Weekly Pool Maintenance
Weekly pool maintenance in Melbourne, FL
Keeping your pool clean will keep you in the swim. Trained service pros, seven steps, every week, plus storm and spring cleanups.
Chapter 01
What happens on a weekly pool visit
Staying in the swim takes weekly work, and the Aqua-Rite program is built around a short, repeatable list. The tech tests and balances the water and adds the chemicals it needs to land back in range. Then the physical work: filter and basket cleaning, wall brushing and vacuuming, tile cleaning and skimming the pool surface.
The last item is the one most owners never think about: inspecting and lubricating o-rings. A dry or pinched o-ring on a pump lid or filter housing is how a pool starts sucking air, and it's a quick check that prevents a much longer repair call.
That's seven steps, the same seven every week, done by trained service pros with the equipment to do the job right. Consistency is the whole product. A pool that gets tested, brushed and filtered on a rhythm doesn't get the chance to turn green over a long weekend.
Wall brush on a telepole sweeping waterline tile, with a water test kit on the coping
Circulation, filtration and the Florida curveballs
Clean filters and pumps are the key to keeping a pool in the swim, and moving water is the other half. A blocked drain or a pool with the water level too low can cause problems fast, because the pump starts pulling air and the filter stops doing its job. The same goes for sediment and debris: leaves, pollen and sand come off a screened lanai more than you'd think, and they should be removed routinely, not when the bottom turns dark.
Brevard weather adds its own work. For storm cleanups, spring cleanups and special needs, Aqua-Rite's Special Cleaning Service is there to get you back in the swim. After a heavy blow the pool is usually full of debris, the chemistry has swung, and the filter is overloaded, which is exactly the situation a one-time deep cleaning is for.
If the pump, filter or heater turns up a problem during a visit, the repair side of the business is in the same building. That can mean anything from a leaky PVC joint to a full system replacement.
Chapter 03
New to pool ownership? Learn on the job
If you just moved into a home with your first pool, let us show you the ropes. The Aqua-Rite Learn On The Job program walks new owners through cleaning techniques, water testing and chemicals, and pool maintenance safety.
Plenty of people close on a house with a pool and have never tested water in their lives. The point isn't to hand you a binder. It's to have someone show you what the test kit is telling you, which chemical goes in when, and what's safe to do around a pump and a filter.
A few habits carry most of the weight, and they come straight from the shop's own care tips: test your water weekly, add the proper chemicals as necessary, check the water level often, remove sediment and debris routinely, and keep the filters and pumps clean. From Melbourne, Viera, Suntree and Rockledge out to the beaches, call (321) 255-0506 or stop by the store at 4100 N. Wickham Road.
Family owned in Melbourne since 1990. Store at 4100 N. Wickham Road, phone (321) 255-0506.
Also from the shop
Weekly service keeps the water right. When a pump, filter or heater needs hands, that's pool repairs, and when the finish or tile is the problem it's pool renovations. Chemicals, filters and accessories for the do-it-yourself weeks are at the pool supply store. To set up service for your pool, send us the details.