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You walk outside expecting crystal-clear water, but your pool looks more like a bubble bath. Maybe there is a thin layer of white foam on the surface. Maybe bubbles are streaming from the return jets...

You can hear the pool pump running, but the water still looks flat. The return jets are weak, the skimmer is not pulling properly, or there is barely any movement in the pool. It is a frustrating...

Sometimes you do. But very often, adding another bottle or bag of chlorine without checking what is actually going on only wastes chemicals, costs you money and makes balancing the pool more difficult...

Spring finally arrives in Melbourne. The weather starts warming up, you pull the cover back, glance at the pool and then notice it: A strange yellow dust sitting on the floor, steps or sides of the...

Maintaining a clean swimming pool is about more than removing leaves and adding chlorine. Your pool water also needs the right chemical balance so it stays clear, comfortable and safe for swimming...

You dip the strip, wait a few seconds, compare the colours and everything looks pretty normal. Chlorine? Fine. pH? Fine. Alkalinity? Fine. Yet the pool is still green. At that point, it is tempting to...

Melbourne has a habit of doing this every spring: one week you are still reaching for a jumper, and the next a warm Saturday appears and suddenly everyone remembers the pool. That first genuinely hot...

You remove the pool cover, scoop out the leaves, switch the equipment back on and expect to see clear water. Instead, your pool looks milky, hazy or dull. Cloudy pool water after winter is a common...

After months of cold mornings, shorter days and limited swimming, spring is when many Melbourne pool owners start looking at the backyard again and asking the same question: what should I actually do...