Do not believe claims for a "maintenance-free" pool. While pools are being built and equipped to reduce maintenance requirements and tasks, a pool will always require some maintenance.
Our Pool Manual details all of the components and requirements of a successful pool maintenance schedule.
Many pool professionals say, “do this daily” or “do that weekly” when they teach about pool maintenance, which almost compels their clients to pick – and stick with – a specific day of the week to do something. The bottom line is that if your pool needs a task completed to maintain its water clarity, then do that task, regardless of when it was last done. In other words, if your pool needs to be vacuumed on a Thursday, do not wait until Sunday to vacuum the pool just because that is the day you arbitrarily chose. We understand that the term routine insinuates consistency, but with pools, the only thing that is consistent is change. If you recall from a previous discussion, water is volatile, which means it can change – in terms of chemistry or clarity – without notice, so you must engage in a routine maintenance schedule without locking yourself into “doing this daily” or “doing that weekly” throughout the pool season.
It is important to remember too that the climate (temperature, humidity, sunlight, rain, and wind) of the region of the Country where you live as well as your personal and individualized pool use will play a role in your water chemistry and clarity, therefore, you will need to adjust your routine maintenance schedule to compensate for your regional climate as well as your individualized pool use. This point is made to teach you not to engage in a routine maintenance schedule as dictated by the calendar; rather, engage in a routine maintenance schedule as dictated by the current condition of your pool.
Really, the main component to a successful pool maintenance schedule is to use an automatic pool cleaner.
You can read the Pool Manual for additional information about pool maintenance as well as how an automatic pool cleaner will make pool maintenance quicker and easier.