Autumn breezes and warm fall days. Beautiful to look at, but if your pool is surrounded by lots of deciduous trees – it can also make a lot of work to keep the pool clean. I consider myself an expert … Continue reading → The post Has Fall Landed in your Pool? Extreme Leaf Removal

As we move into the fall season, it’s a great time to take a look at your hot tub cover – especially if your hot tub sits outside. If your spa cover looks a little rough, worn or you can … Continue reading → The post Hot Tub Covers & Year-Round Outdoor Spas – Cover

National Pool Closing Day is nearly here! It takes place the third Saturday in September, falling on September 19 this time around! It’s the kick-off to a fall frenzy of activity around here, otherwise known as pool closing season, which … Continue reading →

When Hayward multiport valves start to age different problems can arise, some are just annoying and some are actually detrimental to the filter system working properly. And in other instances I’ve seen multiport problems occur from an incorrect valve installation on … Continue reading →

A few weeks back, we took a look at above ground pool solar cover hacks – and this week we look at the best ways to buy, install and maintain a winter pool cover. BEST WINTER POOL COVER? That can … Continue reading →

After July 19, 2021, variable speed pumps are required on new and replacement inground pool filter pump installations. The Department of Energy has mandated the requirement, as part of new minimum efficiency standards being put in place for U.S. homes … Continue reading →

Solar Covers are a wonderful invention, but I’ve always added that they have a good bit of ‘hassle factor’, in their use. They can be cumbersome to put on and off the pool, and even more when the solar cover … Continue reading →

Welcome back to school, students! Summer is the perfect time to discuss algae and how to remove it by shocking the pool with Calcium Hypochlorite – Ca(OCl)2. Chlorine is a Great Algaecide, I like to say. Faster kill rates and … Continue reading →

Proper cleaning of your filter cartridges will not only help to keep your pool as clean as possible, but also increase it’s useful life. Eventually, the cartridge will have to be replaced. Dirt, oils and minerals build up which cleaning … Continue reading →

For concrete pools, draining and cleaning, and perhaps acid washing or pressure washing, is a routine service, performed when stains exist or water conditions are poor, or both. For vinyl liner pools however (and fiberglass pools too), draining completely is … Continue reading →

Unless you have a very small filter that needs to run all the time to do the job, or a commercial pool required to keep it running, you are probably using a pool pump time clock. Pump timers allow you … Continue reading →

With the Pool Rush of 2020, thousands of new pool owners were created. Many have never cleaned a pool before, and now need to know how to maintain their Intex pool (or Bestway or Summer Waves pool). Today’s post will … Continue reading →

Pool Noodles are a ton of fun to use! Even though they are intended as pool toys, there is so much you can do with them. With a little creativity, you can make just about anything with pool noodles! Updated again, … Continue reading →