As a pool owner, the times of year for opening and closing your pool are entirely up to you. However the “pool season” as defined by the industry is typically between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Many pool use this definition as their way of knowing when to open and close their pools. This...
This is something that almost every pool owner will ask themselves at some point. Does the pool have a leak or is the water just evaporating? Just like every body of water, over time the water will begin to evaporate. Typically you can expect about a quarter inch of water or less to evaporate...
Properly maintaining water chemistry is a very important aspect of owning a swimming pool. The water quality in your pool can not only affect your health but it can also affect the swimming pool itself and the equipment which circulates the water. That being said you can begin to understand the importance of properly...
Is it okay to allow rain water to get into your pool, or is it better to cover it? This is a question that many new pool owners ask themselves the first time it rains after their pool is installed. After all rain water is supposed to be fairly clean right? So how could...
There are more and more people buying in ground swimming pools these days. There are several ideas as to why this is. Some say that it is due to the economy beginning to bounce back. Some say that more and more people are buying into the whole staycation idea and investing in their own...
Why so sad? Is it because pool season is coming to a close? Or is it because you didn’t want to pay a company to close your pool and now you are concerned that you may not be closing your pool properly? You may have thought that it can’t be that difficult, or maybe...
Summer time is almost over 🙁 … I know that there wasn’t much of one anyway. On the other hand we did have some good days for swimming. Here in the northern states people will be thinking about closing their pools in the next few weeks. I know it seems like this summer has...
I was recently asked how easy it is to replace a vinyl liner for an in ground pool by yourself. I replied the best I could given the amount of space I was allotted for my reply. I feel as though if given more space I could give a little more detail about the...
Today I am going to use this opportunity to give you the pool owner a heads up when it comes to automatic covers. There are several different manufacturers of automatic covers and they all have something in common. Each company is striving to better your swimming pool experience. They make all of the components...
The bulk of the information in this post was obtained from the article Will Water Test Kiosks Catch On in the May 9th issue of Pool and Spa News, Vol. 53 I frequently discuss the benefits of technology as it relates to the swimming pool industry. The fact is that many companies are...
