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How Often Should I Get a Pool Service?
At Aqua Platinum, regular swimming pool service and maintenance are essential to preserving the longevity and pristine condition of your pool and spa facilities. At Aqua Platinum Servicing, we specialise in bespoke and comprehensive pool service solutions, ensuring your enjoyment and the optimal performance of your swimming pool and wellness facilities year-round. To learn more about Aqua Platinum and what we can offer you, get in touch with our team today!
Regular Pool Service is Paramount
Every swimming pool, spa, sauna or steam room is different and will require varying services. Maintaining your swimming pool and spa to the highest standard is crucial for ensuring a safe and enjoyable experience for all users. At Aqua Platinum Servicing, we excel in delivering top-tier pool service and maintenance services, ensuring every aspect of your pool and spa operates flawlessly.
Creating and adhering to a regular pool service programme is the most efficient approach to keeping your swimming pool clean and well-maintained. Depending on how frequently the pool is used, this could be needed weekly or every couple of months; just be consistent so that no dirt or debris build-up occurs over time.
You might assume that because your pool is smaller or doesn’t see much dirt or debris, the pool cleaning chemicals will last longer, but that’s not necessarily true. The real skill is keeping the chemical level balanced and consistent.
Use too much too frequently and it can lead to unsafe water but use too little and not frequently enough and the pool will start to draw minerals from the finish on your pool, leaving you with a faded finish. And that’s before we even mention algae, which will turn crystal-clear pool water into an uninviting green over time.
Maintaining Water Chemistry On Your Pool
Chemical treatments are a vital part of your swimming pool service and maintenance routine. These treatments are important both for ensuring that the water is clean and safe for swimmers and the overall health of the pool. The specific chemical treatments for your pool will vary based on the water used in your pool as well as the materials used in construction. This means that you take advice from your swimming pool installers on the appropriate water treatments for you.
Getting your pool’s pH right is one of the key principles of pool maintenance; pH is the scale of acidity and alkaline, ranging from 0 to 14 where the middle point of the scale at 7.0 is neutral. Anything above 7 is alkaline and anything below 7 is acidic. The ideal pH rating of swimming pool water is between 7.0 and 7.40. Anything lower than 7.0 and metals and pool finishes can start to corrode, while anything above 7.40 and there can be issues with scaling due to calcium salts in the water and chlorine becoming ineffective.
Pool owners looking for the minimum service can opt for monthly maintenance; however, to truly keep your pool at optimal levels, weekly service is ideal. Weekly or even bi-monthly pool maintenance visits allow for pool chemicals to be monitored more routinely, which optimises pH levels in your pool.
Swimming Pool Maintenance
In between professional swimming pool servicing, there are things you can keep an eye on and handle yourself if you so wish, for example, on outdoor swimming pools, emptying skimmers and clearing debris from the water with a pool net. Otherwise, you could find your drains and pumps getting clogged and replacing or repairing pumps and sorting out clogged drains can also be expensive and time-consuming.
It is necessary to have regular pool service carried out on your pool. The equipment and machinery used to run your pool will have a much longer lifespan with a good servicing schedule. For example, filters and heat pumps need to be serviced according to the instructions from the manufacturer, usually annually.
It’s also worth noting that if you notice anything strange such as an unusual noise in the plant room or the pool not reaching the correct temperature, you should have a professional come out and inspect the equipment.
With over three decades of combined industry experience, Aqua Platinum Servicing has earned a distinguished reputation as a leader in swimming pool service and maintenance, both commercial and residential spaces, as well as wellness facilities. Our expert team is dedicated to offering customised pool servicing plans tailored specifically to meet your needs, guaranteeing that your facilities are always in peak condition.
Contact us today to discuss your pool service and swimming pool maintenance options with our dedicated servicing department.
