Swimming Pool Maintenance Considerations

artloversplus
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:52:08 +0000

I have an outdoor pool, quite small, perhaps 15’ x 30’ and 5’ deep. I have never owned a pool before so this is my first. Since I was not experienced, I hired some one doing the maintenance, he is charging me $60 winter(every two weeks) and $85 summer(every week). I found that he some time skips the cleaning the bottom of the pool, so some dirt has left there. I am not very happy with that.

So, I am thinking of DIY. I skim the surface every day to get the leafes out anyway. Could I save by doing the rest myself? What are the normal maintenances of a swimming pool? I have seen him did the followings:


Clean/change the filter (once when we started), he told me it took over 2 hours to make the change.
Test the PH level and add chemicals
Vacuum clean the bottom
skim the surface
turn on the pump for vacuuming, set timer so the pump will circulate 3-4 hours a day.
Top it with water while he is there.


He proposed to change the seal some times, but not now.

What else I cannot do that he can? I can buy an auto sweeper and set the timer to clean it every day, which is not hard.