Maintenance Plan

As we discussed earlier maintaining proper water chemistry is very important to your swimmers’ health. We suggested taking your water to a local pool store for testing and told you must stores will give you this analysis for free. Included with our free water analysis was a maintenance plan.

Maintenance Plan for 18 x 48 Metal Frame Pool

Weekly Maintenance

1. Fill Chlorine feeder weekly with 12 oz 3″ slow tabs. Adjust amount to maintain 1 to 3 ppms of free chlorine
2. Add 6 oz of Clarifier to maintain sparkling clear water
3. Add 12 oz of Maintenance shock to superchlorinate for preventative maintenance.

Biweekly Maintenance

1. Add 6 oz of Algaecide to prevent alage build up.
2. Add 6 oz Prevent Mineral to prevent stains and metal build up.

We use a 6 in 1 maintenance shock that includes the clarifier and algaecide. We still add separate algaecide on bi to tri weekly basis since we are getting coverage from the shock. Add a shock treatment in you had heavy rain or heavy use.

All pool chemical products are not created equal. Read labels very carefully. Some shock can be poured in the pool and some must be dissolved in a bucket before adding to your pool. You want to use chemicals designed for vinyl pools.  

 

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