How To Keep a Crystal Clear Clean Pool (Just a few minutes a day)

Once you get your pool open for the season and cleaned, it takes only a few minutes a day to keep it clean and sparkling clear. This step-by-step How To video shows you exactly how I maintain mine. 10-15 minutes a day keeps it clean and the kids happy and healthy.
Items I use to clean our pool:

[chucklakes]

Thanks. One tip, be sure to always turn your valve handle clockwise, this will prolong the life of the valve.

[farooq]

After backwash go to rinse for a minute and then go to filter mode.
Don't go directly from backwash to filter mode.

[fredfields]

If your water is properly balance you shouldn’t ever have green algae on the bottom of your pool. Get your pH correct, your cyanuric acid at the right level and test your chlorine every day. Each week do a chlorine drop test, calcium hardness test and total alkalinity test.

[andylee]

I dont even have a pool. Why did I end up here... lol

[amandagarcia]

Thank You for taking the time to share this information with us all. Very helpful!!!

[bsizzlehill]

Im a pool guy. I do pools in about 10 to 15 minutes per week!!

[joemama-vkhm]

Down the driveway, right into the storm drains. Nice

[louisd]

I make sure my water is properly balanced. If not balanced, I add alkalinity increaser and PH plus if necessary. I also do not use a clarifier nor algecide. Clarfiers are band aids to the problem. The last time I added pool shock was about a month ago. As of now, my pool does not contain a drop of algae and is crystal clear. FYI, when algae is in the pool, after getting rid of it, phosphate removal must be added. Algae causes phosphate buildup, and phosphate buildup causes more algae to grow.

[mattmaloney]

That all seems like a buttload of daily chemicals for a pool that has chronic algae issues. I really appreciate the video and showing us your set up. Also if you get these problems resolved, I'd love to an update. Good luck!

[ReadyCrush]

Hey man good video and I loved watching you chase the hose as it filled with water. When you went to backwash my brain instantly screamed "run after the hose I wanna see it inflate" and my man's did just that. Well done friend and it's good information too!

[stevegonzales]

My advise is that if your gonna have a pool built...pay the little extra and have the "self cleaning heads" put in! I have a 40' x 35' pool, and I have 30 pop-up cleaning heads. I've had my pool 5 years, and I have gone out to physically clean it zero times! The self cleaning heads clean both the floor, and surface of the pool water of ALL debris! It also keeps your water moving to prevent stagnant pool water - which we all kno can cause the dreaded algae.

I spend roughly 3 mins a week to clean out the silk socks, and add chlorine if needed. But if you like too physically brush the dirt from your pool floor, or set up your skimmer to float around and hope it gets all the debris that is floating on the surface, then respect 👊

[rodc]

The number of thing done wrong, where to start... backwash line like that in Canada frowned upon, usually illegal. Don’t bang the skimmer strainer on the side it will break, tap the upside down open end against the open palm of your hand. Pump over powered, avoid exceeding 20PSI. No rinse after backwash, not critical but keeps water clearer. Pool could use a quick vac to waste for all those fine particles before shock and robot. DON’T dump shock in pool like that if you don’t want to bleach your liner. Robot while shocking will decrease robot life expectancy. Excessive chlorine repeatedly used indicates reoccurring algae issues, superchlorinate then follow up with regular frequent algaecide regiment to keep algae away to begin with. You should only need 5-10 min ever couple weeks with a robot and done properly. Additionally I only run my pump 1-3 days per week in the summer depending on heating needs, otherwise the pump is off. Pool is crystal clear and no algae, if I see it even starting, I spot shock it and repeat my algaecide initial dose instructions. I won’t see any signs of algae for at least 1-2 months if I keep up with semi periodic weekly maintenance doses of algaecide. Yes, I have been maintaining and servicing pools for 30+ years too...

[trishilapatel]

I will probably have to get an professional until I learn it to do it myself. but I don't even have a pool or house of my own lol. But I am browsing and the one I liked has a pool so learning these tips will be great.

[energyefficient]

Chlorine evaporates rather quickly, Putting a solar cover on when not in use makes a huge difference in the amount of chlorine I have to put in.

[blazel]

I do slightly different. I never have algae either, and I never use algacide.
I do skimming as dsily maintensnce and the following once a week (except backwash is every two weeks as well).
To be ready for perect pool by Friday night and weekend:
-Thursday during the day I brush the walls, clean skimmer and skim (as I do daily). Then I release the Maytronics Premier to vacuum.
-I backwash every other week at the same time of the vacuuming.
-Thursday evening, I shock the pool.
For me, it’s a 33000 gallon gunite pool, so I usually add only two pounds of calcium hypochlorite, and that get’s my free chlorine to just over 5 ppm during the night, and winds up at 5 or just below for the weekend. Early season I might add an extra pound.
-Friday midday I add combination clarifier, phosphate remover and a surface adhesion to prevent evaporation…it makes a beautiful shimmer in the sunlight and sunsets as well. Beautiful backdrop for evening dinner outdoors.
-I check chemicals everyday and adjust as needed, but usually only in early season is when it’s necessary.

[rogerfriddle]

Bro you have to switch to rinse after backwash

[dieselxdan]

by far the best, easiest to follow! Thank you.

[garybobes]

I only shock once every 2 weeks or if . I notice it clouding up. Then just maintain with tablets. I cannot imagine a bag every day, chlorine levels have to be really high

[patconnors]

Why is this video called how to keep your water crystal clear when there's algae?

[ArtificialJetleg]

Building a pool this year, and I am trying to figure out what’s the maintenance that the guys want to charge me, and see if I can do it myself