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    Oct 20
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2 Major Items in Your Weekly Pool Cleaning Routine

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There are 2 main cornerstones of your weekly pool maintenance routine that’ll keep your pool waters clean, sparkling, and healthy. It’s easy to ignore your pool but it gets hard when the water changes to green. Avid this by incorporating a healthy routine to keep your pool always clean. That way each swim is refreshing and not harmful for your skin.

Pool Maintenance Tips to Get Rid of Calcium Deposits

This must be one of the many questions on the mind of a pool owner. And here I will be giving 5 ways on how to remove calcium deposits from your pool! And not only will it look better, but it will also allow you to enjoy your pool like you once did!

1. Use a calcium releaser

These products make it easy to remove calcium deposits. While selecting your product, select acid-free calcium releasers, as these products are left a long time on your pool tile before scrubbing off, and the acid could destroy your pool finish.

2. Use scaling treatment

If your pool is made of fiberglass, scaling treatment is advised because other methods would scratch the glass since they involve brushing.

3. Use a pumice

This rock is also effective in removing calcium deposits in pools, make sure the surface of both the rock and the pool is wet, and do not scrub too hard in order not to deface your pool.

4. Use white vinegar and a scrub brush

Fill a water bottle spray with half water and half vinegar solution, spray on your pool tile and leave for some minutes before rubbing gently with a scrub brush.

5. Use muriatic acid

This is also known as Hydrochloric acid, this acid has high strength in removing mineral deposits, calcium deposits inclusive. While using it, you should be fully clothed with your google and gloves in order to avoid safety hazards. Make sure not to leave the acid too long because you do not want to destroy the finish of your pool.

Pool Cleaning Tips for General Pool Health

You often do the same when it comes to cleaning your pool. In doing so, you limit cleaning your pool to a series of standard tasks.

While this does not pose any problem in the short term, we nevertheless recommend that you regularly perform the following tasks when cleaning your pool.

1. Clean the edge of the pool

Cleaning the edge of the pool is a tedious task that is often postponed. However, we recommend that you regularly clean the edge of your pool.

You will thus eliminate the lime at the height of the waterline. If you put off this task over and over, you will have a hard time removing the scale deposit.

Therefore, take the time to meticulously clean the edge of your pool on a regular basis. You will thus obtain an impeccable water line, without the slightest trace of lime on the interior coating.

2. Add a flocculant

When using the same water for a long time, some concentrations may increase. Too high concentrations of calcium, iron, copper, etc. can cause problems and even cause the appearance of brown spots in the pool. To avoid this inconvenience, a flocculant should be used.

This product precipitates all the impurities and makes them fall to the bottom of the swimming pool. All you have to do is vacuum to remove them from the pool. All you have to do is place the flocculant sachets in the skimmers. Through filtration, the product spreads into the water and takes effect.

This product also makes it possible to obtain perfectly clear water. It is therefore in your best interest to follow this advice.

3. Vacuum the pool

Small impurities precipitated by means of the flocculant must then be removed with a swimming pool vacuum cleaner. There are dozens of models.

Manual vacuum cleaners are relatively inexpensive, although there are also different price categories here. Our general finding is that a more expensive vacuum cleaner, like the Fairlocks, provides more efficient and significantly faster cleaning than a cheaper model.

But cleaning a swimming pool with a manual vacuum cleaner is very laborious and time-consuming. The ideal alternative is the robotic pool cleaner. In this case, the vacuum does all the work for you.

The purchase price is higher than that of a manual vacuum cleaner. But one thing is certain: a robot makes your job much easier and limits the number of products you need to maintain your pool.

4. Remove the leaves

The leaves have a bad influence on the quality of the water since they absorb a lot of chlorine. It is therefore essential to remove them using a landing net.

Don’t forget to empty the skimmer baskets regularly. These are indeed often filled with leaves.

5. Clean the roller shutter

Many impurities clump together on the surface of the roller shutter and inside it. To remove these impurities and preserve the appearance of your roller shutter, you should take the time to clean the shutter completely.

An effective product is Roldeck descaling agent. With the help of a good sponge, you can clean the roller shutter in the blink of an eye. It is not recommended to bathe directly after cleaning. It is better to wait until the product is fully assimilated. So wait a short day before going into the water.

6. Perform a backwash

The backwash (or backwash) of the swimming pool filter is an essential task. Without backwash, your filter can indeed become clogged. Under the most extreme conditions, it could even explode.

To avoid this inconvenience, the solution could not be simpler: perform a backwash once a week in order to permanently remove the impurities from the filter. This will prevent an increase in pressure inside the filter.

7. Add fresh water regularly

Our last tip should only apply a few times a year. Adding new water to the pool reduces certain concentrations of salts and metals, such as chlorides, iron, copper, etc.

These concentrations must be reduced in order to guarantee good disinfection of the swimming pool water. In addition, high concentrations of metals can cause brown spots to appear in the pool.

To avoid this inconvenience, add 3 to 5% of the total water volume in your pool at least 3 times a year. Warning: do not use well water in particular. This indeed contains too high concentrations of these metals. You could therefore make the situation worse.

Do you have more questions about cleaning your pool? Please do not hesitate to contact us.

  • 04
    Oct 20
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How to Keep Your Pool Clean with Chlorine Treatment

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Keeping your pool clean and healthy should be the entire point of regular pool maintenance. And that pool that looks so great week in and out, is an absolute delight to the pool owner.

The most common solution to achieve this is a regular treatment of the pool water to remove lime and debris.

Ceramic tile with a heavy build up

However, the wrong dosage of cleaning products can lead to the accumulation of several layers of limestone on the walls and in the pool’s bottom. To remove this debris, you need to understand everything that can make them appear.

The Importance of Chlorine for the Pool

Chlorine is the first choice for maintaining healthy pool water. Chlorine has been used for years in swimming pools around the world.

It is a highly reactive chemical that reacts with all kinds of biological impurities in water.

If these organic impurities are not treated with care, bacteria can develop algae or even a bio-film.

What Happens if a Swimming Pool is not Well-balanced?

If the pool water has a high calcium hardness or other debris, this can cause technical problems. Like fouling or lime in the pipes and in the pool itself.

As a result, the maintenance and cleaning of the pool will increase. If the supply water is very hard, large amounts of lime can deposit on the sides of the pool.

Even if there is only a little calcium carbonate in the water, and following an unbalanced addition of chlorine and PH, lime will form at the level of the evaporation line of the water as well as on the pool walls. These lime deposits at the edge of the pool are often difficult to remove and involve manual work.

Water Filtration Rings: Less Effort, Less Cost

Compared to the maintenance consequences described above, the solutions seem incredibly simple.

The main configuration of a swimming pool is always the same. There is a filter system, a pump, and maybe a heating element, that’s all.

In accordance with the size of the pool, you must install a ring at the freshwater supply line and another ring in the circulation line. In the case of a large public swimming pool, install in the circulation line of each swimming pool, to get the same results in all swimming pools.

What’s the result?

In case of calcium hardness, the ring keeps the dissolved calcium in the pool water, which will have a more fluid texture. Over time, the pool water will be much softer, despite the calcium.

Less crust will form on the evaporation line. And limestone debris will be much easier to remove. When you use these filters and rings, you are also fighting the growth of algae in the pool.

Many owners have stopped using chemicals since the installation of these rings.

No chlorine or other pool chemicals. Without having problems with water quality.

I would not recommend such a thing for a public pool. If countless visitors use this pool, the risk would be too great. I am sure the regulatory authorities would not agree.

However, it is preferable to use these rings even for public swimming pools in order to reduce maintenance costs for protecting pipes or walls of the swimming pool. By doing this, you will need a lot less chlorine to disinfect the water than before while maintaining the same quality of water.

  • 27
    Sep 20
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What You Should Know About Pool Cleaning: Pool pH, Filtration, and Pool Maintenance

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What You Should Know About Pool Cleaning: Pool pH, Filtration, and Pool Maintenance

Cleaning your pool can be a hassle if you don’t have the right guidance to go about it. Thankfully, we brought together the main highlights of pool maintenance and prepared this to guide you. We’ll talk about your pool pH and managing and also how to handle your pool filtration. We added a checklist to guide you on your Saturday pool cleaning.

Swimming Pool pH Balance

The water in your swimming pool contains an extremely complex balancing system. When we talk about water balance in a swimming pool, we are referring to 3 parameters: pH – TAC (alkalinity) – TH (limestone).

Focus primarily on pH. It should be between 7.2 and 7.4. You measure it with an electronic pH meter, strips, or liquid tests.

The pH should be checked at least once a week (or even twice a week, or even every day in the event of exceptional climatic conditions). And correct it if necessary with pH less or pH more.

Note: The pH conditions the effectiveness of treatment products, in particular, that of chlorine. Too high a ph strongly harms the action of chlorine.

A poorly balanced pH is very often the cause of swimming pool water problems (cloudy, green, etc.).

If you often have pH problems, you will need to go a little further in the analysis and control the TAC and TH.

Easy cleaning of the pool

Filtration and disinfection (associated with a good water balance) are the essential steps in the routine maintenance of the swimming pool. Now we have to clean the pool in order to maintain our hydraulic circuit and our pond.

Filtration cleaning

Filtration consists of the swimming pool water renewal circuit. The main players are the pump which sets the water in motion and the filter which will clean the pool water. All of this is connected by pipelines. The skimmer sucks in the water and the delivery nozzles return the previously filtered water.

It is therefore important:

  • To have a filter and a pump adapted to the volume of water in your swimming pool (to be determined with a professional)
  • To filter your water on a daily basis and to regulate the filtration time efficiently (never “under-filter”)
  • To clean its filtration regularly

If these settings are ok, you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

Regarding the filtration time, think about the rule:

Filtration time = water temperature divided by 2

Water problems are often caused by an under-filtered pool.

Also, be careful: Do not filter your pool at night. It must be filtered during the day when UV rays are most active.

Consider helping your filtration. In order for it to run smoothly, you must avoid asking it indiscriminately. You should also monitor the level of clogging of the filter and clean it as necessary. For a filter to clean properly, the filter load must still be clean.

When your pool is too dirty, clean it with your vacuum cleaner by putting the water directly into the sewer so as not to require filtration unnecessarily.

The use of an electric swimming pool robot makes it possible not to put too much strain on the filtration of the swimming pool (autonomous robot not connected to the filtration circuit of the swimming pool).

Remember to regularly empty the skimmer baskets and the pump prefilter. This will help your filtration to run optimally.

Tip: There are socks or pre-filters that you can put on your skimmer baskets. This limits the clogging of the filter.

Monitor the filter pressure via the pressure gauge (which gives you an indication of the level of clogging of the filter). It is necessary to clean its filter very frequently.

For sand filters, a backwash (or backwash) + rinsing is carried out in order to clean the filter material which retains all the impurities.

You will then send water to the sewer. You will then need to refill your pool with new water. Rely on the turbidity indicator to determine the duration of the backwash. When the water becomes clear again, you can stop. And above all, think about rinsing (a very often forgotten step).

Pool surveillance

Every day, take a quick look at your pool and the general water quality. The faster you act, the easier and faster the corrective action will be.

Also, check the water level in your pool. It must never go below half of the skimmers (optimal level = ¾ top of the skimmers). Otherwise, you will suck air into your hydraulic circuit.

It is also important to renew your water regularly, this will allow you to avoid many problems (at least 1/3 of the total volume of water every year).

The Saturday Check List: For Easy Maintenance of your pool

I advise you to choose a “pool maintenance” day during the week, it will be easier to use. Saturday is generally a good day because it marks the start of the weekend.

I give you a list of weekly tasks (knowing that some tasks can be bi-weekly, even daily, depending on weather conditions).

Clean the pool with a landing net and a vacuum cleaner or robot

  • Scrub the walls and clean the waterline
  • Empty the pump pre-filter and the skimmer baskets
  • Backwash + rinse the sand filter
  • Check the water level and refill the pool if necessary
  • Check the level of disinfectant / Disinfect your pool with your usual product
  • Check the pH and correct it if necessary (pH less or pH more)
  • Control the water temperature and adjust your filtration time if necessary

Normally, the maintenance of a swimming pool does not take more than 30 minutes per week.

Note: Following a thunderstorm or heavy rains, check your water well. Indeed, the storm deteriorates the quality of the water more quickly. The hotter it is, the more vigilant you have to be and regularly check the water.

In Summary

The comfort of your swimming pool depends on good organization. The goal of the game is to do some corrective actions in order to avoid a big curative action, long, expensive, and… irritating!

You can also get help from automatic devices (electrolyzer, auto regulator, chlorinator, etc.). Once installed and configured, they bring you a certain comfort. It will still be necessary to ensure the proper functioning of these devices.

Happy swimming!

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    Aug 20
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How We Can Help You With Your Pool Today

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Types of Services We Offer?

Here at the specialty aquatic tile cleaning, we offer a wide range of pool cleaning services! I will first start off by telling you that a clean pool is a lot more enjoyable. When your pool is clean and everything is right, you can expect to swim with your eyes open and not worry!

Pool Tile Cleaning and Replacement

When you get your pool tile repaired or replaced by us, you can expect everything to look as good as new. We can help you if they’re discolored as well!

Pool Makeover Special

Another service that we offer as well would be our pool makeover special. If your pool hasn’t received the care and attention that it requires you can probably start to notice some discoloration going on. How we address this issue is first we have to completely drain the pool, followed by an acid wash to clean the plaster, and then lastly calcium removal on the tiles. But just like any other job, it all depends on the pool size!

Power Washing

The third most popular service that we offer would be power washing. When we power wash you can expect to have your deck completely clear of any old dirt marks. This is usually what people get as well as the pool makeover. These both go together really well, leaving your backyard as you could remember it years ago.

Ceramic tile with heavy build up

Many pool owners know that owning a pool can be difficult at first and very irritating. So why go through all of the problems that arise with pool owners when you could have a trusted company like specialty aquatic tile cleaning take care of it for you!

Here at specialty aquatic tile cleaning, we charge by the linear foot. In some cases very rarely though, it is by the square foot. Our goal is to satisfy our customers and demolish the competition. We offer free estimates to anyone within 35 miles of us. So why are you waiting?

Pick up the phone and call 626-275-8959 and get your free estimate!

Why Should You Work With a Pool Maintenance Professional?

There are several reasons why you should hire a professional to take care of your pool.

The first and most important reason is to maintain the chemical integrity of your pool water.

Chemically treating a swimming pool can be very frustrating for pool owners, at least if you want to maintain a level of quality!

In fact, this is a big reason why people prefer a professional review of their pool, as it can be confusing for someone who doesn’t know what they are doing.

Most importantly, your swimming pool is a breeding ground for nasty little organisms. Proper chemical treatment can effectively treat water and ensure the health and well-being of your family.

The next big reason for hiring a pool maintenance professional is to properly maintain the pool equipment. Most owners are not good at mechanically and are a little intimidated by the pool equipment.

In addition, there are a large number of moving parts and if anything moved, it could drastically affect the normal operation of your pool and its filtration process.

A pool maintenance professional will not only keep your pool running smoothly, but will also use preventative maintenance techniques to save you time and money.

The last and most important reason to hire professionals is to enjoy your pool! 

Pick up the phone and call 626-275-8959 and get your free estimate! Proudly taking care of Covina CA and all of its pool owners! Feel free to also give us a call with any other questions or concerns regarding your pool!

  • 19
    Aug 20
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The Complete Swimming Pool Maintenance Guide

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Owning a swimming pool during the summer months is awesome. At least, as long as it is clean and healthy. To make the pleasure last, you have to maintain it. In this guide, we will show you what you need to do regarding the maintenance of your swimming pool, its water, and the filtration system.

Pool maintenance

Through regular maintenance of your pool, you can prolong its life and the life of its equipment. And when we talk about maintenance, it is mostly the simple routine cleaning and maintenance done regularly that means the most for the swimming pool’s health.

It is advisable to clean the waterline of all impurities at least once a week. A tedious job, and sometimes long depending on the size of the pool, but effective in ensuring the cleanliness of the pool. To do this, you can use a specific product, an anti-lime product or a degreaser, and rub with a sponge.

It is recommended to use a vacuum cleaning broom or a swimming pool robot to clean the bottom of the pool, at least once a week.

You must regularly empty the baskets of the skimmers, otherwise known as surface skimmers, to avoid their clogging and clogging of the walls.

As a general rule, it is advisable to monitor the water level. The surface of the water should be two-thirds of the skimmer. Underneath, there is a risk of air intake and damage to the pump. Above, the cleaning of the water turns out to be imperfect.

Water Maintenance

Cleaning your pool also means maintaining the water. It must be clear, balanced, disinfected, and disinfectant.

You can very simply clean the surface of the water using a dip net to remove large debris. To be repeated at least once a week.

The quality of the water also depends on the use of chlorinated or anti-algae products. To do this, you have six options: chlorine, bromine, active oxygen, PHMB, ultraviolet, and salt electrolysis.

It is advisable to regularly analyze the pool water, and more precisely the level of pH and disinfectant present in the water. Then you must correct the water accordingly, either by adding a cleaning product or by reducing its quantity.

Note: a pH below 7 can be harmful to the skin.

Maintenance of the Filtration System

The quality of the water depends on the filtration system. To check the filtration system, you will need to check the good simmering of the water at the outlet of the delivery nozzles: a sign of good water circulation in the filtration system.

Check the clogging of the filter. To clean a cartridge filter, simply remove the cartridge and rinse it with a water jet. To clean the other filters, backwash systems exist.

Regular Maintenance is a Prerequisite for Quality Swimming Pool Water

To have quality bathing water and not to resort to shock treatments, it is preferable to maintain your swimming pool regularly.

The pool water should be pure, clear, and the pH should be neutral; slightly basic water is however accepted – the ideal rate of 7.4. To avoid any imbalance of your water source of green water, cloudy water, and the appearance of water lines, the maintenance of swimming pool water is mandatory.

This maintenance concerns the use of a swimming pool disinfectant, the occasional application of products to maintain the pH level stable as well as the filtration of the water. Inflatable pools, tubular pools, above-ground pools, and in-ground pools are subject to regular and periodic maintenance: all pool water must be maintained and analyzed regularly using water control kits.

The analysis of swimming pool water measures the level of disinfectant, the pH, the stabilizer, and the alkalinity. As a reminder, water with a pH (potential of hydrogen) greater than 7 is said to be basic and acidic if it is less than 7.

The Risks and Consequences of an Unmaintained Swimming Pool

It is imperative to clean your swimming pool for several reasons:

  • Benefit from clear water and preserve its quality from any external pollution;
  • Guard against any premature wear of coatings such as liner, concrete or tiles;
  • Maintain water that is always clean, healthy, and suitable for swimming.

Cleaning your pool after winter is also essential. Above ground pool, in-ground pool, wood, or plastic, all need cleaning.

A swimming pool enclosure, a winter cover, or a pool cover limits the cleaning of the pool, however, the pool and the liner are not immune to the appearance of a water line and suicidal insects!

Protecting your swimming pool from the elements is one thing, believing that this eliminates the need for cleaning with a high-pressure washer is a little too optimistic!

The 5 Steps for Cleaning an Above-ground or in-ground Swimming Pool

You need different equipment to ensure periodic and daily cleaning of your swimming pool. Cleaning your pool naturally is recommended, and cleaning your pool with acid is strongly discouraged. Hydrochloric acid is not to be used in a swimming pool, even in skimmers!

Here is How to Clean an Above-ground or In-ground Pool in 5 Steps:

  • Clean the surface pool water of any external pollution using a dip net.
  • Suck up dirt from the bottom of the pool with a vacuum broom or with an automatic or semi-automatic pool robot, more practical because it is autonomous.
  • Use a water line brush, a kind of sponge to gently rub the waterline, formed by residues marking the limit of water on the liner (be careful not to damage it). The use of special coating/liner cleaning products makes the task easier. The walls and the bottom can also be cleaned with a brush.
  • Remove the residues present and pass a sponge on the skimmers, filters which are also to be cleaned. The skimmers clean the surface of the water by skimming them, the impurities sucked up are then sent to the pump which, after filtration, pushes the water back into the basin.
  • Wash cover, curtain, tarpaulin, pool enclosure, and coping; the use of a high-pressure cleaner facilitates the removal of dirt. The use of a low abrasive product is necessary to preserve the equipment.

Pool maintenance must be regular to be effective. If you are not there or do not have the energy necessary to maintain your pool, contact a pool specialist near you. Most of them provide maintenance contracts. And when your pool tiles and wall get overgrown with lime deposits and calcium deposits, call the Calcium killers to help you get rid of those ugly white deposits on your pool tiles.

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    Aug 20
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How to easily clean my above-ground pool: the ultimate guide!

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To have unparalleled bathing comfort throughout this summer, your above ground pool needs to be cleaned regularly. Simple actions, a little equipment, a little time and you make sure to keep the water clean and the equipment efficient.

Treatment and filtration products help clean water from impurities and keep it clean. However, dirt is also deposited in the bottom, on the walls and in the equipment, which is why it is necessary to clean your swimming pool regularly.

Step by step cleaning

1. Remove debris from the surface of the water

Using a landing net, remove any debris floating on the surface of the water, blown by the wind: insects, plants and others.

Redo this as soon as debris is present on the pool water.

2. Empty the baskets

If your pool contains a skimmer, empty the basket which contains large debris such as insects and plants.

Check the skimmer regularly and empty the basket if it contains debris.

The filtration of your pool is initiated by a pump. It has a transparent cover in order to control the pre-filter basket which may contain debris passed through the skimmer. As well as the skimmer basket, empty the pump basket when it is not in operation.

Check the pump regularly and empty the basket if it contains debris.

Be sure to increase the frequency of checks during the high season.

3. Vacuum the bottom and sides

Once a week, clean the bottom and sides. This can be done using a manual or automatic vacuum cleaner, or an automatic robot, both connected to the filtration. Be careful to have a pump powerful enough to connect a vacuum cleaner or a robot.

Clean the debris from the bottom of the pool once a week using a vacuum cleaner or robot. If, before the season, the pool is used less, reduce the frequency of cleaning.

4. Clean the water line

Dirt clings and the water line becomes greasy, which is why it is important to clean it once a week, before or after vacuuming the basin. The water line is cleaned manually using special sponges. Note that some automatic robots make the waterline.

5. Wash the filter

  • Sand filter

Wash the sand from the sand filter once a month when the pool is not used a lot to once a week in high season. To know when to wash the filter, look on the manometer (if your filter has one), if the needle is in the red, you must backwash the filter.

Regularly check the pressure gauge and backwash when the filter is not in the filtration phase.

  • Cartridge filter

In high season, the filter cartridge must be changed every 2 to 3 weeks. For regular filter maintenance, clean the filter cartridge with clean water twice a week.

Follow this advice and you will enjoy your above ground pool even better this summer. Plus, it is a healthy way to maintain your pool cleanliness.

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    Jul 20
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How to Clean the Joints of Your Swimming Pool Tiles

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Pool tiles are very easy to clean. Because the dirt is usually the same ones found in damp rooms such as kitchen, bathroom, shower and swimming pool.

On the other hand, cleaning the joints is another story! Under the action of humidity and corrosive water treatment products (chlorine, salt, bromine), the joints become dirty, blacken and stain with mold.

Here are some practical tips for cleaning the joints of swimming pool tiles.

Natural stone and glass tile combo

Maintenance of the joints of a tiled swimming pool

Bacteria, germs and microorganisms proliferate on fouled joints, which is not optimal for bathing in clean, healthy water. The pool robot is certainly very effective: it sucks up dirt, leaves, detritus, hair … but it does not remove scale which becomes encrusted at the joints.

There are different natural and ecological products to clean the joints of a tiled swimming pool.

  • Baking soda to whiten joints

Mix a tablespoon of baking soda in a glass of warm water with a few drops of dish soap. Spray and leave to act for ten minutes. Rinse with clear water and allow to dry.

  • White alcohol vinegar to remove lime

Pour white vinegar into a container and add a little washing-up liquid. Rub the joints with a toothbrush, leave to act, and rinse with clear water. You can also mix a glass of alcohol vinegar with two spoonfuls of baking soda. Same process: rub, leave on, and rinse with water.

Lemon and black soap are also natural and effective products to remove lime that lodges in the joints of the tiles.

Cleaning a swimming pool tile with a magic sponge

The magic sponge , also called magic eraser, makes it possible to clean the water line, the tile joints of the swimming pool , the deposits of tartar … To use it is easy: just moisten the sponge then rub the interstices of the tiles. It is an economical and quick solution for cleaning your tiled pool. The price of a magic sponge is around 2 euros, and they are generally sold in batches at attractive prices.

On the other hand, if the joints of a tiling are too damaged, they must be redone . It is advisable to call on a competent pool specialist or a tiler who has the necessary know-how to work on a swimming pool. Indeed, the good quality of the joints of a swimming pool is essential. The seals ensure perfect sealing and good insulation of the pool. Be careful, because leaky seals can sometimes cause water infiltration at the level of the basin.

Some precautions to take when cleaning the joints of a swimming pool tile

Bleach is not recommended because it is too corrosive. In addition, its use is dangerous during its handling. This product should not be mixed with other products as the fumes can be harmful and toxic.

The jet cleaner is to be used with caution: its jet is powerful and poorly controlled, this accessory can take off the seals without cleaning them.

Get more guidance from a professional pool cleaner near you.

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    Jul 20
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How to Remove Lime Deposits From Your Pool

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When it comes to your body, calcium is a very good thing, but when it comes to your pool, it is not. When calcium forms on your pool, an effect known as limescale, your pool can look unsightly and even be in danger.

If lime develops in your pool, you should hire pool maintenance professionals to inspect and clean up debris from its surfaces. Most pool cleaning services make a diagnosis for the localization as well as the elimination of limescale.

If you want to do it yourself, read the rest of the article.

So how do you know if your pool contains limestone?

Look for white or light gray spots on the sides and bottom of the pool, as well as the edges of the pool deck. Limestone forms scaly spots or streaks when the pH of the pool water and the calcium levels in the water are out of balance.

Although this build-up of lime can be removed, it can be difficult to do so. This article provides homeowners with tips that any pool maintenance company wouldn’t want you to know to remove lime deposits from the pool walls and prevent their return.

Types of Calcium that Leave Deposits

There are 2 common types of calcium that form lime in a pool: calcium carbonate and calcium silicate . It is important to understand which type harms the walls of your pool .

The calcium carbonate is white, scaly and easily detached. Calcium silicate is slightly gray and more solid, which makes it more difficult to remove.

If the walls of your pool contain calcium silicate, the scale on the walls of your pool is a symptom of a more serious problem: calcium scale in the plumbing and filtration system. This is a problem that only a professional pool maintenance company can deal with.

If you don’t know what type you have on your pool , use a dropper to pour muriatic acid on the deposits. Calcium carbonate will foam in reaction to acids. Calcium silicate, being a more solid substance with a robust construction, will remain unchanged.

Removing Calcium Carbonate

If your pool contains calcium carbonate, removing it is easy, but takes time.

You can use a rough but harmless object for tiles such as a wet pumice stone or an eraser to flake off deposits.

You can also get calcium descaling treatment solutions from a pool service company or a pool supply store. Follow the product instructions to avoid damaging the pool water or injuring yourself.

Removal of Calcium Silicate

Calcium silicate is incredibly difficult to remove on your own. You can try using a pumice stone, but it will take a ton of elbow grease and time to complete the process successfully.

If you have a vinyl or fiberglass pool , this will not work at all. Even some descaling treatments can take months to break down the lasting calcium silicate.

You will likely need to hire pool maintenance professionals to remove lime build-up if you cannot do it yourself. They can also adjust the quality of your pool water, including pH and calcium levels, to prevent future buildup.

Remove limestone with a blowtorch and a polishing machine

If you have emptied your pool to clean it and you notice traces of lime, there are two methods that can get rid of this debris. These methods are effective but can take a long time depending on the size of your pool.

To remove the lime that is in the walls of your pool, just use a blowtorch to make the tartar less robust and then rub it with a wire brush. With the effect of heat, the tartar will be easily removed.

If you have limestone at the bottom of the pool, simply clean the pool thoroughly with a vacuum cleaner, then sand it with a sanding and polishing machine.

Once descaling and polishing are finished, rinse your pool with a karcher to remove debris. Then evacuate your pool, let it dry, and fill it again if you want to reuse it.

If you do not want to fill it immediately, choose a tarpaulin or a protective cover. Your pool will therefore remain intact and ready to be filled at any time you wish.

Good to know

The disadvantage of chlorine is that it makes no difference between organic impurities and the human body. The consequences after a long stay in the water are red eyes, caused by chlorine. This is the reason why most people wear swimming goggles.

Here’s a video that summarizes all we’ve said:

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Lime Deposits: How Chlorine Helps You in Regular Pool Treatment

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Clean, healthy pool water should be the ultimate goal for any pool owner. The most common solution to achieve this is a regular treatment of the pool water to remove lime and debris.

Ceramic tile with a heavy build up

However, the wrong dosage of cleaning products can lead to the accumulation of several layers of limestone on the walls and in the pool’s bottom. To remove this debris, you need to understand everything that can make them appear.

The Importance of Chlorine for the Pool

Chlorine is the first choice for maintaining healthy pool water. Chlorine has been used for years in swimming pools around the world.

It is a highly reactive chemical that reacts with all kinds of biological impurities in water.

If these organic impurities are not treated with care, bacteria can develop algae or even a bio-film.

What Happens if a Swimming Pool is not Well-balanced?

If the pool water has a high calcium hardness or other debris, this can cause technical problems. Like fouling or lime in the pipes and in the pool itself.

As a result, the maintenance and cleaning of the pool will increase. If the supply water is very hard, large amounts of lime can deposit on the sides of the pool.

Even if there is only a little calcium carbonate in the water, and following an unbalanced addition of chlorine and PH, lime will form at the level of the evaporation line of the water as well as on the pool walls. These lime deposits at the edge of the pool are often difficult to remove and involve manual work.

Water Filtration Rings: Less Effort, Less Cost

Compared to the maintenance consequences described above, the solutions seem incredibly simple.

The main configuration of a swimming pool is always the same. There is a filter system, a pump, and maybe a heating element, that’s all.

In accordance with the size of the pool, you must install a ring at the freshwater supply line and another ring in the circulation line. In the case of a large public swimming pool, install in the circulation line of each swimming pool, to get the same results in all swimming pools.

What’s the result?

In case of calcium hardness, the ring keeps the dissolved calcium in the pool water, which will have a more fluid texture. Over time, the pool water will be much softer, despite the calcium.

Less crust will form on the evaporation line. And limestone debris will be much easier to remove. When you use these filters and rings, you are also fighting the growth of algae in the pool.

Many owners have stopped using chemicals since the installation of these rings.

No chlorine or other pool chemicals. Without having problems with water quality.

I would not recommend such a thing for a public pool. If countless visitors use this pool, the risk would be too great. I am sure the regulatory authorities would not agree.

However, it is preferable to use these rings even for public swimming pools in order to reduce maintenance costs for protecting pipes or walls of the swimming pool. By doing this, you will need a lot less chlorine to disinfect the water than before while maintaining the same quality of water.

In the next blog post, we will talk about how lime deposits form on your pool tiles and several ways you can get rid of the problem.

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    Jun 20
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How to do Swimming Pool Tile Cleaning With Household Items

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A dirty swimming pool can ruin the purpose of your pool. It is very difficult to relax and swim in a pool with stained and dirty tiles. It’s an eyesore and will make you feel dirty after swimming in the pool like you just stepped out of floodwaters.

It is not supposed to be that way. So in this article, we will show you how you can easily clean your pool tiles with everyday household materials. You can do this on a calm Saturday morning and be done in a couple of hours.

So, get your rubber gloves ready. This may impress you better than you imagine it could.

Let’s Begin

For cleaning your tile joints, mix 1/3 liter of dishwashing liquid in a liter of hot water. Rub vigorously and rinse.

Besides commercially available household cleaning products, there are several natural and affordable solutions to whiten your tile joints.

Bathroom, kitchen… Over time, grease residues, mold, and yellow stains can appear on the tile joints. To overcome this dirt and restore its shine to your joints without getting tired, there are natural tips to test without hesitation.

How to clean the tile joints?

Before cleaning the joints, first, wash the tiles around them. If they are dirty, the seals will be too. Then, to clean the tile joints you can recycle an old toothbrush which you will use as a joint brush. On the product side, you have many possibilities: white vinegar works miracles in the house, claystone, and Meudon white are very effective at cleaning joints. Black soap cleans thoroughly.

To use these natural products, soak a sponge of warm water and do not hesitate to scrub the dirtiest parts well.

What products should I avoid when cleaning tile joints?

To properly clean the tile joints, avoid using a steam cleaner repeatedly. This could take off the tiles. In the same way, forget about bleach and acid, these products toxic to health and the environment, wear out the seals, and can damage the seal. Water could then infiltrate and cause the tiles to peel off.

Which product should you use to whiten tile joints?

Weather and humidity damage the tile joints, which will then be stained and blackened. This is quite unsightly and gives the impression that the tiles are dirty and old. To whiten the joints, a miracle and natural product can be used: baking soda! Add with white vinegar and washing up liquid, the baking soda will allow you to whiten the tile joints naturally. Let this mixture sit for a few minutes on the joints before rubbing with a brush. They will then be white as on the first day!

These are simple tips you can start implementing today and see impressive results on your pool tiles. If you don’t have the time to do this yourself and will love a professional to step in with industry-standard materials to give you a perfect swimming pool tile cleaning job, contact us. We will love to help you bring your pool back to its former glory, looking good as new.

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