Chemipool

Free Postage

Mark — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:58:00 +0000

We have decided to offer free postage on all orders over £100 for a limited time only. Chemipool already offers some of the lowest prices in the industry. These low prices mean we make less profit on the products we sell than most other sellers. This is why we have never been able to offer free shipping.
Now thats changed - at least for the time been. Our initial offer will run until the end of April 2008. After that we will review the situation and may or may not extend this offer.

Mark — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:39:00 +0000

Adding chlorine to your water is not a process where you just add one or two tablets a week. Many people tell me that their current supplier has just told them to add one or sometimes two tablets every week. If only life was so simple. When you add chlorine, whether tablets or granules, what you are trying to do is maintain a chlorine level in your pool of about 3ppm. The only way you can do this with any real accuracy is to measure the chlorine levels when you add the chlorine. Chlorine is used up both by killing the bacteria in the water and also by the UV light from the sun. How much chlorine you will need to add will depends on how dirty the water is and how much your pool has been used since you last added chlorine and how long it is since you last added chlorine. There are a number of ways you can check the levels of chlorine in your pool water. Chemipool sell pool testing strips as we think that these are the easiest to use. However, testing tablets and digital meters are also available.

You should in fact test chlorine levels every day and top up if required. Running a pool with chlorine is not a once a week maintenance task. So many of the problems people have with their pool water would not occur in the first place if the chlorine levels were maintained at the right level.

Whatever your supplier tells you, get some testing strips (or some other testing kit) and use them. Keep the chlorine levels in your pool at the correct levels and many of your other problems will go away.

Pooloxy

Mark — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:07:00 +0000

Many people ask me about the Pooloxy product. Pooloxy is our active oxygen pool and spa treatment kit. It consists of a powder and a liquid. The powder is the standard active oxygen powder. The liquid however is a special formulatioin which is only availible from Chemipool. We call it our active algaecide. It has been specially formulated to work in synergy with the Pooloxy Powder. As the name suggests, the liquid contains an algaecide. It also contains other components such as a water clarifier and an antifoaming agent.

Pooloxy is very easy to use. All you need to do is to calculate the required dose for the amount of water in your pool. You add both the Pooloxy Powder and the Pooloxy Active Algaecide in equal amounts once a week. You need to add 50ml of Pooloxy Active Algaecide and 50g of Pooloxy Powder for every 1000L of water in your pool once a week. We suggest that you start with a fresh fill of water and do a double dose as soon as the pool is full. Then just add the appropriate dose once a week with a double dose once a month. For most pools this will be all you need to do. In time the Pooloxy will cause your pool to become more acidic. If you keep your pool full using Pooloxy for more than three months then you may also have to add pH increaser to raise the pH of your pool back to the correct levels. Pooloxy can also be used for treating spa water. Many spa manufacturers suggest that you change you spa water at least every three months. If you do this then in most cases nothing other than the Pooloxy is needed to treat you water. We do suggest that you monitor the pH of the water in case it changes. By doing this you will see what the pH of the water is when you first fill your pool. You will then be able to see how it changes over time. Most people are supprised to find that tap water is actually far more acidic than you may first think. pH 6 would not be unusual.

Pooloxy is safe to use if you have been using other swimming pool chemicals such as chlorine or bromine. You can readily change from one to the other as you choose.