How Do You And Why To Check Pool Water For Calcium Hardness?
Want to increase the life expectancy of your pump and your heater? Here’s how! The water in your swimming pool is hungry! No, not like something from a Jaws movie, but rather it is hungry for calcium. Take a look at in-ground plaster pools, maybe your town’s community pool for example. Ever notice the sides and how there is a certain roughness to them. Perhaps it looks like small little chunks have fallen out of the wall leaving a surface of little holes and divots? That is a sign that the water in that pool has been hungry for calcium! Until that calcium hunger has been stopped, your pool water will continue trying to extract calcium from anything it comes in contact with especially metal objects. Objects that cost you a lot of money are the targets like your pump or, if you have a pool heater, or a metal ladder. There is only one way to stop the hunger and that is to give your pool water what it wants, calcium hardness. You need to be sure of the number of gallons in your pool and th
