Water Level

Ahhh, it's finally spring in Texas!  After the coldest winter on record we are all loving this amazing spring weather we are having.  What do our pool service clients always forget to start doing as the weather gets warm...put water in the pool.  The simplest thing...can lead to big problems.  When service tech arrives at a pool and the water level is down below the skimmers, he can't vacuum the pool, the pumps are sucking air, probably loosing prime, the pool cleaner is not working so the the pool is very dirty, pool is not filtering, so again pool very dirty.  Many issues just from the simple task of adding water to the pool.  With full weekly service clients we require two main things, access to the pool, and water level maintained by the homeowner.  

Many pools have autofill with levelers that maintain the water level.  But many swimming pools need to be filled manually with the garden hose.  One product I suggest to our clients is a simple hose bib timer.  Orbit makes one that is sold at Lowes.  You simply place it on the hose bib between the house and the hose and set the timer for how ever long you want to fill, go to work or eat dinner and it will shut itself off.  The thing to remember though is that in the winter during freeze season the hose should be taken off and placed in the garage so that it is still useable, not frozen up outside when you need to fill the pool.  I suggest a simple spin dial timer as the more complicated digital, programmable ones are just that...too complicated.  

 

Texas Oasis Pools
9720 Coit Rd. Ste 220146
Plano, TX 75025
214-532-7971
Fax: 214-407-8044
www.TexasOasisPools.com