Good Pool Maintenance Begins with Knowing Your Pool Before you can properly enjoy or care for your pool, you might need to brush up on all the parts of your pool. You don’t need to take an annex course or go for your doctorate in swimology from Harvard. But knowing the basic parts of your pool, …

The best method for clearing up your water is the same for all three types of algae with just one exception. 1. Vacuum Your Pool Manually Automatic or robotic pool cleaners aren’t well suited to cleaning algae. Ideally, you’ll manually vacuum directly to waste, bypassing your filter and preventing recirculation of your contaminated water. When …

and bomb it. And every time someone swims, they leave behind body oils, hair, dead skin, shampoo, soap, everything we humans put on our bodies and slough off on a daily basis. The only thing keeping those contaminants from turning your pool into a black lagoon is sanitizer, probably the most important pool chemical you’ll …