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A. QUIET PLACE IN THE BUSY CITY, Plants, trees and shrubs help
purify the air and muffle noise, the American Association of Nurserymen
points out.
WELCOME. The well-planned placement of a few plantings creates an en-
tryway that says, "Welcome!' The homeowner who takes this step is
making war on visual pollution, the American Association of Nurserymen
points out.
CLINTON NEWS,RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1974-54
How To
The Care And Maintenance Of Your Pool
The two most common uninvited
guests at any swimming pool are
dirt and bacteria. Add to these a
sprinkling of twigs, leaves, animal
fur and other air and human borne
contaminants and you have the rea-
sons behind a regular program of
pool maintenance.
Pool maintenance is relatively
easy, according to the National
• Swimming Pool Institute, and most
pool owners prefer the do-it-yourself
approach. Self servicing requires
from one and a half to four hours a
week and keeps costs down to an
average of around $20 per month,
including parts and chemicals, for
the average unheated pool.
The main requirements are
vacuuming for debris, daily
chemical treatment and weekly or
bi-weekly brushdowns of pool walls.
The owner's major allies in keeping
the pool clean are the skimmer, the
filtration system and chemical addi-
tives. In addition, new innovations
are appearing all the time to make
the job easier.
The skimmer, built into almost
all pools, takes leaves and other
floating debris off the top of the
water. A pool vacuum -cleaner,
operated by the owner, is used to
pick up debris off the bottom.
Filtration systems are of two main
types, the sand filter through which
water passes leaving dirt particles
behind, and the diatomaceous 'earth
(DE) filter which - uses minute
diatomes (microscopic sea
creatures) spread over a membrane
to entrap. the equally microscopic
dirt particles.
Care of the filter is relatively
simple. Both types of filter must be
backwashed approximately every
two weeks to remove dirt clogging.
Although the DE filter requires
much less water to backWash, after
each backwashing it must be re-
packed with more dirt. (A season's
supply of about 50 pounds costs
around $8).
Most pool contractors recom-
mend that the filtration system be in
operation at least 12 hours out of
every 24 to insure best results.
Chemical additives are usually a
daily requirement, depending upon
the traffic in the pool and also upon
such factors as hot weather and
high winds which create conditions
calling for more chemical purifiers.
Chlorine is the most widely used
disinfectant, although bromine and
iodine are also used. Less than one
drop of chlorine in every 1,000,000
drops of pool water is enough,
providing the chemical is 100 per
cent active.
Pool owners should carefully
follow the manufacturer's directions
in both using and storing chemicals.
The amount, of chemical to add
can be determinnd by testing pool
water for chlorine residue and Of or
acid/alkaline balance. Simple test-
ing kits are widely available.
Alkaline salts, used in liquid
chlorine to help it maintain its
limited stability, eventually build up
in pool water and upset the pI-1
balance, Periodically an alkali-
neutralizer such as muriatic acid or
sodium bisulfate may be added to
neutralize increasing alkalinity.
, Proper pH balance is necessary to
insure that the chemical additives
react properly, that the proper
bacteria-killing "residual" is
maintained. The ideal pH range for
pool water is 7.2 to 7,6
A simple. set of rules to follow
when manually cleaning the pool
are:
1. Skim the pool's surface with a
standard leaf skimmer;
2. Brushdown walls and tile with
stiff-bristled tile brush;
. 3. Clean the skimmer's basket
and hair-lint strainer;
4. Vacuum the pool bottom;
5. Clean the filter (when
sufficient dirt has accumulated and
the recirculation flow has decreas-
ed); and
6. Hose clean the pool deck.
Daily addition- of chemicals can
be avoided by purchase of an auto-
matic chemical dispenser for under
$50. The automatic dispenser elim-
inates the necessity of daily testing
for pH balance and can be set to
operate at a time when the pool is
not in use.
Other automatic maintenance de-
vices are also available to make the
pool cleaning job simpler. Among
these are the automatic cleaning
systems which operate on the
principle that agitation of the water
keeps dirt and algae from adhering
to pool walls and bottom, thus
making it easier for the filter to
process them out,
NSPI recommends that anyone
considering building a pool should
investigate automatic cleaning
equipment. Although such
equipment will increase initial cost
of the pool, it will help save both
time and money later on, the pool
institute claims.
Portable cleaning systems, opera-
ted on the same principle and pow-
ered by a garden hose, are available
for use in already constructed pools.
A heavy duty vinyl pool cover,
averaging around ,S200 for a rectan-
gular home pool, can be a sound
maintenance investment. Kept on
the pool during the winter months,
it will eliminate much of the spring
clean up chore. •
A cover also makes sense in sum- I
mertime when the owner plans to be
gone for two weeks or more-both
to keep the pool clean and to keep
out uninvited swimmers.
Special problems may arise, how-
ever, even in well.maintained pools,
One of these in 'algae, Algae
commonly appears in two forms:
black algae, which makes unsightly
spots on pool walls, and green float-
ing algae. Both are normally taken
care of by a regular maintenance
program, but stubborn cases may
be treated by vigorous brushing of
spots, followed by application of
spot killer and use of special
inexpensive algaecides.
Another problem, red-brown dis-
colored water, is caused by a high
concentration of dissolved iron. Dis-
infectants may oxidize this dissolved
iron, leaving rust particles in the
pool and giving the water a reddish
color.
Use oxidizing sanitizer and run
the filtration system for 48 hours
straight to clear out the particles.
Should particles settle to . the
bottom, they should be vacuumed
up immediately to avoid staining
the pool bottom.
If desired, a poOl specialist may
be hired for the special jobs of open-
ing and closing residential pools for
the season. Depending on the pool,
the cost is from $30 to $100. The
specialist will check equipment such
as underwater lights, heater, pumps
and filter.
Weekly professional pool mainte-
nance service, averaging $60 to $80
per month, is also available in some
parts of the country.
BILL McADAM ma. ACCOUNTANT
at the
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
CLINTON 4482.3477