How Long To Wait Between Adding Pool Chemicals

Adding Pool Chemicals

For the safety of your loved ones, it’s crucial that your pool is maintained as an algae and bacteria-free environment. In order to properly maintain the water, pool chemicals need to be added regularly. This may seem like a tough task, but it is quite simple. A pool owner simply needs to know which chemicals to use, when to use them and how long to wait between adding these chemicals.

As mentioned above, the necessary wait time between adding chemicals is at least 10 minutes. Under normal conditions, you will able to swim in the water about 10 minutes after all chemicals have been applied. Turning your pump on high while slowly pouring the chemical mix in front of the return is the recommended way to add chemicals. Turning the pump on low while adding chemicals will make for a longer process overall.

Which Chemicals To Add To Pool

The typical pool owner will use the following chemicals to treat the water:

• Sanitizers
• Shock
• pH Balancers
• Algaecides
• Alkalinity Increaser
• Alkalinity Balancers
• Hardness Balancers
• Cyanuric Acid
• Chlorine Stabilizer
• Calcium Hardness Increaser

What To Avoid When Adding Pool Chemicals

Ensure you are avoiding the following situations while adding pool chemicals:

• Avoid adding chemicals at the same time and mixing chlorine/muriatic acid. The interaction of these two chemicals will produce a toxic gas, which poses numerous health risks.
• Wait at least 24 hours before adding chemicals after adding Calcium Hypochlorite to the water. This could alter their pH, leading to cloudy water.
• Simply remember to NEVER mix pool chemicals with one another.
• Trichlor and Cal Hypo, two chlorinating agents, should never be mixed together. Explosions can be created when these two agents are combined.