First, you must have a great pool cleaning service!  Fowler’s Pool Service (serving San Diego county) is an outstanding choice. We ensure that your water is balanced, your pool filter is cleaned, that your pool filter is running the correct number of hours per day, and that the equipment is fine-tuned and running at its peak.  If your swimming pool service company has all of your swimming pool needs covered, then the rest is up to you!

Hair is porous and it will absorb whatever it is covered with.  The last thing that you want to do is fill your hair shafts with chlorine.   Therefore, before you enter the water be sure to wet your hair with water (that is not chlorinated). Also consider wearing a diving cap.  A diving cap not only protects your locks, but also keeps your hair out of the way when you swim.

Sun ages skin.  There is no way around it.  Consider early morning swims and try to be out of the pool before the sun hits the water.  Yes, this may be tough, but the benefits to an early morning swim before heading off to work is worth it.

If getting up early for a swim doesn’t work for you, then go after work or even better after dinner when the sun is off the pool.  If you’re planning to spend the day by the pool and in the sun, wear a sun screen with a high SPF (30 or higher).

When you get out of the pool it’s a great time to work on the calluses on your heels and elbows.  Keep a callus remover bar in the pool room and use it when you feet are still moist from your swim.  After you have removed the dry skin, lather on the skin cream and don’t stop  with the heels, cover your whole body!

It’s time to get your pool up and running and ready to dive into with a wild splash! When you hit the water you want to know that it is clean, clear, and a healthy environment for you and your family.

1. Start Your Summer Season with a Clean Pool Filter
   Most manufactures of DE pool filters strongly suggest that filters be taken apart and cleaned every 12 months. DE filters should be backwashed when the clean pressure goes up four pounds. If you make the decision to clean your own filter, be sure to follow the manufacture’s directions.  If you have a cartridge filter the directions are the same.  Cartridge filters, just like DE pool filters, need to be cleaned annually and sprayed down (using a stray nozzle) through out the year. Always make note of the pool filter’s clean pressure!
2. Check the Conditioner Level in Your Pool
   Pool conditioner is the product that helps keep the chlorine from evaporating to quickly out of your pool. Most pool owners maintain the conditioner level between 50 to 80 p.p.m.  So, before that weather really warms up make sure that your pool is chemically ready for those hot temperatures.
3. Cut Back the Trees and Plants
   The plants may look good hanging over your pool but they are a nightmare waiting to happen.  Remember that high school biology class?  Perhaps you spent that year wondering when I am ever going to use this information. Well today is the day, organic material is one of the factors in causing algae to bloom in water. When your lovely plants drop their leaves or when the water drains from them into your pool the algae will bloom.Also, most fertilizers are iron based and if an iron based fertilizer is thrown into your pool it will leave small tear like stains on your pool plaster. Don’t worry, the stains can be removed, but it is an awful lot of work.
4. Solar Blankets are Good
   Every day your pool water warms warms up and every night it cools down.  You can stop that from happening with a solar cover. The key to a warm spring pool is having it covered at night.  However, this does not mean you can just cover it and forget it. Plastic pool covers drop the PH so your pool needs to breathe at least one day per week with the cover off.  Just be sure that you get that pool cover back on before night fall.
5. Enjoy Your Pool In, and Out of the Water
   Create a comfortable environment around your pool. Take time to sit and read your book poolside or enjoy a cup of coffee watching the sunset.  You will find there is great enjoyment found just sitting near water; its calming effect is a great stress reducer.

Contact Fowler’s Pool Service and Pool Equipment to request a quote, learn more about our San Diego pool services or to get more tips on how to keep your pool healthy this summer season. We’re here for you San Diego!