A Commitment from Gohlke Pools for 2025

We are right in the middle of the Spring Break period—many area school districts had the break this past week (March 9-13) and other school districts are having this coming week (March 16-20). Both the 10 day forecast and history tells us that we have likely seen the final freeze of the winter. You might remember last winter when we following weather terms were popular—“polar vortex”, “thunder sleet”, and “cobblestone ice”. The term that I am going to remember for this past winter is “pothole”. How did this past winter rank? Well, it was colder than average as we had 40 freezes, and we average 33. You might recall that winter 2013/2014 was a cold winter in which we experienced 55 freezes. Following are some…

What causes this eye & skin irritation?  We have been raised hearing the phrase “too much chlorine”.  This is not usually the cause of eye or skin irritation in swimming pools.  Most often eye and skin irritation is caused by one of the following: Insufficient sanitizer levels – Although swimmers often complain that the chlorine is burning their eyes or irritating their skin, it is, in fact, usually a sign that there is not enough chlorine in the pool.  When nitrogen and hypochlorous acid combine, chloramines (spent chlorine) are formed.  The chloramines no longer kill bacteria and the water smells bad, giving off a chlorine-like smell.  These chloramines also tend to irritate the eyes.  When this occurs, the chloramines must be oxidized by the use…