swimming Pool Equipment Care
There's a lot of swimming pool equipment that you can choose from. Some of this equipment is essential, while others are optional. Some of them are just a luxury to have. But what are the swimming pool equipment that you absolutely need and how can you maintain them?
Telescopic Pole
You can’t maintain your fibreglass pool without a telescopic pole. Wondering why? Well, you can do just about everything you need with it. You can skim, brush and even vacuum your pool, and more.
But that’s not all. As the name suggests, telescopic poles can both be extended in size, and they can shrink as well. This provides you with a lot of flexibility when you’re cleaning the inside of your pool.
But you’ll also need to clean your telescopic pole from time to time. A simple wash with soap is enough to take care of the pole area.
Skimmer Net Attachment
Are you wondering how you can get rid of the leaves that will end up floating around in your pool? If you have trees, plants and shrubs in your backyard, then you’ll need to deal with leaf litter from time to time.
To get rid of leaf litter, you’ll need a pool skimmer net. This net can be attached to the end of your telescopic pole. Now, you can use the net to manually get rid of leaves and other debris from your fibreglass pool.
When your net passes over the water, it ends up scooping everything that’s in its path. This includes bugs, leaves, cups, and anything else that may have fallen into your pool.
There are two kinds of skimmer nets that you can choose from, the flat nets and the bag bets. Of these, the flat nets are not just easier to manoeuvre, but also easier to clean. After all, you’ll want to ensure that you clean all the leaf litter out of your skimmer net before the next time you need to use it.
Pool Brush Attachment
With time, thick layers of algae, as well as other buildup, will gather on the floors, walls as well as the steps of the pool. Your pool maintenance habits indicate how soon this will happen, but it can happen to anyone. How can you deal with this? You’ll need to scrub it away with the help of your pool brush.
When you brush your pool, you keep it healthy and prevent problems like cloudy water from forming. It’s also the best way to ensure that your pool chemicals are effective for longer. There are various kinds of pool brushes you can get, but for fibreglass pools, you should use a nylon brush.
After you’ve brushed your pool, it’s time to clean your pool brush. To ensure that none of the matter you’ve scrubbed off your pool adheres to your pool brush, give it a thorough cleaning. Sanitise your brush so that the next time you need to use it, you don’t reintroduce contaminants from the last cleaning session back into your pool.
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Vacuum Head
A pool vacuum essentially has three main parts. These include:
A vacuum head A vacuum hose A telescopic pole
The part that is responsible for actually vacuuming is the vacuum head. You’ll need to pass it over the floor of your pool. The vacuum head can be attached to the end of your telescopic pole. When you have attached it, all you have to do is vacuum.
After you’ve vacuumed, you’ll need to clean the vacuum head carefully. There should be no contaminants left in the vacuum head after you’ve cleaned it.
Vacuum Hose
A vacuum hose is essential to being able to vacuum your pool. This vacuum hose connects to the pool skimmer. It supplies the vacuum with the pressure needed to swallow debris.
But after it has been used, you’ll need to clean the vacuum hose as well. Simply using water pressure to keep the hose clean is enough. But don’t leave it lying dirty for too long.
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Pool Filter
Your pool filter is essential to keeping the water in your pool clean. This filter is the most important piece of equipment that you will own. It’s responsible for purifying the water in the pool. It removes debris as well as contaminants and keeps the water clear and safe.
There are essentially three kinds of pool filters that you can choose from. These include:
Cartridge Filters Sand Filters Diatomaceous Earth Filters
For cartridge filters, you’ll need to replace the cartridge. For sand and DE filters, you’ll need to backwash them.
Pool Pump
The pool pump is also the heart of your swimming pool. It circulates the water in the pool and also helps in the filtration process. There are three different types of pool pumps that you can get.
The first of these is single-speed pumps, then comes dual-speed pumps, and finally, variable-speed pumps. When you get a variable speed pump, you can enjoy the most flexibility when it comes to how you control energy usage.
But you’ll also need to maintain your pool pump as well. Remember that every week, you’ll need to empty out the pump’s basket.
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Automatic Pool Cleaner
This is a kind of pool equipment that you don’t absolutely need, but you can choose to get it anyway. If you don’t want to manually brush and vacuum your pool, then consider getting an automatic pool cleaner.
There are three kinds of automatic pool cleaners that you can choose from. These include suction side cleaners, robotic cleaners as well as pressure side cleaners. When you get an automatic pool cleaner, then a lot of your workload will be reduced.
While your automatic pool cleaner takes care of maintaining your pool for you, you have to focus on maintaining the pool cleaner from time to time. Simply clean out all the debris that your automatic pool cleaner accumulates from time to time, and you can also give the exterior a thorough scrub.
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Conclusion
Aside from having all the equipment you need to clean your fibreglass pool, you’ll also need to maintain that equipment. Essentially, you’ll be responsible for removing the dirt, leaf litter, grime, and other substances that attach to your pool cleaning equipment. Use this guide to learn more about what the essential pieces of pool cleaning equipment are, as well as how you can maintain them.
