Chapter 5
Get your water balance under control
Understand pH, alkalinity and hardness, and know which values belong in your pool.
E-book for pool owners (in Dutch)
The complete pool handbook (Dutch edition)
Clear water, a pool that simply works and no more doubt with every chemistry question. Everything you need to maintain your pool yourself, explained step by step in one handbook.
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- Dosing tables, checklists and water chemistry
- Written by an owner who maintains his own pool
This e-book is written in Dutch. It is not translated; only this page is in English.
- 174pages of practical advice
- 18chapters
- 5appendices to print
- 5parts, from understanding to winterizing
Sound familiar?
- Your water is cloudy or green and you don't know where to start.
- You dose by feel and hope for the best.
- Online you find conflicting advice.
- Scale, stains, or a filter that no longer does its job.
This handbook puts it in order. First you understand how your pool works. Then you know what to measure, how much to dose and what to do in which order.
What you can do with it
Chapter 7
Dose without guessing
Dosing tables per pool volume, from 10 to 80 m3, and the right order in which to add products.
Chapters 12 to 15
Fix cloudy or green water
From cause to solution, with a decision tree that takes you from symptom to diagnosis to action.
Chapter 8
A steady weekly routine
Know exactly what to measure and do and when, so maintenance becomes a habit instead of a worry.
Chapters 10 and 11
Understand filter, pump and equipment
Maintenance per filter type, plus a clear explanation of pump, pipework and equipment.
Chapters 16 to 18
The whole season under control
Opening the pool in spring, getting through high season and closing and winterizing safely.
What readers say
This book has given me so much peace of mind. I used to be constantly fiddling with my water values. Bad test strips that give you the wrong advice. A really nice handbook to have!
I can't do without it and should have found it sooner! Wonderfully detailed on water chemistry and how everything is connected, highly recommended!
With my small above-ground pools I always had poor water quality after a few days of use. Now I understand how to look after my water properly, even with a separate pump and filter. Learned a lot and it reads easily!
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- Chapter 5: water balance
- Chapter 4: the three pillars
- Chapter 6: disinfection
- Dosing tables per pool volume
- Chapter 15: the decision tree
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On your phone, tablet or printed
The handbook is a PDF. Read it on your phone, tablet or computer. Or print the appendices and keep them next to your pool.
At the back, to print:
- Yearly calendar and log
- Chemistry cheat sheet
- Maintenance checklists
- Decision tree for problems
- Glossary
- Year calendar and log
- Chemistry cheat sheet
- Maintenance checklists
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- 5 appendices to print
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- One-off price, no subscription
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This book is for anyone who wants to understand how to maintain a pool from small to large, from small above-ground pools to large private pools.
The e-book is written entirely in Dutch. Chapter titles are shown in Dutch above.
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The complete pool handbook (Dutch edition)
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