Pool Knowledge

Having a swimming pool in your backyard comes with several benefits. You can enjoy spending time with your friends and family, take advantage of the warm sunshine, and get some exercise as you splash around and swim laps in your pool. To keep your pool in good condition, you have some important responsibilities. All pool owners must engage in regular pool cleaning to skim out any leaves, dirt, and other debris that falls into the water, as well as to prevent bacteria growth. Regular pool cleaning can extend the life of your pool and reduce the need for expensive repairs.

Pool Chemical Balancing

Using quality products that provide lasting and accurate results, our certified technicians balance your pool to near perfect numbers, so that your pool contains no unwanted guests like algae, bacteria, or metallic build up.
Making sure your water chemistry is balanced in your pool is one of the most important maintenance items tasks in owning a pool. This task can be time-consuming and complicated.

What happens when your pool chemistry is off?
Green algae, strong aromas, and cloudy or discolored water are strong signs of your pool being chemically out of balance. It doesn’t take long for algae to grow and for expensive damage to be done to your pool when it does not have the correct chemistry; not to mention how poor water chemistry can be harmful to your health. Having your pool regularly checked and balanced is key to ensuring your pool and spa are healthy and will last for a long time to come.

Having a pool cleaning and chemical professional visit weekly is the easiest way to ensure your pool looks great.

Pool Shock

Pool shock is the addition of pool chlorine and other pool chemicals to your pool water to aid in the elimination of bacteria, chloramines, and algae that can make your swimming pool unsafe for use. If you are experiencing a problem with your pool water or believe you may need to do a pool shock, then you’ll find our team at Latitude Blue equipped to provide the solutions you need.

If you have questions about the way pool chlorine should be used in Cartersville, then you can always trust our professionals to provide the answers.

Pool Chlorine

Did you know that pool chlorine comes in a few different types? Or that your pool chlorine should be added strategically to keep your pool water safe and looking its best?

At Latitude Blue Pools, we know that owning a swimming pool can bring you and your family great joy and that it also requires some routine maintenance to make it a more enjoyable place to be. If you have questions about the way pool chlorine should be used or the type of chlorine that will work best for your pool, you can always trust our professionals to provide the answers.

Swimming Pool Water Testing

Regular swimming pool water testing is essential to keeping your pool in tip-top shape. Weather, oils, dirt, cosmetics, and anything that encounters your pool water changes the chemical balance in the water, so testing the water every few days is necessary to keep the chemical balance in the right range.

When doing swimming pool water testing, you should primarily test for pH level. Ideally, you want the pH to be between 7.2 and 7.6. If your pH gets too low, the water becomes too acidic and causes corrosion to plastics and metals in the pool. If the pH is too high, the water becomes cloudy and makes the chlorine less effective. Other tests you can conduct on your pool are total alkalinity, calcium hardness, and chlorine and bromine levels. These tests aren’t typically necessary if the pool is operating fine, and the water looks clean and inviting.

You can do your swimming pool water testing with one of our pool water testing kits. These are easy to use, and the test only takes a couple of minutes to conduct. You should get into the habit of doing routine testing on your pool so you can adjust the chemicals as needed if the pH starts to get too low or too high. It’s easier to fix the pH when it’s only a tiny bit off rather than having to fix it after you start to notice the effects in your pool. It will take fewer chemicals to balance the pH, too, if a problem is caught early, so it’s cheaper to handle your pool maintenance if you stay on top of your swimming pool water testing.

At Latitude Blue, we have all the pool chemicals you need to do your pool water testing and maintain healthy and clean pool water. We are eager to help you keep your Cartersville pool inviting and safe for all swimmers!

Pool Wall Brushing & Scale Removal

Maintaining the walls and floors of your pool is just as important as maintaining the water. Let us scrub away the unwanted dust and grime!

If the interior finish of your pool is plaster, quartz, or an aggregate finish like Pebble Tec or Wet Edge, knowing why, when, and how to brush your pool is essential. A thorough brushing prevents algae and extends the life of your pool surface, and believe it or not, there is a right way to brush your pool.

Why brush your pool?

• Brush to Prevent Scale: Scale is the white film around the water lines of your swimming pool and is most often the mineral calcium. Brushing will help prevent the build-up of mineral deposits along the waterline.
• Brush to Prevent Stains: Different types of stains can occur in your pool. Organic stains usually begin by entering the pool at the surface of the water and are typically a combination of dirt, minerals, and oils. Brushing thoroughly 1-2 times per week will prevent these materials from having the time to create a stain.
• Brush to Prevent Algae: Every pool can grow algae, but plaster, quartz, and aggregate finishes are more susceptible. These finishes have small micropores in common, which are the perfect starting point for algae to establish a firm foothold. Consistent brushing will clean these pores out.
• Brush to Prevent Etching: A pool that is brushed regularly along with maintaining consistent chemical balance will be softer and smoother.

When to brush your pool?

• Brush After Your Pool Is Plastered/ Replastered or Pebbled: In this case, your pool needs to be brushed twice a day for 2-3 weeks. This may seem like a lot, but there is a lot of dust that needs to be brushed and filtered, or it can stain and scale the interior surfaces.
• Brush after Adding Chemicals: Many powdered or granular pool chemicals don’t dissolve right away when added to the pool water. Brushing helps dissolve and disperse the chemicals so that they can’t stain, scale, or etch the interior surface.
• Brush For Stain or Algae Prevention & Removal: Stains and algae cannot be removed by chemicals alone; elbow grease is required. It doesn’t matter how much chlorine, shock, algaecide, algae preventive, or algae killer you use; the surface must be brushed to break the algae’s protective surface and suspend the algae in the water so that the chemicals can do their job.