Summer Survival Guide

As the weather heats up, summer storms become more frequent and the pool gets more use. Here are our top tips for surviving summer in your pool!

Hot weather

Keep an eye on your water level, especially if it is a little more windy than normal. This will cause the pool water to evaporate more quickly. Once the water level goes below the skimmer box, your pump won't work. Keep your water level halfway up the skimmer box opening to keep your water flowing and your surface skimming.

If you have a pool cover, we suggest putting it on when the pool is not in use.

Storms and heavy rain

When heavy rain is expected, you can lower the water level of your pool to avoid overflowing as this can pull dirt and debris from around your pool back into the water.

After a heavy rain event, you may need to drain the excess water from the pool using the WASTE setting on the multi-port valve on your filter. Simply turn the filter valve (with the pump turned off) from “FILTER” onto “WASTE”, then turn your pump back on to lower the water level. *Ensure you have any valves on the waste line open.

If dirt has entered the water, use a floccing agent to clear the pool water. We strongly suggest coming into one of our stores to get the best technical assistance or book a service to ensure the right result.

After a storm, remove larger debris, empty your baskets, and then allow your filtration system to run a little extra or even overnight to help clear the pool until you're able to give it a really good clean and correctly balance the water again.

Sometimes, power surges or outages will require you to reset older pool timers. Most newer chlorinators and pool timers have battery backups so they’ll continue to keep time until the power is back.

If your analogue timer requires adjustment reset it to the current time by simply spinning the timer clockwise until the time is correct.

Digital timers will require going into the settings and updating through the display, please refer to your user manual (most can be found online with a quick Google search). If you need further assistance, contact our service centre on 1300 007 665 or contact online us here.

High Usage

Before times of known heavy usage, ensure your pool water is chemically balanced. Shock your pool with 5 lts of chlorine or 500 grams of granular chlorine per 50,000 lts of pool water.

During heavy use, you should run the pool without the suction cleaner attached, this will increase water flow and also prevent swimmers from being tangled in the hose.

Once everyone has finished swimming for the day, remove all debris from the pool such as toys, leaves, streamers, paper, bottle caps, etc. Clean out both skimmer and pump baskets, then leave the filter to run for 24 hours as well as bring us a water sample for rebalancing!

Pool Safety

As per QLD government regulations, every pool must have a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) sign prominently displayed, ideally near the step area, as this is the most obvious place assistance would take place.

Knowing how to perform CPR by taking a First Aid course (or getting a regular refresher) is vital in an emergency.

We also suggest reading our checklist which features 8 Pool Safety Checks - The Swimming Pool Gate, Swimming Pool Fence, Around The Swimming Pool Fence, Supervision, Pump, Grates And Suction, Emergency Preparation, Chemicals, and Electricity.

We hope these quick tips help you this Summer; we look forward to seeing you in-store soon!