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Saltwater Pool Questions
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 6/23/20 at 6:08 pm
Buying a house with a saltwater pool.
Have never owned a home with a pool so I don't know the first thing about maintenance. I've been doing some reading and watching youtube vids, but what are some tips for a beginner?
Have never owned a home with a pool so I don't know the first thing about maintenance. I've been doing some reading and watching youtube vids, but what are some tips for a beginner?
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Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:16 pm to thatguy
Keep the pump running year round.
No glass bottles if you have kids around.
No glass bottles if you have kids around.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:57 pm to thatguy
When balancing the water do it in the following order to make your chemicals last longer: alkalinity, PH, free available chlorine.
Don’t worry too much about phosphates, if you keep the above in control.
Buy a Taylor home self test kit and learn it.
Remove organic material (leafs) from the pool before adding chemicals.
**i worked for Leslie pools in high school. Currently own a home with a pool.
Don’t worry too much about phosphates, if you keep the above in control.
Buy a Taylor home self test kit and learn it.
Remove organic material (leafs) from the pool before adding chemicals.
**i worked for Leslie pools in high school. Currently own a home with a pool.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 7:59 pm to thatguy
I bought a house last July with a Saltwater pool, and didn't have any experience before. Had to replace the liner, a wall collapsed, and spent a couple months getting it back in action. But I've learned alot...
Pump needs to run 10-12 hours a day. You have to cycle all the water in the pool everyday to keep the chlorine levels where they need to be. Between rain and evaporation, you will have to add salt every once in awhile. Its cheap ($5 for a 40lb bag), so you just need to stay on top of it.
You will need to maintain with chemicals other than just salt to keep the PH in the recommended range (muriatic acid or baking soda). Also, chlorine stabilzer and the occasional shock if your saltwater system isn't keeping up from heavy use.
There's some threads below on automated pool cleaners. I have a Dolphin CC - and I highly recommend it.
Pump needs to run 10-12 hours a day. You have to cycle all the water in the pool everyday to keep the chlorine levels where they need to be. Between rain and evaporation, you will have to add salt every once in awhile. Its cheap ($5 for a 40lb bag), so you just need to stay on top of it.
You will need to maintain with chemicals other than just salt to keep the PH in the recommended range (muriatic acid or baking soda). Also, chlorine stabilzer and the occasional shock if your saltwater system isn't keeping up from heavy use.
There's some threads below on automated pool cleaners. I have a Dolphin CC - and I highly recommend it.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:13 pm to thatguy
salt is not low maintenance. pH is always important. Saltwater pools run high so you will be adding acid.
Look into the BBB method online. It is mainly for chlorinator pools, but much applies to saltwater as well. They HATE pool stores. I know somebody posted about Leslies and being a former employee. BBB people are militant that he is the enemy. LOL
The truth (as usual) is somewhere in the middle.
Look into the BBB method online. It is mainly for chlorinator pools, but much applies to saltwater as well. They HATE pool stores. I know somebody posted about Leslies and being a former employee. BBB people are militant that he is the enemy. LOL
The truth (as usual) is somewhere in the middle.
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:19 pm to thatguy
I had a saltwater pool for several years, about to build my 2nd. All I ever did was add acid once a week and salt about once a month and the levels stayed perfect
Posted on 6/23/20 at 8:36 pm to Bucktail1
Same here. And I only run my pump about 3-4 hrs a day.
Posted on 6/24/20 at 8:25 am to thatguy
I have had both and honestly will never have a non saltwater pool again. My last pool was 8500 gallons. We ran an over sized pump 12 hours a day with a sand filter. Get a good test kit and a good automatic pool cleaner. Our pool was away from any trees so we rarely got much organic matter in the pool. We added maybe 1 bag of salt a month and some acid every couple of weeks. I also made sure to backflush my system at least twice a month to keep the sand clean. It was nice to swim in what amounts to weak saline solution. No stinging eyes. No chlorine smell. No tight and dried out skin feeling like we have experienced in chlorine pools. YMMV 
Posted on 6/24/20 at 11:14 am to convertedtiger
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It was nice to swim in what amounts to weak saline solution. No stinging eyes. No chlorine smell. No tight and dried out skin feeling like we have experienced in chlorine pools.
You will not have any of that in a properly balanced chlorine pool.
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