You didn't say where you swim, but I am assuming it is in your backyard? And you have problems getting the chlorine smell off your children as well as you? Sounds like your pool is over-chlorinated. Get a test kit and make sure you are maintaining the right levels, following the directions carefully. If you use a pool service, complain to them. My brother is a pool guy and he says it shouldn't smell, if it is done properly. If they don't agree, I would look for a new service. And, consider getting rid of the chlorine all together. You will have to put chem out in the pool and wait until all the chlorine is gone before converting. Actually, ask at your pool supply store. I have only done it with a 7,000 gallon above ground pool, and we let all the water out and started over. You don't want to do that with an in ground pool, being empty can damage it. Anyway, it is called Swimsoft, or the ABC system, and it uses Amonia, Biguanide, and Peroxide (the C) instead of Chlorine. You have to maintain it religiously, it is a good algae preventer, but won't bring an algae overgrown pool back to clean like chlorine does. You still use the Murriatic Acid ocassionally too. We did it for years and loved it. Much healthier. There are other ways to go chlorine fee, (like salt water), but you have to do them when you build the pool.
