Spring Trees and Flowers

In cleaning pools, your task is increased in the winter by the falling of leaves into the pool. It is important to consider how many trees are around the pool and what kind of organic debris will fall into pool. Once the leaves fall you may find a break from the adding of this organic debris over the winter, but once spring comes around and the trees and flowers start to bud and bloom, your pool maintenance demand rises once again. With the adding of these organic materials, sanitation and filter needs will rise. Watch the pressure on your filter gauge and be sure to keep skimmer and pump baskets clean. If you turn off pump when emptying skimmer basket and make sure it doesn't get too full, you can greatly reduce the need to clean out the pump basket. If you do clean out pump basket be aware the system will loose pressure and need to be primed again. Also take care not to damage or lose pump O-Ring. This is critical to keeping a vacuum seal and allow pump to establish prime.