The Ultimate Guide to Pool Maintenance, 3rd Edition

The Ultimate Guide to Pool Maintenance 3rd Edition gives readers a complete guide on all of the maintenance and repair issues required to keep spas and pools running at their peak efficiency. This 3rd Edition has information on the latest equipment and technology to provide you with working knowledge of these systems. The book comes with Quick Start Guides and difficulty ratings for every procedure. The text also has a step-by-step explanation for latest procedures with easy-to-follow pictures. The text comes with a “Tools of the Trade” part that highlights different tools for each job, a “Tricks of the Trade” part to make each procedure much easier and updated specifications on chlorine alternatives. A new section has also been added to the text on maintaining saltwater pools, which expands the coverage of pools with built-in spas. This guide covers advanced plumbing systems, filters, pumps and motors, heaters, water chemistry, cleaning and servicing, water features and commercial pools.

Filled with hundreds of detailed illustrations, this updated classic features:

• A step-by-step explanation of each pool maintenance procedure with easy-to-follow photos
• Quick Start Guides to help readers start and finish each task quickly
• Tricks of the Trade to make each procedure easier
• Tools of the Trade highlighting parts and tools for each job
• An Easy, Advanced, or Pro difficulty rating for every task
• The following new material: new information on chlorine alternatives; a new section on maintaining saltwater pools; expanded coverage of pools with built-in spas

Inside This Updated Pool Maintenance “Bible”

• The Pool and Spa • Basic Plumbing Systems • Advanced Plumbing Systems • Pumps and Motors _ Filters • Heaters • Additional Equipment • Water Chemistry • Cleaning and Servicing • Special Procedures • Water Features • Commercial Pools • Winterizing • Basic Electricity • The Toolbox • 50 Things Your Pool and Spa Can Do for Our Environment • Facts and Formulas • Typical Pool and Spa Health, Safety, and Building Codes

Table of contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The Pool and Spa
• Chapter 2: Basic Plumbing Systems
• Chapter 3: Advanced Plumbing Systems
• Chapter 4: Pumps and Motors
• Chapter 5: Filters
• Chapter 6: Heaters
• Chapter 7: Additional Equipment
• Chapter 8: Water Chemistry
• Chapter 9: Cleaning and Servicing
• Chapter 10: Special Procedures
• Chapter 11: Water Features
• Chapter 12: Commercial Pools
• Chapter 13: 50 Things Your Pool or Spa Can Do for Our Environment
• Labor Reference Guide
• Glossary
• Reference Sources and Websites
• Index