How to maintain your pool all summer

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IPSSA's Marc Cannon joins the AccuWeather Network to discuss summer pool maintenance and how to keep your swimming pool clean in the event of storms and other natural elements during the summer.

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00:00and welcome back to AccuWeather Early thanks for watching on this Friday morning we appreciate you

00:09being here as summer storms can be disruptful for your pool from heavy rain that dilutes chemicals

00:14to debris here with tips on how to keep your pool clean and safe and ready for summer is Mark Cannon

00:20from the independent pool and spa service association thanks so much for joining us

00:26today sir let's get right into it what happens to a pool when a storm hits and it's uncovered

00:33when it's uncovered I'm telling you it seems everything in the world is going to find its

00:39way into that pool between rain leaves twigs branches even sometimes pool pool furniture

00:47is going to find its way into there but what we need to focus on along with that is how that

00:54affects the chemistry of the pool and how that's going to run also when we're talking possibly

01:00about flooding is there going to be damage to the pool equipment and we need to monitor that also

01:05yeah such a great perspective there all right what steps should people take with their pools

01:10after a storm and why does it matter so much it matters tremendously what you want to do right off

01:17the bat is you're going to have to get that pool cleaned up so uh that means uh using a leaf net

01:23getting leaves out of the pool getting branches there's going to be dust and dirt uh there's going

01:28to be a lot of that debris in there when you do that then it's going to be critical that you're going

01:33to start monitoring your chemical balance in the pool and so use your test strips if that's what you use

01:41or drops and make them going to have to start getting that pool balanced up again also you're

01:47going to it's really important to take care of your pool equipment uh if you have for example a

01:52cartridge filter a lot of dirt in that pool is going to make it to that filter so you're going to want

01:57to get that filter clean so you have proper circulation and that the pool is going to be running properly

02:02maintenance is always important and what maintenance should you have between storms and when should you

02:09call a pro you should uh you need to get into a regular routine of servicing your pool you should

02:18be doing at the same time every week if you're servicing it once a week yourself uh you should be

02:24but be consistent and when you need to call a pool person let's say that you're working on trying to

02:30maintain the balance in your pool but you're just having extreme difficulty and maybe your pool is

02:36turning green with algae that be a time that you want to get a pool professional in there and also

02:41as i had said before you want to maintain your pool equipment making sure that that is if you're not

02:46circulating water in the pool nothing is going to be working properly and if you were if you're not

02:52a handy person enough to fix the pool equipment you need to call a pool professional out to do that

02:58makes me realize how much my dad did to keep our pool in check when kids are just enjoying it that is a

03:03lot a lot of work we appreciate you breaking that down for us and uh hoping to keep people a little

03:08bit safer this summer uh we again appreciate you being here mark cannon from the independent pool and

03:13spa service association and hopefully you have a great summer great thank you

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