How to clean a swimming pool - Equipment needed for pool service

Items used to service a swimming pool 

We use a checklist of items to service swimming pools every day as professionals. Here we show you what items we use to service pools on a professional level. To ensure a pool is clean and ready to use, the pool should be cleaned once a week. Knowing how to clean a pool is easy when done correctly and repetitively. Chemical balancing is the tricky part. Knowing how much chemical to add to the water in order to raise or lower a level is important business. So before you learn how to adjust chemical levels make sure you have the proper pool cleaning tools. 

Tools for cleaning 

Tools that are needed for cleaning a swimming pool are as listed below. Not all the tools here are 100% needed in order to properly clean a pool, however it will make the job much easier if the proper tools are available and used correctly. 

poll 
brush 
net
caddy
vacuum head
vacuum hose
water test kit

Listed are the basic tools needed for skimming, brushing, vacuuming and testing swimming pool water. 

Basic chemicals 

Cleaning a swimming pool will require basic chemicals such as chlorine and muratic acid. Make sure to pick up these items when checking off your items list. 

chlorine tabs
liquid chlorine or shock 
muratic acid 
soda ash 

Having the chemicals listed above will provide you with the standard chemicals needed to keep the pool water clear and clean. Natural state of water is green and full of algea. You as the pool cleaner are preventing the water from returning to its natural state. Chlorine will kill and disinfect most types of algae, mold and any other type of growth. Use acid to lower the waters pH when it raises higher than 7.8 and use soda ash to raise ph. 


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