Chlorine: The Most Important Swimming Pool Chemical Of All

1. Chlorine: The Most Important Swimming Pool Chemical Of All Chlorine isn’t merely the swimming pool chemical that many of us are most familiar with – it’s also the UK’s most commonly used disinfectant for swimming pools, and the most important chemical as far as the all-round maintenance of pool water is concerned. However, there are also some basic facts about Pool Chlorine that not everyone is aware of. With this in mind, here at Pool Warehouse, we thought we’d put together a simple guide to chlorine as used in swimming pools, as well as an outline of some of our products in this category. What role does pool chlorine play? The importance of swimming pool chlorine lies in how, by maintaining the right level in your own pool, you can ensure almost all bacteria and viruses that find their way into the water are killed within a few seconds. This will help to preserve the clarity and safety of the water for you and anyone else using your pool. However, as you will see when you browse our online store here at Pool Warehouse, there are also various different types of pool chlorine products, with each playing different roles. It makes particular sense to keep a decent stock of our easy-to-use Chlorine Tablets for the weekly maintenance of your pool’s chlorine levels – but we also offer Chlorine Shock products when you need to quickly add a high concentration of chlorine to your pool.

2. Chlorine Reducer, meanwhile, serves an opposite purpose to Chlorine Shock, in that it helps you to swiftly reduce the amount of chlorine in your pool in the event of an overdose. How much chlorine should be in your pool? Whatever type of chlorine you add to your pool, the process of dissolving it in water produces hypochlorous acid (HOCl), which is what kills bacteria, viruses and algae in the water. This is often called ‘free chlorine’. However, while public indoor pools in the UK attempt to maintain a free chlorine level of between 1.0 and 1.5 ppm, it is advised that you aim for a slightly higher amount in your domestic pool – especially if it is outdoors – to give a better margin of safety. For indoor domestic pools, then, a free chlorine level of between 1 and 2 ppm is advised, increasing to between 2 and 3 ppm in the case of outdoor pools. Make us your sole online store for pool chlorine – and more Remember that in The Water Testing Section of our online store, you will find products that enable you to easily read the chlorine levels in your pool. Indeed, when it comes to all things pool chlorine – from the chlorine itself to the associated chemical, dosing and testing products – Pool Warehouse can be your true one-stop shop.