If you have a vinyl liner, you’ll be happy to know you can use a salt chlorinator system in your pool without taking any extra precautions. The liner will be exposed to lower levels of chlorine, so it may even extend your liner’s lifespan. However, many inground pools have galvanized walls behind the liner.
Does salt water damage pool liner?
Saltwater is extremely corrosive to certain types of metal pipes and pool equipment. Occasionally, saltwater pools are equally corrosive to pool liners. If saltwater wears away the lining of a pool long enough, it will create holes or tears in the liner. Once the liner tears, you’ll have no choice but to replace it.
Can you use salt water in an Intex pool?
Saltwater pools were designed to be an alternative option to the standard chlorinated swimming pool. Saltwater Intex pools use a saltwater filtration and sanitation system that converts salt into chlorine.
How long does a pool liner last in a salt water pool?
between 10 and 15 years
Is your pool’s liner looking a little worn down? A typical vinyl liner lasts between 10 and 15 years, though there are many factors that can affect its lifespan. Living in an area susceptible to ground water problems can reduce your liner’s life, as can not keeping the water in your pool balanced.
Can I use salt instead of chlorine in my pool?
Using swimming pool salt instead of chlorine delivers greater swimming comfort: Swimming pool salt does not give off an unpleasant odour as chlorine does. It is much less harsh on hair and skin. It does not cause your eyes to sting.
Do saltwater pools need chlorine tablets?
A saltwater pool is an alternative to a traditional chlorine pool. Although you don’t add chlorine tablets to a saltwater pool, it does still contain chlorine. It just has a smaller amount that’s generated through the filter system. A saltwater pool contains 10 times less salt than the ocean.
Does a saltwater pool need to be shocked?
Salt pools are, in fact, sanitized using chlorine. A salt-chlorine generator separates the chlorine and sodium molecules in salt and reintroduces them into the pool water. All pools, no matter what the sanitizer, need to be shocked regularly– preferably once per week during warm weather.
What happens when you put vinyl liner in pool water?
Below the pH neutral level of 7.0, pool water becomes acidic and corrosive to vinyl. Over time, this can suck out the plasticizers and resins that keeps vinyl pliable. Over more time, a liner in a low pH “acid bath” will become brittle, fade in color and eventually begin to literally fall apart.
What happens when you add salt to a pool?
As pool water passes through the salt cell, the salt in the water is turned into Hypochlorous acid. Hypochlorous acid is the same component that is produced when any chlorine is added to pool water, whether you use sticks, tablets, granular or liquid. As the water returns to the pool, it will introduce the newly produced chlorine.
Is it safe to use salt water in a swimming pool?
Let’s start by making the following statement: Salt water in the swimming pool, maintained at the recommended concentration and PH, does not constitute any potential for either equipment corrosion or liner deterioration. However several other important factors need to be considered:
Why does my vinyl pool have low pH?
Not uncommon in a vinyl pool; this is due to the low pH of chlorine tablets, or low pH of nearby plants and trees which end up in the pool. In urban areas, acid rain or pollutants washed out of the sky will also contribute to a constant need for pH increaser. If you are having trouble raising the pH level, check your Total Alkalinity level.
