A big part of having a pool in your home is making sure you do right by its maintenance and upkeep. If you have a regular and thorough routine it doesn’t have to be as rigorous an affair as it sounds. No matter what kind of pool you have, if you want to ensure its longevity, you’re going to have to do certain things.

Preventative maintenance is the cornerstone of making sure solid investments in home improvement renovations actually seem like the worth of their investment.

Here are the ultimate tips to maintain your pool throughout the year.

Keeping up chemistry

The pH levels in your pool should stay between the most neutral values which is 7.2 and 7.8. Any lower than that and your pool will need more chlorine. In the winter season it’s best to check as regularly as once every two weeks or one.

You can be more frequent in the summer season and check once or twice a week. Chlorine stays the most active at pH 7 and least when pH levels reach 8. Keep chlorine use minimal.

Remove debris and baskets

It’s important to remove the debris like fallen leaves, bugs or random things that fall in every few days. This is called skimming the pool and can help you prolong the life of your pool.

These can sink to the bottom eventually and require more effort to get rid of. They can also upset the pH levels in the pool and impact the circulation system.

Make sure you don’t neglect the strainer basket in the pool deck if you have an in-ground pool. You have to take the basket out and give it a vigorous shake to dispel all objects and then hose it down to get hard to remove objects.

Clean out filters

You’re going to have to be vigilant about changing and cleaning filters as regularly as you can. Sometimes all it takes to clean the pool is to clean the filter, other times, you have to do both.

Simple backwashing every month will make sure all the filter pipes are clean through and through. To keep your filter running efficiently, time it to run for only 6 hours throughout the day.

Kill bacteria by shocking your pool

You need to raise the chlorine levels in your pool really high every now and then to kill all the bacteria. Let it filter through the pool and refill the pool slowly and gradually. You don’t have to do this too often but doing it at least twice during the season should do the trick.

Now that you know how to maintain a pool, it’s finally time to get one in your backyard!

We can help you design, build and renovate your pool in Ashburn, Purcellville, and Aldie. For all questions and queries to get the pool of your dreams, you can contact our experienced pool contractors.