Take control of your pool care with simple, easy to follow tips from me, a fellow pool owner who’s personally owned and self maintained several pools. From balancing water chemistry to troubleshooting cloudy water, my DIY pool maintenance advice is intended to help you keep your pool clean, safe, and swim ready season after season, without relying on expensive service calls. Whether you have a vinyl, fiberglass, or concrete pool ~ above, inground or semi-inground (stealth), I hope to provide practical solutions for the (DIY’er) do it yourselfers in this section.
Pool pH Is Normal but Alkalinity Is High; is your pool's pH perfectly balanced, but the total alkalinity reading is high? You're not alone. Many pool owners face this issue and get confused when a pH reducer like sodium bisulfate (aka pH Down) doesn't work.
If your pool water looks balanced but causes cloudy water or scale buildup, high alkalinity could be the culprit. In this guide, you'll learn how to lower total alkalinity with muriatic acid, without completely sending your pH crashing.
Is your pool chlorine level NOT registering after shock treatment? If your free chlorine levels (PPM - Parts Per Million) are not rising with your test strips after extensive shocking, you're not alone. This is a common problem that many pool owners face at some point—usually early on and often within the first year or two of ownership.
How to Winterize Inground Pool Without Draining Water: Winterizing an inground pool with a vinyl liner without lowering the water level may seem challenging, but it’s a task that many homeowners can handle with the right tools and guidance. After paying over $1500 annually for professional pool closing services in the Midwestern USA, we decided to do it ourselves. The initial investment in equipment was a fraction of the cost, and we’ve saved over 80% each year since.
