Easy Pool Water Chemistry. Pool Filter should run at least 8 to 10 hours per day (24 hours per day is best). Set your pool timer or remember to run the pool manually if you don’t have a timer. If you are not running your pool 24 hours per day, it is best to have it running during the daylight hours (instead of night).

How Do They Build An Inground Swimming Pool – On this page we will show you some actual construction photos from a few inground swimming pool installations. These photos cover steel wall pools, polymer (plastic) wall pools, vinyl liner inground pools, and gunite (plaster/cement) pools. We’ll give you a brief description of each photo to explain each stage of pool construction…

The Basics of Swimming Pool Filters. Swimming pools and spa are subject to constant contamination from foreign matter brought in by swimmers, wind and articles used in and around the pool. Filtration is the mechanical process of removing this insoluble matter from swimming pool and spa water. Water clarity is important for appearance, hygiene and safety. Filters are universal in pool systems, linked to the circulation system along with the motors and pumps.

Swimming Pool Water Chemistry – Technical Details. Because a swimming pool system begins as a hole in the ground, without any water movement, it is an artificial structure. Consequently, it lacks the three purifiers that protect water quality in natural bodies of water:

What Is A Swim Spa – So you think you might want a swimming pool, but it costs too much money. So you thought about getting a hot tub spa instead, but they seem to be just too small. Don’t you wish that someone would invent something that had all the best features of a pool and a spa combined, but at a really reasonable cost…

Hot Tub Spa – Heater Troubleshooting Guide – The term Mechanical Failure covers everything from shipping damage to dog bite, but the most common mechanical failures in electric heaters are caused by improper handling – destroying the Epoxy End Seal, and breaking or twisting the Cold Pin until it breaks are the two leaders in this failure mode. Because they are so closely related we’ll look at them together…

How to Backwash Hayward DE Filters For Swimming Pools. The purpose of backwashing is to blow out the old DE, with its trapped impurities, so you can replace it with clean DE. Below are the steps you should follow for both “Bump Style” and Multiport Style DE filters.

How To Open An Inground Swimming Pool – Video. Host Tim Casey shows you how to completely open up your pool. Part One goes over cover removal, setting up the deck equipment (ladders, rails, diving board) and hooking up the pool filter system. Be sure to see Part 2, which covers a detailed explanation of pool chemicals and then finishing the opening. Produced by Poolandspa.TV for Poolandspa.com.

Basic Pool or Spa Plumbing Systems. To understand the basic plumbing system of a pool or spa, you must follow the path of the water. The water from the pool or spa, not both at the…

Pool and Spa Basic Electricity. Electricity is responsible for running pumps and motors, ignites gas heaters, and operates controls. When major renovation or installation of electrical circuits is required, call a professional electrician and subcontract the job. When troubleshooting short circuits or other specialized electrical problems, an electrician will solve and repair it faster than you can, so again, call a professional and let him do his job.