Although Auckland has a reasonably mild climate there are a few things we can get away with in regards to shutting down for winter. Once the water temperature is below 18, pool turnover can be reduced by at at least half (3-hours) and chlorine levels are easily maintained  with little expense. 

We were pleased to inform Charmaine Brown with the news of her I-Pad win.

Charmaine had often entered but never won a prize draw before, so we are glad we could break that drought Charmaine.

Thank you to all those who entered. We will be sure to send some exclusive specials, and our newsletters your way by email from time to time. 

We have had a fantastic response once again for our voucher mail out. Last few days before the 20% discount on chemicals expires. There will still be the vouchers for free valet and $80 shop credit for the few service specials which will run all winter. I'll post a winterizing item next week. 

Our Ipad prize draw kicks off this month be sure to enter the draw to pick up this coveted accessory. You only have to own a pool and surrender your email address to us for the odd marketing special and you’re in the draw. Enter here.

It has been miserable and cold, but with all that rain we have dealt with a few green pools already, which is a little earlier than usual.



So beware. Keep one eye on the pool from now and make sure chlorine, pH, and alkalinity are all good leading into the warmer weather as I expect we will see a lot of algae shortly.

Our valet service grew 50% last year to over 200 valets so we are putting a third valet van on the road this summer to take our total fleet to 6 service vehicles. We are currently seeking experienced pool valets for the role so if you’re interested or if you know of anyone who may be interested please forward my contact details onto them.  Ideally we are looking for an experienced valet but we may consider a pool owner who is looking for a new challenge and summers by the pool.

C.V to matt@poolsidenorthshore.co.nz

Well what a down pour on Tuesday. Lots of calls about flooding in the pool and grey, green and brown pool water.
Usually these events are easy to rectify with a shock dose and a clarifier. with extreme cloudiness (e.g. can’t see 2 feet into the water after treatment) you may need to follow up with a floc and a vacuum to waste - at least you will have plenty of water to do it!
Enjoy.

Saturdays and Sundays - 10am to 4pm
weekdays - 8.30 am to 5.30pm

Only one staff member operating on the weekends now, so in the unusual circumstance of 2-3 customers coming in at once we do apologize and thank you for your patience.


Thanks

Now that the pools are under the magic 19 degrees we can wind the hours of the pumps right down and considerably lower the chlorine dosing in the pool. There are (like most things with the pool) varying opinions and models to go by for winter treatment but the main thing most people are after is achieving a clear pool with as little money and effort as possible without compromising your equipment and pool surface at the same time.

This can be achieved in many ways depending on the type of pool and the system you are using but let me give you a basic recommendation for a 50,000L pool.

Hours – 4 at the most usually covers the circulation.

Chlorine – You should be able to make 3 standard tablets last a month in the skimmer or 1-2 Smart Sticks (our preference)

Cleaning – Monthly. You dont want leaf stains setting in.

Balance –For a minimum I would recommend one done in full at the season end, say late April, then one in early July. This will guarantee a much easier, trouble free beginning when you start the more regular balancing from September when temperatures will get above 19 again.

For salt pool owners you have two options for the salty.

1)Turn it right down and adding salt mid July will help prevent damage to the cell as operating on low salt will shorten its life expectancy.

2)Turn it off and use 2 Smart Sticks once a month. This would be a preference as it will greatly increase the life of your cell. Just don’t forget to add the sticks!

Rolachems don't need changing as they measure and dose.

As mentioned earlier there are differnt wasy to do it and you cirtainly can do as much balance as you want and extra algaecide etc to keep a better guarentee of no algae but this program will work well in most pools.

Want to make winter even easier? Get a debris cover. No cleaning of the pool required ALL winter. Awsome.