With the economy in the toilet, people have started looking for ways to cut costs and get the same (if not better) results.
If you're the "do it yourself" kind of person there are simple solutions to everyday swimming pool problems.
And if you are the kind of person who has been doing it themselves there are some different money saving tips you might want to think about using.
Your swimming pool cleaning company will hate you for finding this article.
Chlorine, Algestats and various other chemicals are used in swimming pools every single day.
Some are considered "discount" methods and try to save you money while it puts your pool at risk for mixing the wrong chemical combinations.
I have personally looked at a pool that was turned orange from mixing to many of the wrong chemical together.
This one was at least a simple fix.
They had just used an aluminum based and copper based, Algaestat with granular chlorine.
The fix was liquid bleach.
Many of you just turned your heads at my last comment.
Liquid bleach, who would put that stuff in thee swimming pool? I would and you should also.
The reason is because liquid bleach kills bacteria and is the EXACT same thing as chlorine.
Adding this liquid form of chlorine broke down the granular chlorine making it more useful for the pool.
It neutralized the Algaestat making it more effective in the swimming pool.
Then I suggested that this person ask before using another Algaestat.
Another money saving technique is the use of baking soda.
Depending on how low your swimming pool's Ph level is, baking soda works wonders for hardness.
Baking soda will also work together with bleach to give you a sanitary swimming area.
You will also need borax but we will get to that in a minute.
When you add the bleach and baking soda to your pools water in the right amounts, you will have a pool that loses the smell without encumbering effectiveness.
This combination will also not clog up your filters.
While these two things work very well together they still need something.
That little something is Borax.
Borax works as a copper based Algaestat in your swimming pool.
It's primary job is to mix the bleach and baking soda.
The fact that it works as an Algaestat is merely a bonus.
With these three household products working in your pool, you can't go wrong.
Each one has been used in your home for years to kill bacteria.
Doing a little research you will find what the swimming pool companies never wanted you to know.
After all these are the same secrets they have been using to make your money for years.