re: Pool Maintenance

I'm almost a year into owning my own pool. (gunite salt water)

I use a little test kit and check my PH and chlorine weekly. Once a month or so I do the whole litany of tests in the kit. This takes me 10 minutes.

There's a few things I've had to add like baking soda from a big bag, big salt bags and liquid CYA. Otherwise it's a third - half bottle of acid weekly.

Chlorine might take a bit more attention. Cleaning the filters (mine are cartridge style) might be the most physically demanding part. That I do a few times a year.

Overall not that difficult, just a few minutes each week.

Oh, and when in use I drop a bag of shock in it every Sunday night.