Leslie's Swimming Pool Supplies® Combo Kit to Open Your Pool

Spring is here and April in our part of the country has been warmer than average. It is time to open the pool for another season of fun and frolic. Leslie's Swimming Pool Supplies® markets a kit containing almost everything you need to open your pool after a long cold winter.

Leslie's has kits for any size pool or budget. Since we have a 22,000 gallon in ground pool, the Deluxe Combo Kit is perfect for our pool, as it has the needed supplies for up to a 25,000 gallon pool. Included in the kit:

• Five pounds Chlor Brite® (granular)

• Five pounds Fresh 'N Clear® (granular)

• One quart algae control (liquid)

• One liter Metal Free (liquid)

• One quart Ultra Bright (liquid)

• One liter PoolMagic+PHOSFree (liquid)

• Water Test bottle

• 10 piece test strips

If you have a pool cover, pump the water from it, and remove. Hopefully you won't dump the stuff on the cover into the pool. (See my AC article from November 2008 on why I don't use a winter pool cover.) I start about a week ahead and start to remove the leaves that are in the pool on the bottom. Use the net and after two or three runs you will have most of the large debris out of the pool.

Next hook up the filter system: Replace all the baskets, plugs, gauges and water return fixtures. You can back flush the antifreeze if you had to add any to the system for winter protection. Now you can begin to add the Leslie's chemicals.

With your pump running, add the Metal Free by walking around the edge of the pool. After about a half-hour, check the water for pH and total alkalinity. There are test strips in the Kit for your use. The Kit does not have pH+ or pH- chemicals. You will have to get those if you need to adjust the pH. Maintaining the proper pH range is critical for your pool, not only for comfort, but also for the condition of your system. If you have a pool heater know that water with a pH that is too high or too low will damage the copper heat exchanger.

Over the next couple of days the directions for adding the rest of the chemicals is clearly explained in the directions provided with the Leslie's Swimming Pool Supplies® Combo Kit. These products are extremely effective in providing clear, clean swimming pool water. I have used this brand of pool chemicals for the last four seasons. The only other chemicals you need to open your pool would be the chlorine in whatever form your system needs. Start you pool out with the correct balance of chemicals, and maintenance throughout the season will be a breeze.

Try Leslie's Combo Kit this spring. You will be glad you did.

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