Protect Your Roseville Swimming Pool with Regular Brushing

Brushing the swimming pool is an important step to ensuring a healthy, sparkling clean pool because it helps prevent algae, bacteria, slime, and other dirt, minerals, and oils from staining the pool, which can make your pool hazardous. Therefore, if you are unaware of this step, or just neglecting it altogether, you are potentially putting yourself, as well as your guest, at risk of developing various illnesses, including upper respiratory infections, skin infections, diarrhea, and more.

In fact, even after your pool has just been professionally pebbled or plastered by a pool service roseville ca, it still needs to be brushed shortly after and then regularly to help prevent scale from staining the pool's surface.

In the meantime, just as important as brushing the pool, it is also just as equally important to ensure you are doing it properly for maximum safety, which the following tips can help you do.

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What Type of Brush You Should Use to Brush Your Pool

Pool brushes come in various types and sizes to suit different surface materials and areas of the pool.

For instance, there are nylon brushes, which can be used to clean all types of pools, and then there are stainless steel brushes, which are mainly used to clean pebble or plaster from pool surfaces.

You can also choose between a brush with a plastic frame and handle or a brush with an aluminum frame and handle, which makes them extra strong and durable for more challenging tasks or simply as a longer-lasting pool brush. They also come in different lengths from 18" to 36".

There are also corner brushes, which are designed especially for cleaning corners, as well as skimmers and jets.

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Brushing Your Pool

Brushing your pool is to help ensure any contaminants are lifted from the pool's surface and carried out through the main drain or filter.

In fact, whether you use your pool every day or not, you still need to brush it regularly because each day, tiny particles from the air get deposited into the pool, which then settle into the microscopic pores of the pool's surface, providing food for algae to feed on. However, each time you brush the pool's surfaces, it helps remove these particles, thus discouraging algae growth.

And though there are pool chemicals designed to help remove algae, as well as their food source, they are typically not strong enough on their own to do the job; therefore, it requires manual help.

Furthermore, if you use powdered or granular pool chemicals to treat your water, they typically take a while to dissolve in the water; therefore, brushing the pool's surface also helps diffuse the chemicals, so they don't scale or eat away at the surface and cause staining.

A freshly finished pool provides the beautiful, elegant oasis of your dreams; however, it also brings with it its share of dust, which, if left in the pool, can also stain the surface. Therefore, brushing your pool also helps protect the pool's surface from premature wear from the use of chemicals. In fact, it is recommended that you brush your pool twice daily over the following three weeks after receiving your new finish to help dispel the large amount of dust that tends to accumulate, so it can be properly filtered.

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Pool Areas That Need to be Brushed

Your pool's surface includes the walls, floors, bench, ladders, and stairs, which provide a soft, smooth surface that feels good to stand on, walk on, and sit on. These are also the areas most prone to chemical, algae, and slime buildup that can also make your pool's surface dangerously slippery; hence these are the areas of the pool you should concentrate on most when brushing the pool.

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How Often to Brush Your Pool

Brushing your pool is not an arduous task; however, it is one of the most important to keeping your pool both clean and safe; therefore, it should be done on a regular basis.

In general, it is recommended to brush your pool at least once a week, preferably at least twice a week; however, it can also be done each time you skim the pool. However, if you are running an automatic pool cleaner, you may find that you do not have to brush the pool as often, provided it is an efficient unit.

Because it can be easy to forget to brush your pool, or simply because you aren't always up to the task, which can result in a hazardous pool before you know it, you may also consider contacting a pool cleaning service roseville to properly and regularly clean your pool for you for added confidence and to also save you time.

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Expert Tips for Brushing Your Pool

Because how you brush your pool also matters, we offer the following tips to help you do it effectively:

• When brushing the pool, maintain steady strokes and be thorough. You should always brush towards the main drain.
• Use a nylon pool brush to brush the surfaces, or you could also use a combination nylon and stainless steel brush for extra scrubbing power.
  
  
• When cleaning the walls, use a short pole, and then use an extension pole to clean the floor, which will help make it easier to reach.
  
  
• Brush the shallow end of the pool first, including the bench and steps, etc.
• When brushing the floor in the shallow end, push the brush towards the main drain.
  
  
• Lastly, brush the walls and floors in the deep end.
  
  
• Maintain the proper posture when brushing the pool, which is a straight back while reaching long.
  
  
• When cleaning the walls, press the brush firmly against the wall, using your guide hand, and then pull the brush across the wall.
• Brushing the pool generally only takes a short time to complete; however, it can be strenuous because it requires you to use firm pressure to remove any contaminants. Hence, your arms may be a bit achy afterward, so be prepared.
  

Getting help with pool maintenance roseville ca can make keeping your pool clean easier by removing any impurities from your pool for you, which can help free up time to simply enjoy your pool. The technicians are also highly trained in the proper techniques to ensure a more sanitized pool and to also prevent injuries. They also have the right equipment, so you don't have to go out and purchase your own or risk purchasing the wrong ones. During the visit, the technician can also alert you to any potential issues with your pool, which will enable you to take care of them before they become more expensive repairs later.