Pool & hot tub maintenance tasks
Every task PoolRoutine can put on your calendar, grouped by how often it comes around. Each one says what it takes, how to tell when it is actually due, and which replacement part it needs — named, not described.
A routine built for your equipment only includes the tasks that apply to it: a sand filter owner and a cartridge owner get very different lists.
Weekly
The short list you actually repeat.
- Check chlorine and adjust the FROG Pac (Pool FROG XL PRO) — every week, check before you act
- Check filter pressure (cartridge filter) — every week, check before you act
- Check filter pressure (sand filter) — every week, check before you act
- Test the water (Pool FROG XL PRO) — every week
Monthly
Checks that catch a problem before it becomes a part order.
- Clean and condition the spa cover — every month
- Clean the spa filter — every 28 days
- Inspect the clamp ring springs (cartridge filter) — every month
- Shock the pool (Pool FROG XL PRO) — every 14 days
Every few months
Deep cleans, and the checks that decide whether something is done.
- Add FROG BAM algae treatment (Pool FROG XL PRO) — every 3 months
- Deep clean the cartridges — every 3 months, check before you act
- Lubricate the cap O-rings (Pool FROG XL PRO) — every 2 months
- Replace the mineral cartridge (Nature2 M25) — every 6 months
- Replace the mineral reservoir (Pool FROG XL PRO) — every 6 months
- Replace the ProClarity Depth filter (J-400 Collection) — every 3 months
- Replace the spa water — every 3 months
Annual & long-cycle
Replacements you plan for rather than react to.
- Check the sand surface for caking — every year, check before you act
- Check whether the cartridges are done — every year, check before you act
- Check whether the filter cartridge is done (J-215) — every 2 years, check before you act
- Check whether the filter cartridge is done (J-225) — every 2 years, check before you act
- Check whether the filter cartridge is done (J-235) — every 2 years, check before you act
- Check whether the filter cartridge is done (J-245) — every 2 years, check before you act
- Check whether the filter cartridge is done (J-275) — every 2 years, check before you act
- Check whether the filter cartridge is done (J-285) — every 2 years, check before you act
- Check whether the filter cartridges are done (J-300 Collection) — every 2 years, check before you act
- Check whether the sand needs replacing — every year, check before you act
- Check whether the spa filter is done (A / R / X Series (2013-2016)) — every year, check before you act
- Replace the CLEARRAY UV bulb (J-215) — every year
- Replace the CLEARRAY UV bulb (J-225) — every year
- Replace the CLEARRAY UV bulb (J-235) — every year
- Replace the CLEARRAY UV bulb (J-245) — every year
- Replace the CLEARRAY UV bulb (J-275) — every year
- Replace the CLEARRAY UV bulb (J-285) — every year
- Replace the CLEARRAY UV bulb (J-300 Collection) — every year
- Replace the ProClarity and ProClear II cartridges (J-400 Collection) — every 18 months
- Replace the suction covers (J-215) — every 7 years
- Replace the suction covers (J-225) — every 7 years
- Replace the suction covers (J-235) — every 7 years
- Replace the suction covers (J-245) — every 7 years
- Replace the suction covers (J-275) — every 7 years
- Replace the suction covers (J-285) — every 7 years
Seasonal
Opening and closing, driven by the calendar rather than an interval.
- Close the pool for winter (cartridge filter) — once a season
- Close the pool for winter (sand filter) — once a season
- Open the pool for the season — once a season