Our guide to pool servicing - just in time for opening season

In the UK, outdoor pool opening season begins in April. With this, many proud pool owners will be refocusing their maintenance efforts to ensure their pools are ready to be enjoyed once again.

Whether you have an indoor or outdoor pool, servicing is vital throughout the year, including during winter. Regular servicing ensures the chemical balance that’s so integral to safe, comfortable and prolonged pool use is maintained. It also prevents debris from building up within your pool, protects against leaks, and safeguards your system against mechanical failures that could stop pool use in its tracks.

Pool servicing is integral to extending the life of your pool too, making it simpler and more affordable to run for the long term.

Now we know why pool servicing is important, let’s dig deeper into the pool servicing musts that should be on your to-do list.

Service your air handling unit

In indoor pool halls, pool environmental control matters. With this in mind, ventilation, air quality, dehumidification, air heating and pool water heating are all important considerations. An Air Handling Unit (AHU) recycles the humid damp air in the pool hall, replacing it with warm dry air whilst introducing an element of fresh air from outside. It works to match the temperature of the pool water with the temperature of the air, with AHUs working as they should do providing a comfortable 1-degree difference. The result is a fresh, pleasant setting to spend those spring and summer days and nights poolside.

Your indoor pool’s air handling unit plays an instrumental role in maintaining an optimum environment for pool use, and just like any other component it needs regular servicing to do what it does best. Regular AHU servicing ensures the dehumidification process is as effective and efficient as possible. It can lower energy costs significantly as well as minimise the need for pool hall upgrades thanks to the reduction of high humidity levels.

Change your filter media

As another essential part of your indoor or outdoor pool, your filtration system deserves the best care. Without regular cleaning and maintenance, your pool filter won’t be able to deliver the healthy pool environment you and your family require. Your Pool explains more about the importance of swimming pool filtration:

“Dust and debris fall into your pool water or are blown in by the wind (in outdoor pools) or gets carried in by bathers. The job of the pool filtration system is to get that dirt out and helps leave your pool water sparkling and clear. Your pool has a circulation pump and a filter. The pump draws water from the pool and circulates it through the filter and also through the heating and treatment system, if you have one, before returning it to the pool again.”
 

To fulfil these very important roles, your pool filtration system uses filter media to maximum efficiency. There are several types of filter media available for indoor and outdoor pools, each of which promises a high level of water purity. Filter media only requires replacement after years of use but it is important that your pool engineer checks the filter performance regularly and if it’s time to make the change, it’s essential to make the investment.

Whilst sand filter media and cartridge filters remain popular, a new filter media is taking the UK pool scene by storm. Activated Filter Media (AFM) is a glass filtration media that comes highly recommended by us and other industry experts.

Using the DAISY+ system which we have started installing for clients, glass filtration media unlocks many more advantages than sand. These benefits include superior water quality, better health throughout the wider pool system and easier maintenance.

Invest in pool maintenance essentials

Stock up on or upgrade your pool maintenance equipment just in time for the opening of your pool and look forward to safe, crystal clear water all season long.

There are several pool maintenance essentials that allow clients to keep on top of those smaller jobs in between professional pool servicing visits. Poles and nets, brushes, and vacuum hoses and heads are maintenance must-haves for pool owners.

Using a telescopic pole and a lightweight pool net, you can remove debris to keep your pool looking immaculate. Pool brushes, available in varying shapes and sizes, are perfect for scrubbing pool floors and walls. Whilst vacuum hoses and heads provide the flexibility, durability and suction needed to clean pool floors, walls, corners and slopes quickly, easily, and to a dirt-, algae- and debris-free shine.

To find out more about how we can help service, maintain and refurbish your indoor or outdoor swimming pool, please contact us today.