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Every year an average of 22 Australians drown in swimming pools. It is the biggest killer of children under four with an average of eight deaths occurring annually. The majority of children who drown in a swimming pool are related to the pool owner or are their children. One of the main factors in the death of children drowning in pools is the lack of adult supervision.

Just because you close your pool for the winter does not mean that you can completely ignore swimming pool safety. Your pool should have an adequate fence around it with a self closing gate to keep children from accessing it. Check to ensure any pot plants and BBQ’s are well away from your pool fencing this is a regulation and will hopefully prevent your child to get a foot hold onto the object and climb over your fence.

Ensure you have a current CPR (resuscitation chart) sign within the pool area and that it is easily accessible. These can be bought online at www.ozpoolsupplies.com.au

Many parents suspend swimming lessons throughout winter but a recent article suggested that this is not recommended as children quite often forget what they have learned or lose some of their confidence. Please think about continuing those swimming lesions throughout the year.

When children are at a home with a pool they should be supervised carefully to ensure that they do not get the opportunity to try to access the swimming pool. Being hyper vigilant is better than having to deal with tragedy.

Robotic pool cleaners are really an excellent tool that every pool owner should consider purchasing. You will save a lot of time and money when you use these special pool cleaners because they are designed to clean your pool without damaging it. The robotic pool cleaner is a high tech gadget that removes the need for manual pool cleaning with scrubbing tools that can damage your pool’s liner. Here are few reasons why these handy devices will make your life easier:

The Robotic Cleaner is More Efficient

If you have to clean a pool by hand or with hand held tools, you are bound to miss a spot or two. Robotic pool cleaners are designed to move around the entire pool in a grid pattern so that every square inch of the surface of the pool is cleaned. This means that nothing will be left untouched and uncleaned.

No Hard Work

Holding a pool vacuum and scrub brush and moving it around can be really hard work. The robotic pool cleaner works well on its own and can be programmed to make a sweep of the pool during a time when you are not using the pool. All you do is turn the cleaning device on and let it do its work. Whether you have a topical cleaner or a full pool cleaner, the main thing is that you do not have to do any of the work yourself.

Much Less of Your Time is Taken

If you have to clean the pool manually, it can take a lot hours that you could be using to do other things. Robotic pool cleaners can take care of the work for you and much more efficiently. The suction of these cleaners is strong enough to remove debris including pine needles, dirt and bugs and it can be done more quickly than you would be able to do it with a hand tool.

Advantages over “creeping” pool cleaners

When using a robotic cleaner – as there is no need for hoses you are freeing up your skimmer basket and ensuring your pool is getting maximum filtration to filter the pool water and not taking away any of the suction required to push a suction cleaner around the pool.

If you are using or intending to use a three speed energy efficient pool pump then a robotic cleaner would be an excellent choice. The energy efficient pool pumps may not generate enough suction to push a suction cleaner on the Eco setting.

By purchasing a robotic cleaner you will be able to make the most of your energy savings by running the pump in the eco setting all of the time (with the exception of priming the pump and manual vacuuming).

Some suction cleaners may require you to run the pump on higher settings, still saving on electricity but not to its full potential.

If you require assistance on what cleaner is best for your circumstances and your pool whether it be a robotic cleaner or a suction cleaner please email us info@ozpoolsupplies.com.au or freephone 1800 642 688

When it is time to winterise your pool, you can follow some simple procedures that will allow you to easily maintain your pool during those cooler months when you do not use it.

If you think that you can just turn off the filter and do nothing further for the next four months, you are very wrong.

Here are some quick tips to help you with swimming pool winterisation:

Daily:

• The filter should run for minimum of 4 hours each day – this is depending upon the size of your pool and whether you are using an energy efficient pool pump
• Clear out any organic debris from your pool your pool pump and your skimmer baskets

Weekly:

• Backwash and rinse the sand filter  or rinse your cartridge filter and clean it using a filter degreaser. Tip - Always backwash your filter before you add any chemicals or you may lose them in your backwash line.
• Remove the skimmer basket and clean out any lint, debris or hair.

Monthly:

• Lubricate all “o” rings using a silicone based lubricant.

• Add pool chemicals to ensure your chlorine level is correct. It should be between 1 to 3 parts per million.  Bring a sample into your nearest pool shop to get a free pool chemical check.  (pH should be between 7.2 and 7.6 (depending upon the surface of your pool) and this can be achieved by adding acid if the level is too high or increasing the pH with Soda Ash if it is too low.)

• Some chemicals need to be pre-mixed in a bucket before they are added to your pool. Please follow the container instructions carefully.

• Add a long life algaecide that is designed for winter season. Algae grows very quickly in the spring as temperatures heat up, so if you do not have an algaecide protector or winteriser in your pool, you could be inviting an algae issue

• If you have a salt water chlorinator, the cells will need to be cleaned. If your unit is a self cleaning unit please still check the cell for build up of calcium some self cleaning units still may need cleaning occasionally and by getting in the habit of checking monthly will help eliminate large build up. The Chlorine production control may need to be adjusted to increase or to decrease the output of chlorine.

• Any lights around the pool should be switched on for about 30 minutes which will prevent moisture from building up in the wiring.

Your water level should be at least half way up the skimmer box. It is not necessary to drain a pool, and in fact, having the water level higher makes it a lot easier to clean the pools.

A little bit of maintenance over the winter season goes a long way to helping you get your pool up and running in the summer time.

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