These days you can find just about any excuse to skip out on getting exercise. “Running is hard”, “it’s really hot out”, and “my body is too sore” are just a few of these common excuses. An exercise you may not have thought of yet, swimming. This type of exercise…
Store Your Vacuum Head Correctly Most pool owners end up having to replace their vacuum head because the brushes on the bottom have either flattened out or fallen off. Store it upside down and out of the sun! In the winter when it is not being used, keep it away…
Owning a hot tub is a luxury, and if you are lucky enough to own one, you most likely know what and what not to do around your tub. However, there are a few things you may be unaware of. Rising Sun Pools has created an etiquette guide to ensure…
The warmer weather is starting to get more consistent, but it’s only April so you don’t know if you should open your pool, or wait a little longer. Rising Sun Pools recommends you open it sooner than later. When the daily temperature is hitting 70 degrees or higher, it is…
Everyone wants their pool to be the perfect temperature. Not too cold that it’s uninviting, but not too hot where it’s not refreshing in the summer heat. Having a great thermometer can tell you the temperature of the water at all times, which can be more useful than you think.…
Add 32 oz per 20,000 gallons of pool water. In the evening turn off the filter pump and allow the water to settle overnight.In the morning vacuum any settled material. Then backwash filter. If the mineral content is high continue with this process until the pool floor is clean in…
1. Turn system off 2. Remove the strainer lid and pour Sparkling Filter Cleaner Degreaser into the strainer pot. Replace the lid 3. Turn valve to backwash 4. Turn system on for 2 – 5 seconds, and then turn it off. (Leave the system on just long enough to move…
1) Brush walls and floor. (leave cleaning equipment in pool during treatment) 2) Apply ___oz. of Mustard Assassin (4 oz. per 10k gallons) as close to the affected areas as possible. For sever cases of mustard algae double the dose. 3) Add ___ lbs or gallons of chlorine slowly through…
1) Brush areas that contain pink, white or clear slime deposits. 2) Apply ___oz of extinguish over pool surface (16 oz per 10k gallons), for severe cases double the dose. 3) Wait 4 hours 4) Add 1 gallon of liquid chlorine over the surface (for Biguanide pools add liquid chlorine…