Monday, 20 May 2013

Few mistakes made by people in maintaining their home swimming pool



It is a dream for everyone to own a backyard swimming pool. The intent of pool owners is to safeguard their home pools. Most of the pool owners tend to make the same common mistakes with intent to safe guard their backyard pools. This topic highlights the common facts of the pool owners that lead to excess expenditures. 
                                                           
                                                          



Fact#1: Time clock set up on the pump is not checked on the weekly basis

As we all know, every pump in the swimming pool is associated with a time clock. Most of the pool owners avoid checking time clock on weekly basis. By doing so, you can control the amount of electricity that is being used by the pump. If the time check is not done regularly, the risk of getting increased power bill is high, thereby, leading to drastic increase in your home expenses.

Fact#2: When the water level of the pool is not checked every day

It is recently found that many home owners ignore checking the water level of their pool. If the water level in the pool is not being checked regularly, the water circulation will be abnormal. Also, there are chances for the pump from being burnt, as a result of pump running in the absence of water circulation.

Fact#3: The basket of skimmer boxes is not being cleaned on a regular basis

Allowing excess dirt to penetrate in the skimmer box, the motor draws in the water more than what it requires. This has high chances of getting the pump burnt. To overcome this, it is necessary for you to take the assistance of the swimmingpool repair services.

Fact#4: Allowing environmental chemicals in to pools

When you don’t clean your swimming pool on a regular basis, algae and other planktons get accumulated in your swimming pool. To overcome this, it is necessary for a filter cartridge replacement for your pool or a chemical filtration. 

Fact#5: When metallic substances such as coins, screws are left underwater

Usually, when kids have fun in your swimming pools, they tend to leave stuffs, particularly, metals underwater and ignore replacing it. This might result in the rusts from metals. This obviously, leads to expensive cleaning services. To avoid such sudden expense, it is important to have constant check on your swimming pool for any metals underwater.

Fact#6: Ignoring leaking pump

The deterioration of pumps that are caused due to corrosion and other abrasives results in a leaking pump. This is mostly caused when the water falls below the normal level. This might result in huge water bills. You can make sure to call of such expenses by checking for leaking pumps regularly.

Fact#7: Avoiding the usage of blue waste hose for draining

A blue waste hose is mostly used to regulate excess water to the sewage. Most of them avoid buying it to cut off expenses. When the water is being directed without the help of a blue waste hose, damage can occur near the walls of the house.