Swimming Pool Maintenance Specialists

A Swimming pool makes a wonderful addition to any home, but they do require regular maintenance, whether you employ a contractor or do it yourself, the work has to be done to avoid expensive and potentially dangerous problems, including invalidating your buildings insurance policy. Your pool's chemistry needs checked twice a week in the summer and once a week in the winter.

By checking the pools alkalinity and chlorine concentration regularly you can make minor adjustments as needed. Sand or DE filters need backwashed, but take care not to do it too often, filters generally require backwashing when the pressure gauge rises 8 PSI or more from clean. You must also clean the skimmer basket and/or the hair/lint pot in the pool pump, if these are full of debris you will get poor circulation, potentially creating big problems.

Brush the walls and tiles down often to avoid tile calcification, which will take an expensive specialist to remove. Ensure you should run your pump about 1 hour for every 10 degrees of temperature, circulation is the key to a low maintenance swimming pool, poor circulation means a stagnant pool, unpleasant! Special care should also be taken when it comes to broken or missing drains or suction sources, this a real and dangerous hazard as it is possible for swimmers limbs or consumes to become snagged in broken drains, keeping them underwater with potentially fatal consequences.

Swimming Pool Maintenance and Service Contracts

Many people today have very busy lifestyles, it can take a busy career to pay for a swimming pool! many have to travel or spend long hours in the office, others simply don't wish to get involved with swimming pool maintenance, all they all want is to come home to a warm, clean, swimming pool filed with sparkling clear blue water and the opportunity just to relax and unwind. Luckily, there are many swimming pool maintenance specialists around the country who are happy to provide a fuss free pool maintenance service on an ongoing basis.

The typical swimming pool maintenance contract covers all maintenance and cleaning, including regular inspections and testing of the pool chemicals. These maintenance and cleaning specialists understand customer's needs and offer a variety of service contracts to suit all circumstances, whether you wish to undertake some of the simpler pool cleaning and maintenance tasks yourself, or simply leave everything to the professionals.

Swimming Pool Maintenance Cost

Swimming pool maintenance and service costs for typical domestic pools up to 15,000 gallons start from around £99 for a simple pool clean & chemical balance check (chemicals cost extra if required), rising up to around £200 for a full service. Many companies offer contracts which can be paid monthly and include a monthly visit check and all maintenance.

Maintenance plans vary in cost depending on size of pool and how many months of the year the pool is used. To get an exact price for your pool, please click on the "post your job" button on this page to have local swimming pool maintenance companies get in touch with you to arrange a survey and written quote.