Pool care guide
Short, straight-to-the-point guides written for non-experts. Each one takes you to the calculator when it's time to work out the exact dose.
Getting started
Start here: the basics of keeping the water clean.
- How to look after your pool: the complete routineThe daily, weekly and monthly routine.
- Pool filter: how long to run it and how to backwashHow many hours to run it and when to clean it.
- How to vacuum your pool step by stepSet up, get the air out of the hose and vacuum without mistakes.
- Inflatable and paddling pools: water careWhen to change the water and when chlorine makes sense.
Fixing problems
Water changed colour, lost its sparkle or won't hold chlorine? Here's what to do.
- Green pool water: how to fix itShock treatment step by step, without wasting product.
- Cloudy or milky pool water: causes and fixesWhen the water loses its sparkle: what to check first.
- Pool chlorine won't go up: what to doAdded chlorine and the reading won't rise? Here's why.
- Pool smells strongly of chlorine: too much or too little?A strong smell usually means too little chlorine, not too much.
- Pool stains: how to identify and remove themGreen, brown, black or white: what each colour means.
Water chemistry
The levels that keep chlorine working.
- Pool pH: how to raise or lower itIdeal range, and how to fix high or low pH.
- Total alkalinity: what it is and how to fix itWhat holds the pH steady, and how to get it right.
- Stabilised or unstabilised chlorine: which to useDichlor, trichlor, hypochlorite: the difference and when to use them.
- How to shock a pool (superchlorination) step by stepWhen to shock and how long to wait before swimming.
Safety
How to store and add chemicals without risk.