Download the above ground pool manual - Club Piscine

4. Appendix : Water Problems (continued)
PRobLEm CausE whY soLuTIoN
stains on liner
Irritated eyes
and itchy skin
odour of
chlorine
scaling
metal fittings
corroding
dirt Ring
• Calcium deposits • Water too hard • Check water hardness.
• Dead leaves • Dirt left on liner
too long
• Give water a shock treatment.
Wait 2 hours. Brush off cover.
If stains persist, scrub with a
nylon stocking filled with granular
chlorine and rinse immediately.
• Incorrect pH • Adjust pH to between
7.2 and 7.6.
• Chloramines (See
“Odour of chlorine”)
• Not enough chlorine.
The cause is not
insufficient chlorine,
but insufficient free
available chlorine.
• Adjust pH and give water
a shock treatment.
Repeat if needed.
• High pH • Lower pH.
• High total alkalinity • Lower alkalinity.
• High calcium
• Elevated hardness levels may
hardness
require draining some water from
the pool. You could also use a
scale remover and iron.
• Low pH • Increase pH.
• Low total alkalinity • Increase total alkalinity.
• Low calcium hardness • Increase calcium hardness.
• Accumulation of
• Remove with a cleaning product
human seborrhoea
for vinyl. Read and follow
and dirt
instructions on the label.
• If dirt remains, scrub with a
nylon stocking filled with granular
chlorine and rinse immediately.
Club Piscine Super Fitness - Above Ground Swimming Pool - Owner’s Manual (03/2012) 30