{"id":729,"date":"2014-04-04T12:09:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T10:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.privateproperty.com.ng\/?p=729"},"modified":"2017-05-26T18:38:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T16:38:31","slug":"how-to-maintain-your-swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/how-to-maintain-your-swimming-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Maintain Your Swimming Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many homeowners these days invest in pools in their homes. Swimming is not only a recreational activity but also a good form of exercise. When you swim, you exercise a slew of muscles in your body and overall enhance the flow of blood around your body. So investing in a pool is quite beneficial. However pools can easily become contaminated. Dirt can accumulate in it overtime. Thus it needs to be cleaned periodically. Below are some tips to guide you in maintaining your pool:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wade off and sift leaves and particles using a net<\/strong><br \/>\nNets will sift\/pick particles from the surface of the water. Make use of a net for pools. Search for one in stalls or malls close to you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make use of chlorine<\/strong><br \/>\nLook for any color change of your pool. Can you see the tiling on your pool\u2019s floor? Chlorine purifies water. You might need to add chlorine granules to treat the water several times a week. Else an infection might be imminent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monitor your pools pH<\/strong><br \/>\nPools are supposed to be of a certain pH. The pH is basically the degree of acidity or alkalinity of the water. The proper pH of pools have been said to be between 7.2 and 7.6. Make certain your pool doesn\u2019t too acidic or alkaline.sa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Change the water<\/strong><br \/>\nThe water is bound to become contaminated over time. It\u2019s material to change the water over certain periods to bring about freshness.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cover up your pool<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen not swimming on a daily basis, or suppose you\u2019ll be away for a while, you could cover up your pool, other than leave it exposed. This way it\u2019ll be better shielded from contaminants and particles of grass, leaves of nearby trees etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many homeowners these days invest in pools in their homes. Swimming is not only a recreational activity but also a good form of exercise. When you swim, you exercise a slew of muscles in your body and overall enhance the flow of blood around your body. So investing in a pool is quite beneficial. However [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-decor","types-case-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3079,"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions\/3079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/privateproperty.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}