A large component of properly maintaining a swimming pool and ensuring that the water is safe for your family and friends to enjoy involves creating an effective cleaning routine. For some pool owners, this may mean regularly getting out the pool vacuum and manually cleaning the floor of the pool. Others have taken advantage of automatic cleaners, sometimes referred to as robotic cleaners, which attach to the pool with a hose, cleaning a path as they move around. However, even this method has its disadvantages. If you’ve used automatic pool cleaners in the past, you may have noticed that these cleaners do not typically clean pool steps or benches that then require manual brushing on a regular basis. Additionally, these robotic cleaners have to be moved in and out of the pool as you use them and must be stored away while not in use. Furthermore, you cannot use the pool while it is being cleaned, because if accidentally stepped on, your automatic cleaner could break.
Pool cleaning doesn’t have to have these drawbacks, however. At Signature Pools of Texas, the experienced staff highly recommends the latest evolution in pool cleaning-the In-floor Cleaning and Circulation system. According to these Houston pool builders, the In-floor Cleaning and Circulation system is a much more effective solution to clearing your pool of debris. Similar to a pop-up sprinkler system, the cleaning jets are strategically located throughout your pool and are flush mounted, making them nearly invisible.
The jets are activated by water pressure and only pop up during their cleaning cycle for a couple of hours each day. When activated, the jets rotate in a complete 360-degree pattern that squirts all of the dirt and debris from the floor of the pool. All of the debris that is pushed off of the floor is then collected into a main drain. Best of all, these cleaning jets are not only used for cleaning the pool floor and walls, but they can also be placed in steps, benches, and spas. When properly installed, the In-floor Cleaning and Circulation system can keep a pool more than 99% clean.
According to Signature Pools of Texas, this system boasts some additional advantages as well. For starters, your pool is always swim-ready because there are no mechanical cleaning systems to move out of the way. Also, you can swim while the cleaning is taking place. Even if you do happen to step on a jet, it won’t cause you any pain or break the system in any way. And because the jets provide circulation from the bottom to the top of the pool, they enhance the heating of the pool and maximize the chemical distribution.
Though best installed during a new pool installation—because integrating into an existing pool could be costly-the cleaning jets carry a lifetime warranty for the original pool owner. In order to have the In-floor Cleaning and Circulation system installed in your pool, however, you will need to contact a certified dealer. For Houston area residents, Signature Pools of Texas is a preferred dealer and has a lot of experience installing these systems and maintaining swimming pools. In fact, the owners themselves have this exact system in their own pool and spa.