With pool season coming to an end you may have started to think about closing your pool.  You may ask yourself if it’s convenient for you to do it yourself or whether or not you’re able to close the pool yourself. There is no need to worry because The Pool Doctor can come out and take care of everything for you.  Your pool will be completely safe for the winter season and ready to open back up in the spring.  Call us or stop on in for more information.

If you prefer to close your pool yourself, The Pool Doctor is also able to serve you.  We offer 15,000 gallon and 30,000 gallon winterizing kits and all your other winterizing accessories you may need from Gizmos all the way to heater covers.  We also have pool covers in any size you need and many covers are on sale right now for 50% OFF!!

The Pool Doctor can take out all of the guess-work for you and put your mind at ease!!

When we have a really good downpour like we did yesterday, excess water and other contaminants can be washed and blown into your pool.  When you add more water to your pool you are possibly diluting the chemicals that are balanced in your pool.  Also, the rain can bring foreign materials into your pool which can also affect your chemical balance.  Come in for a free water test to make sure your pool is A-OK.  We have all the chemicals that you would need to balance your pool!!

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You may wonder why it is so important to have the Ph and the Alkalinity balanced in your pool.  Interestingly enough, we have Ph in our bodies.  The optimal Ph for our bodies is 7.4 and the safety range in swimming water is between 7.2 and 7.8 ppm (parts per million).  If the Ph in a pool is too high the chemicals in the pool begin to not function as they should.  Dangerous bacteria can breed in the water and can be harmful if it makes it inside the human body.  There is also a hazard to your pool as well as very high Ph can cause cloudiness and scaling on the walls of your pool.

On the flip-side, you don’t want the Ph in your pool to be very low either.  Low Ph can cause skin irritation and can cause burning in your eyes.  Low Ph also causes the other chemicals in the pool to not function optimally.  Low Ph can also corrode anything metal in the pool (i.e. ladders) and wrinkle your liner.

So what does Alkalinity have to do with any of this?  A high alkalinity leads to a higher Ph and a low alkalinity leads to a lower Ph.  Alkalinity is a sort of twin to Ph and they go hand-in-hand.  If the Ph and the alkalinity are low in your pool water, you don’t necessarily need to put in Alkalinity-Up and Ph-Up.  You could probably just put in alkalinity and that will also raise your Ph levels.  If you are unsure about how to test or how much to add.  You can bring a water sample to a local pool store to have your water tested.  The Pool Doctor conducts free water tests.  Once we test your water, we will know what range your chemicals are in and will be able to tell you what you need to put in your pool also how much of the chemical needs to go in your pool.  Amounts of chemicals will vary based on the volume of your pool, so knowing the volume of your pool or the dimensions (length, width, diameter, depth, etc.) will be able to give us an accurate reading.

Hello, my name is Rachael McClain.  I am the office assistant at The Pool Doctor.  I will be monitoring the page for the foreseeable future.  I do apologize for any questions or comments that have gone unanswered and will work on going through to answer all of them.