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Pool pump electric motor in a pump box with the black start capacitor housing on top and a gloved hand pointing at it, isolator switched off

BY Kwik Pools October 28, 2026 Comments (0)

Pool Pump Capacitor: Signs It Has Failed and What Replacement Involves

Pool pump capacitor failing? Learn the signs (humming, slow starts, tripping), safe homeowner checks, what a technician does and what it costs in SA.

A plain unlabelled box of white borax powder and a measuring scoop on stone coping beside a clear blue pool, with a pH test kit and colour vials

BY Kwik Pools October 27, 2026 Comments (0)

Borax in a Pool: What It Does and How Much to Add

Borax in a pool raises pH with little effect on alkalinity and builds borates. Learn how much borax to add, how to dose it safely and what it cannot fix.

A round steel-frame above ground pool with blue water on a level lawn in a Cape Town back garden, with a small sand filter pump unit and a ladder beside it

BY Kwik Pools October 26, 2026 Comments (0)

Above Ground Pools: Types, Prices and Is One Right for You?

Above ground pools explained: inflatable, frame and steel-wall types, SA prices, levelling the base, safety rules and above ground pool vs inground.

A pool technician in gloves and safety glasses slowly pouring diluted liquid from a plastic bucket into the deep end of a clear blue pool with the return jets running

BY Kwik Pools October 26, 2026 Comments (0)

How to Lower pH in a Pool (and Raise It When It Drops)

How to lower pH in a pool with dry acid or pool acid, step by step and safely. Ideal pool pH, why pH goes too high and how to raise pH when it drops.

A pool pump and blue sand filter on a concrete plinth in a pump box with white PVC pipework and a pressure gauge, in morning light

BY Kwik Pools October 25, 2026 Comments (0)

What Size Pool Pump Do I Need? Sizing by Litres

What size pool pump do I need? Use our pool pump size calculator and chart by litres, learn about turnover rate, kW ratings and variable speed pumps.

A cloudy light green swimming pool half way to clear, with a pump running in the pump box and a bucket and long-handled pool brush on the paving

BY Kwik Pools October 24, 2026 Comments (0)

How Much Shock to Add to a Pool (and When to Shock)

How much shock to add to a pool: shock calculator by litres, granular and liquid doses for cloudy, light and dark green water, and when to shock a pool.

Front view of empty blue plunge pool, rough rendered outer wall and adjacent braai.

BY Kwik Pools October 23, 2026 Comments (0)

Plunge Pool Cost in Cape Town: Sizes, Types and Prices

Plunge pool cost in South Africa: installed price ranges, plunge pool sizes, fibreglass vs concrete, what a quote includes and running costs. Cape Town.

Mesh sock filled with white granular pool stabiliser hanging in an open skimmer box

BY Kwik Pools October 23, 2026 Comments (0)

How Much Stabiliser to Add to a Pool (and When It Is Too High)

How much stabiliser to add to a pool: a cyanuric acid calculator, target levels for chlorine and salt pools, how to add it and what to do when it is too high.

A white tub of bicarbonate of soda and a measuring jug on the coping beside a clear blue pool, with a test strip lying next to them

BY Kwik Pools October 22, 2026 Comments (0)

How Much Baking Soda to Add to a Pool to Raise Alkalinity

How much baking soda to add to a pool: an alkalinity calculator by litres, dosing tables, baking soda vs alkalinity increaser and safe steps. Cape Town guide.

Pool water test kit with yellow chlorine vials, a bucket of pool water and a scoop of white chlorine granules at the edge of a blue pool

BY Kwik Pools October 21, 2026 Comments (0)

How Much Chlorine to Add to a Pool: Dosing Calculator

How much chlorine to add to a pool: a calculator by litres, granular and liquid doses, the free chlorine level to aim for and safe dosing steps. Cape Town.

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