How to maintain your polyester shell swimming pool?

How to maintain your swimming pool with a polyester hull? Are you the owner of a polyester swimming pool? How to keep it clean and avoid dirtying the walls. A small polyester pool has many advantages, especially in terms of the durability of the materials. However, there are good tips to follow in this article to keep walls clear. Here, we will mainly deal with chemical swimming pools (chlorine).

WATER QUALITY & MAINTENANCE

It is recommended to analyze your pool water regularly. Especially at the end of winter, and during periods of high heat (evaporation, especially of chlorine). Rules must be followed for proper maintenance of your swimming pool:

• pH, which is the basis of well-treated water, should be between 7.2 and 7.4.
• TH (hardness) of the water: avoid hard water which damages your installations, it must not be higher than 25°.
• the TAC (alkalinity) of the water: it indicates the ability to regulate pH fluctuations. Its ideal value must be greater than 10°.

The use of chlorine in the water: in order to guarantee hygiene and to have crystal clear water, the chlorine level should ideally be between 1 and 2 mg/l.

Easy to install, a polyester shell swimming pool is a joy for the whole family. To preserve its beautiful original state and a good quality of water, it is necessary to plan its regular maintenance. This requires regular verification of the proper functioning of treatments and filtration, but also regular cleaning of the pool. Here are the steps to follow to maintain a swimming pool with a polyester shell .

Water disinfection

Properly maintaining your polyester shell pool starts with effective water treatment. As soon as your swimming pool is full, it is necessary to start the filtration and to set up a disinfection of the water . The objective is to obtain transparent and healthy water, without danger to the health of bathers.

Treatment of the water in your in-shell swimming pool with chlorine

You can choose the most classic and least expensive pool treatment , i.e. chlorine . It is a very effective treatment which is perfectly compatible for maintaining a swimming pool with a polyester shell . It is also the easiest to handle.

The chlorine tablets find their place directly in the skimmers . There is also chlorine in the form of granules to be thrown directly into the pool. However, this treatment has some drawbacks such as its smell. It may cause skin and eye irritation in sensitive individuals.

Bromine, active oxygen or salt treatment

Bromine treatment is an alternative to chlorine treatment, as are active oxygen tablets, to maintain your polyester shell swimming pool . Both of these products are effective, but are a bit more technical to use than chlorine.

Finally, you can also choose to implement a salt water treatment . It involves investing in an electrolysis device. It is he who is responsible for converting the salt into a chlorine derivative that is non-irritating to the skin and odorless, which will ensure the disinfection of the pool.

Monitoring of water pH, temperature and TAC

Maintaining a swimming pool with a polyester shell also means doing what is necessary to ensure that the various treatments are able to operate effectively. It is therefore necessary to monitor the evolution of the temperature of the pool , in order to properly adjust the duration of filtration . A trick that works perfectly: set the filter run time to half the temperature. If your water is 26 degrees, the filter should run for about 13 hours.

Also make sure each week that the water has a neutral pH , that is to say close to 7. The pH value influences the effectiveness of the treatments. Some are more sensitive to it than others. To respect the skin and the eyes, the pH of the water in a swimming pool must be similar to that of the skin, that is to say neutral.

Finally, to properly maintain your polyester shell swimming pool , it is essential to check the TAC or alkalimetric content of the water every month. It must be between 80 and 150 ppm to ensure the proper functioning of the disinfection treatments and the stabilization of the pH . If it is too low or too high, you will have to correct it with the products provided for this purpose.

Filtration system maintenance

The maintenance of a shell pool requires regular monitoring of the filtration system. This is a major condition for maintaining clear and limpid water . Indeed, the filtering material retains impurities and must be cleaned regularly to avoid clogging.

The operation varies according to the type of filter with which your swimming pool with a polyester hull is equipped. In the case of a sand filter , a special washing procedure must be carried out, according to the manufacturer's recommendations. The operation is relatively simple to perform. If your pool is equipped with a cartridge filtration system , or a filter bag , you will need to remove the filter media to rinse it out of the pool. Each manufacturer specifies the frequency of maintenance that should be observed for the proper functioning of its system.

Daily cleaning of the swimming pool

Certain operations must be carried out on a daily basis to properly maintain your polyester shell swimming pool . But rest assured, they are easy and quick to make. All you have to do is bring a pond landing net and go fishing for the various debris that the wind or bathers have brought to the surface of the water: blades of grass, tree leaves, etc.

Also remember to check the skimmer baskets . They are located at the level of water suction for filtration. They are specially designed to prevent waste from passing through the filtration system. They must be emptied as soon as you notice that materials have deposited there.

Cleaning the walls and bottom

Every week, it is essential to clean the vertical walls and the bottom of your pool with a polyester hull. The operation is easy to carry out, because the hull is rigid and resistant. You can do the cleaning by hand or better, let a robot designed for this purpose do it. Its mission is to roam the bottom, walls and steps of your pool to suck up dirt. He will therefore be responsible for properly maintaining your polyester shell swimming pool .

In season, if your pool is busier than usual, it will also get dirty more quickly. Also, this essential cleaning operation should be carried out more frequently. Do not hesitate to start the robot every day in the middle of summer, if you receive a lot of people.

A manual cleaning supplement

Unfortunately, a cleaning robot as sophisticated as it is, cannot reach everywhere to perfectly maintain your swimming pool with a polyester shell. It will inevitably be necessary to pass behind him to clean the angles of the steps of the stairs, or even the water line. This sensitive point of a swimming pool, at the boundary between air and water, tends to accumulate dirt. Greasy residues of sunscreen and limescale easily clump together. To properly eliminate them, you will have no choice but to take a brush and scrub.

Finally, every year, plan to do a complete cleaning of your pool, bottom and walls, by lowering the water level. The ideal is to carry it out at the end of the season and at the start of the following season. The objective is a deep cleaning of the entire pool, to find a perfectly clean and healthy hull.

Maintaining your swimming pool with a polyester shell is certainly a bit tedious, but essential to fully enjoy your swimming pool. Regular cleaning and good water treatment guarantee healthy water and an always clean pool, which will beautify your garden. If you wish, you can delegate the task to a swimming pool specialist.