Cleaning the bottom of your pool without a vacuum cleaner is possible!

To enjoy clean and healthy water for swimming, maintaining your pool – and more specifically, the bottom and walls – must be part of your daily routine. And this is true whether you have an above-ground pool or a in-ground pool ! 

While electric pool robots are particularly practical for cleaning your pool, the purchase cost remains high. Fortunately, other solutions exist for cleaning your pool without vacuuming.

Are you wondering what these solutions are?Aboralcompares for you the different maintenance techniques for your pool and thealternatives to pool vacuum robots.

Why is it necessary to clean the bottom of your swimming pool regularly?

A swimming pool is like a house: it lives and ages! Indeed, over time, natural deposits (leaves, insects, pollen, etc.) can fall on the surface of the water, impacting the water quality. 

To keep a pool in the best possible condition for as long as possible, efficient and regular cleaning of your pool is essential. This will help reduce theproliferation of algaeand damage to equipment, such as the pool pump.

But to maintain a pool properly, it is not enough to pour chlorine or any other treatment products several times a week…. Keeping a pool clean also involves cleaningthe bottom, walls and waterline. It is also necessary to regularly empty the baskets of your skimmers as well as the pump pre-filter.

How to clean the bottom of a swimming pool without a vacuum cleaner?

Skimmer net, brush, chemicals, or even a pool vacuum...alternatives to a pool vacuum cleanerare plentiful! Discover without further delay the different options available on the market to keep yourpool water healthyand clean.

The background brush

Is the bottom of your pool covered in impurities, deposits or even algae?

To replace apool vacuum cleaner, nothing beatsmanual brushingwith a brush! Connected to a telescopic pole, yourfloor brushwill allow you to clean the bottom and walls of your pool, without damaging the liner. Thesponge brushcan even be used with a degreasing product to clean the waterline as well as the jets and skimmers.

Once detached from the wall, impurities will be more easily removed, either by thefiltration systemor by disinfecting products.

The pool broom

Another alternative for cleaning your pool without a vacuum or pool robot is themanual brush. Directlyconnected by a floating hose to the filtration system, this device allows you to collect all impurities stuck to the bottom and walls of the pool.

Depending on your pool type and needs, you will have a choice between different pool broommodels. For guidance, please note that:

– The use of aroller brushis preferable for a painted surface;

– Themore classic brusheswill adapt to shell or liner coverings.

Square, rectangular or even oval: depending on the shape of your pool,Aboralrecommends choosing the most suitable shape in order to optimally restore the pool.

Treatment products (flocculant)

Althoughyour pool maintenanceis carried out daily, stubborn stains can appear on the walls and bottom of the pool. This often happens after a new filling, when certain concentrations, such as calcium, iron, or copper, appear in the water.

To avoid this inconvenience, use a chemical product like aflocculant. Used to clump together the different particles, it will then be easier to remove them and clean the bottom of the pool to restore clear and limpid water.

The bottom landing net

As its name suggests,the pond netwillhelp you collect impurities stuck at the bottom and in the corners of your pool.Thanks to its telescopic handle, this type of net makes it easy to retrieve leaves, insects, and other impurities that have settled at the bottom of the pool.

As such, it appears to be the ideal device to complement the action of filtration and and treatment products… And above all, to increase their effectiveness!

A good pool cleaning as a preventative measure!

Yourpool professional Aboralhas just presented you with the best devices capable of effectively cleaning the bottom of your pool, without a vacuum cleaner. Although they are remarkably effective, these tools are nonetheless manual; unlike the cleaning cycle of pool robots, they therefore require a little effort and time.

Fortunately, to avoid spending hours scrubbing your pool, there is a solution: prevention!Thanks to these few habits, you will greatly simplify the cleaning of your pool, while saving time!

Follow the leader !

First step: filtration

For the cleaning of the bottom and walls of your pool to be truly effective, you will need to ensure that you perform the daily water filtrationAnd for good reason, unfiltered pool water is water that ends up stagnating and accumulating impurities (insects, leaves, pollen, etc.). The result? Your pool water is polluted with all sorts of bacteria and consequently unfit for swimming.

By installing afiltration system, the pump will be able to draw water from the pool through the skimmers. Subsequently, the water is cleaned through the filter and the return jets redirect it back to the pool.

You will have understood: Filtration is, in a way, the lung of the swimming pool. Installing afiltration systemallows you to purify the swimming pool water and eliminate impurities that you will have dislodged from the bottom and walls of your pool.

Step two: water treatment

Just like filtration,water treatmentshould not be neglected if you don't want to spend hours scrubbing the bottom and walls of your pool.

To carry out thiswater maintenance, you have several treatments available:

1. Chlorine: considered the most widely used treatment by pool owners, chlorine is renowned today for its effectiveness and excellent value for money. Indeed, it possesses numerous disinfectant and oxidizing properties. It is available in liquid form as well as in tablets and granules.
2. Salt electrolysis: Unlike chlorine treatment, this process is fully automated. Economical and ecological, it transforms salt into chlorine using electrodes. Result: the water is purified and is not irritating to the skin and eyes.
3. The bromine and odorless, chrome treatment is however more sensitive to temperature differences. It therefore requires more delicate use.

Step 3: The pool cover

To avoid having to clean your pool, the must-have is to opt for apool cover. Once unrolled, it will prevent impurities from accumulating inside the pool.

And what's more,pool covershave the added advantage of limiting heat loss. Your pool water will stay at a good temperature, for longer! Perfect for extending the swimming season!

You will have noticed: thanks to a few simple maintenance actions and effective manual maintenance devices, you will not need a robot vacuum cleaner. For more information on the maintenance of your pool, do not hesitate to contact your Aboral pool specialist. Our teams will be happy to answer your questions.