Benefits of salt water swimming pools, A Clear Choice Pool service contractors explain
Salt water swimming pools are not new. The benefits of salt water swimming pools and the idea of having to use fewer chemicals are the reasons many people opt to own — or make a switch — to salt water pools. A Clear Choice pool service contractors in California explain that salt water pools are virtually maintenance free.
Swimming in a salt water swimming pool virtually guarantees you will not have red, bloodshot eyes, itchy dry skin or bleached out bathing suits or green hair as you might suffer in a pool that is cleaned with chlorine. To be fair, if you work with an experienced swimming pool service contractor you can enjoy a swimming pool that is cleaned with chlorine without having to deal with red eyes or dry, itchy skin. If you are having those issues, give your pool contractor a call, let him know and he can work with the pool chemistry to alleviate those concerns.
Benefits of salt water swimming pools
Cleaning the swimming pool water with chlorine is the traditional method and many pool owners don’t want to clean their water any other way. If, however you want to move on from the old-fashioned method of balancing the Ph balance and chemicals in the pool, salt water might be ideal. With a salt water pool you don’t have wot worry when it rains, you don’t have to store bottles of chlorine and you won’t have to shock the water.
You will need to invest in a salt water chlorination system. Once you’ve made that investment, you only need to infuse it with saline — salt — to keep the water clean. If you’ve ever swam in salt water in an ocean you know how “soft” the water feels.
The salt concentration you will need in your backyard swimming pool is a between 2,800 and 4,000 parts per million. By comparison, the salt in the ocean is 50,000 parts per million. TRIVIA: The salt concentration in the dead sea is 80,000 parts per million meaning the Dead Sea is 8% salt… and other minerals.
Rather than having to add chlorine tablets or liquid chlorine to the pool you will add simple table salt to the system which will continually filter and clean the water. Your pool contractor may recommend an annual chlorine shock to the water to remove any undissolved solids — dead skin, bacteria from those who use your pool and other organic items you don’t want in the water.
The cost of installing salt water pool chlorination system will cost more than than a chlorine cleaned pool. The money you save over the life of your swimming pool by not having to invest in chlorine will be a return on your investment. Consider too, that with a salt water pool you don’t ever have those “down times” when you can’t use the pool because you’ve just added chlorine or other chemicals.
Consider that your skin is your largest organ and when you swim in a pool cleaned with chlorine, the toxins from it will be absorbed into your skin. That is one of the reasons you will want to shower off after you’re in the pool.
If you’re interested in learning more about how you can have your swimming pool water remain free of bacteria without having to utilize chlorine or other potentially harsh chemicals, talk with us about installing a salt water chlorination system.