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Swimming Pool Chemistry

Proper swimming pool chemistry is the most important part of your pool care. The water quality and swimming safety depends on having your pool balanced correctly.

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Swimming Pool Care


The Elements Of A Swimming Pool

Have a great swimming pool should be fun and cleaning your pool along with pool maintenance is part of that fun, at least it should be.

Because most indoor and outdoor swimming pools are chlorine pools, there are only six basic areas you need to know:

  1. You need to understand the functions of pool chlorine and cyanuric acid levels (CYA) The CYA is mainly for outdoor pools.

  2. You need to know how to raise and lower your pH level
  3. How to properly adjust your swimming pool's total alkalinity (TA)
  4. Your calcium hardness
  5. And last, you must have a good water testing kit

    Taylor Reagent FAS-DPD K-2006 Pool Water Testing Kit


This is the place to be for all of your swimming pool related issues and questions.

You can have the swimming pool you deserve and get the same results as your neighbor down the street who uses a professional pool service.


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