When you are thinking about having a healthy swimming pool in your Pensacola, Destin, FL home, there are some basic principles you need to follow. If you follow the basic principles of keeping your pool clean and healthy, you are unlikely to have many challenges with your pool. In this article, we are going to talk more about how to have a healthy swimming pool.
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Keeping a Healthy Swimming Pool

Before you get the pool season started off or get too far into it, you need to make sure you are ready to take care of all the pool maintenance. If you keep your pool beautiful and clean, you aren’t going to have to worry about cleaning it up and have major challenges with it.

Being a resident of Florida gives you more time for swimming than some people in other climates, but this also means you are going to have more time where you have to clean your pool and make sure it is kept up.

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Chlorine & Chemistry

Chlorine is often used to help give you a healthy swimming pool. Chlorine basically does three things and those things are:

  • Quick and ongoing sanitization
  • Fighting algae growth
  • Oxidizing contaminants

When you add chlorine to your pool, a chemical reaction happens that attacks the cell walls of bacteria and other microorganisms that can be harmful. Once the enzymes and other structures within the cell walls have been destroyed, the oxidization happens and they are no longer harmful. This usually happens pretty quickly, but if your pH level of your pool is too high, it can slow it down. Sunlight can also cause problems and make the process slower and if oxidization is too fast, you are going to have to add more chlorine for it to work.

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How the Heat Affects Your Healthy Swimming Pool

Warm water is the party place for bacteria and microorganisms. The Florida heat is sure to make your pool water higher. If your pool is not enclosed, this is even truer. As the temperature in your pool rises, microorganisms begin to have a higher population in your pool and this means your chlorine is working overtime.

If your pool’s water temperature is past 80 degrees, you need to make sure to pay attention and get to work. The warmer the water, the more chlorine you are going to need in your pool.

Your Healthy Swimming Pool

Now that you understand more about heat effects your pool during the summer, you are going to be able to take care of your pool better. Whether you are taking care of your pool or a pool service is taking care of your pool, you need to make sure your pool is getting some extra attention.

Buy a pool thermometer. If you see the temperature getting to 80 or higher, you need to take care of it. Adjust the chlorine level or let your service professional know.

Use your nose.  There is a slight odor that comes about when chlorine breaks down microorganisms. If you smell a strong odor, you know that your pool is working too hard.

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