Posts by Carl Mueller

Salt on its own does not kill germs nor does it do anything on its own to clean or otherwise sanitize your pool in any way. A pool requires a salt chlorinator which converts salt to liquid chlorine...

Salt water pool owners need to add the same chemicals to the water from time to time that other pool owners do. In fact, we need to use an extra one called cyanuric acid (stabilizer) to help protect...

Your salt water pool is pretty low maintenance compared to other pool types once it's up and running and water chemistry is balanced. But that's not to say that you can't have trouble from time to...

If you're a new salt water pool owner, you might wonder how and where you actually add salt to the water? And how often do you add salt for that matter? Actually, knowing what type of salt is...

When you add salt to your salt water pool, you're better adding too little than too much. It's much easier to quickly raise the level of salt in your pool than it is to quickly lower it....

If you own a gas-powered pool heater, you might wonder if it functions similar to the way home heating or AC does, where it's often suggested to keep it at a reasonable minimum temperature at all...