Swimming Pool Chemistry..Care..Maintenance..

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:

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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For chemical related issues, please give your chemicals readings, type of filtration system, what you've done or are trying to do, etc..

Questions that say "I have high chlorine" or "My pH is low" will be deleted. I need the actual chemical numbers.

Chlorine
pH
Alkalinity
Hardness
Cyanuric Acid
Sand, Cartridge, DE Filter

Please explain your issue thoughtfully. By giving me all the details, it makes it much easier to answer your question and helps others that may have similar issues.

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