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Regardless of the type of pool, it is imperative to clean the bowl and water at the beginning and end of the season. The procedure may become more frequent with intensive use of the font. In summer, daily cleaning of the outdoor pool is required. Closed fonts are less polluted, but the water needs to be changed over time. There are many cleaning methods. The choice of the appropriate procedure depends on the design, material and volume of the bowl.
Sets for cleaning large debris
In private courtyards and suburban areas, fonts are usually installed with a maximum diameter or length of 4,5 m. Together with the bowl, the owner will need a pool cleaning kit to collect leaves and other large debris in the water. The simplest kit consists of a net and a small skimmer – a vacuum cleaner that sucks up debris with a pump. All nozzles are equipped with a telescopic rod that allows you to reach any area in the pool.
Robot vacuums
The robot for the pool copes with large volumes of cleaning, which is able to independently clean every square centimeter of the bottom. The device is a vacuum cleaner. The difference from the manual model is the absence of the need for control. The robot is simply immersed in water, plugged into a power outlet and waited for the end of work. The vacuum cleaner will do everything itself in a matter of minutes. At the end of the work, the owner will only have to remove the filter bag, clean it of dirt and install it in place.
The robot cleaner will keep the pool clean throughout the season. An additional plus is the increase in the life of the water filter elements. Cartridges will have to be changed less often, as most of the dirt from the pool will be collected by the robot.
The video shows a clean pool without the use of chemicals:
Chemicals
Pool cleaning chemicals are available in liquid, powder, and tablet form. Most often, the disinfection of the font is performed in a complex way. The funds are added to the water after mechanical cleaning. An integrated approach destroys all harmful microflora in the water.
Organic and inorganic deposits in the pool destroy coagulants. The chemical agent belongs to the active group. Coagulants destroy the nutrient medium in the water that promotes the growth of bacteria.
Longer the water in the pool will remain clean after treatment with chlorine, active oxygen.
Among the popular chemistry for water purification are the following means:
- Factory preparations containing active oxygen are considered the most harmless means for water purification. Despite the high level of safety, manufacturers recommend observing the dosage.
- Preparations containing chlorine are usually available in the form of tablets. Plastic or special powder coating prevents rapid dissolution in water. Chlorine-based products are effective for cleaning the font, but dangerous for humans.
- Bromine-containing cleaners pose a lesser danger to human health. After their application in the pool there is no pungent smell. When it comes into contact with the mucous membrane or the body, no chemical burns occur.
- Blue crystals of copper sulphate are often used as a folk remedy for pool cleaning. The drug reacts with harmful impurities in the water and destroys them.
- For bactericidal water purification, silicon or shungite is placed at the bottom of the font. During the processing, harmful microorganisms and partially small contaminants are destroyed.
A method of water disinfection is considered harmless, where ozone or UV rays are used, as well as silver and copper plates. However, when cleaning the pool in the country, such methods are rarely resorted to because of their high cost.
Basic cleaning methods
To know how to clean the pool, you need to determine the degree of contamination, and then choose the appropriate method. It is important to consider one rule: cleaning should restore the aesthetic appearance of the font and at the same time be safe for humans. The native pool cleaning system, consisting of a filter, captures only dirt. It will not cope with bacteria and large debris floating in the water.
Chemical method
The circulation of water through the filter does not relieve it of turbidity. Simple pool cleaning in the country is usually done with cheap chemicals. The most commonly used is chlorine. The aggressive substance destroys nitrogenous compounds and most of the diseased microorganisms, but some of the bacteria in the water survive.
Bromine is less safe for cleaning the font. The drug acts no weaker than chlorine, but not every summer resident can afford it. As an option for the safest disinfection of a country pool is the use of active oxygen.
For quick cleaning of the bottom and walls of the font from mucus, a double portion of one of the preparations is added. Water during chemical cleaning is not drained. You can find out without analysis that it is time to clean the pool by changing the shade of the water. The liquid becomes opaque, acquiring a green or milky hue.
The result of cloudy water in the font is the reproduction of harmful bacteria. Pollution is considered biological and poses a danger to humans no less than exposure to chlorine. Microorganisms infect the skin of a bathing person, and if they enter the digestive organs, they cause diseases. Green water can even burn the mucous membrane.
Green water becomes a result of the reproduction of small algae. Algicides help to destroy the enemy. After treatment, the water will become clear, but you can’t swim in it yet. Even in a crystal clear liquid, pathogens remained alive. Fungi are of particular concern. After the introduction of algicides, the water is re-purified with disinfectants.
Cloudy water in the font becomes for several reasons. The most common case is associated with simple clogging with dust, pollen from flowering plants, as well as other small specks that a standard filter cannot catch. Coagulants are used to clean the pool. Preparations turn small particles into large flakes that settle to the bottom of the font. When the cloudy water becomes clear, the sediment is collected with a vacuum cleaner.
Microorganisms can cause cloudy water. The solution to the problem is the usual disinfection with chemicals.
If the measures taken did not give positive results, the reason lies in the composition of the water. We’ll have to do a full analysis in the laboratory. Turbid water may be due to the chemical composition, acid imbalance, mineral impurities.
Sometimes the pool water can take on a rusty hue. The reason is the high content of iron impurities in the natural source. When pumping from a well, water is driven through a filter. If the results are poor, coagulants are added to the pool for cleaning. The flaked precipitate is collected with a vacuum cleaner.
Mechanical method
Considering how to clean the pool mechanically, you should first dwell on hand tools. Of the standard cleaning tools you will need:
- Brush. Fluff floating on the water, accumulations of fat or dirt are collected with a hand tool.
- Towel. The tool resembles a device for catching fish or butterflies. A net collects floating leaves, grass and other large debris.
- Skimmer. A small vacuum cleaner with a brush collects small debris floating on the water and settled on the walls of the font. By design, skimmers are mounted and floating type.
Mechanical cleaning of the pool is performed at least once every three days. With intense water pollution, the procedure is carried out daily. You cannot do without mechanical cleaning of the font, even if modern cleaning systems are used with the pool.
It will not be possible to remove dirt impurities dissolved in water with a hand tool. Filters do the job. They need a pump to work. The most common are two types of water filters:
- The sand filter effectively purifies water from small impurities that form silt and cloudiness of the liquid. It is clear from the name that the filler is sand. The filter is suitable for most types of pools. Contaminated sand is changed over time or they try to wash it with clean water.
- The filter with a cartridge is able to catch the smallest particles. The system is considered advanced, easy to maintain, but expensive. The life of the cartridge depends on the material of manufacture.
Reusable water purification cartridges can be washed, and disposable ones are immediately disposed of. The most effective model is considered where the filter layer is a diatomaceous filler made from crushed shell rock. The disadvantage is the high cost, and you will have to change the cartridge at least 4 times per season.
The video shows a homemade sand filter for water:
Electrophysical method
Purification of water in the pool by the electrophysical method does without the use of drugs. You will need expensive equipment. A big plus of the purification method is the preservation of the natural composition of water.
The process of ozonizing a pool is the most costly. It will require the installation of expensive equipment and additional communications. Introduced into the water, ozone is an oxidizing agent that kills bacteria.
Irradiation with UV rays is considered the simplest method suitable for a country pool. Disinfection of water is carried out by quartz lamps. The method is valid only for transparent liquid. Turbid and green water UV rays do not penetrate. First, clarification is done, and then disinfection with lamps.
To ionize water, copper or silver plates are installed. The connection is made to the ionizer. The electrolytic plant produces active ions capable of disinfecting water for more than two weeks.
Conclusion
Cleaning methods must be considered before the pool is installed. When the water in the font blooms, you need to act quickly, and a suitable preparation with a tool should be at hand.