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Filtering Your Pool
The process of filtration is something that most liquids, like beverages, must go through in order to purify the liquid. Most water that comes out of a home tap has some foreign chemicals that were put in the water by man. The reason why some households buy water filters for drinking water is because they understand the importance of putting clean, pure water into their bodies. A swimming pool filter system is used for the same purpose. Since there are many airborne chemicals, as well as chemicals that we carry on our bodies, if we swam in a pool that hadn’t been filtered, eventually it would become unsanitary and unhealthy to swim in.
Carlton Pools can install three types of filtration systems for cleaning a swimming pool from small debris: an all-natural sand filtration system, a DE filtration system, and a cartridge filtration system. The natural sand filtration system does not require chemicals or any sort of motor. It naturally cleans your pool by filtering small debris through sand. It works just the way it sounds. The naturally flowing water cleans itself. However the DE filtration system and the cartridge filtration system are a little more sophisticated and require more energy cost when installing and maintaining.
Some of the benefits of the DE and the Cartridge filtration system are that you can control the quality of the filtering. You can also increase the filtration capacities and also have real time filtration controls. It’s important to keep in mind the filtration system, whichever type you choose, is only meant to filter small debris were as large debris like leaves and garbage must be removed with cleaning solution that also needs to be installed. When speaking with a swimming pool contractor such as Carlton Pools, make sure that you get all of your questions answered about both filtration systems as well as cleaning methods for future maintenance of the pool.
Written By: Phillip Thow