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The Importance of Regular Pool Inspections
Understanding the significance of routine inspections helps pool owners protect their investments while maintaining safe swimming conditions.
How to Choose the Right Pool Pump
Understanding the factors influencing pump selection can help pool owners make an informed decision and optimize their pool's performance.
Choosing the Correct Pool Cover for Your Needs: A Comprehensive Guide
By understanding the different kinds of pool covers and their benefits, homeowners can make a knowledgeable decision that enhances the longevity and functionality of their pool.
Maintaining Pool Cleanliness During Changing Seasons
Shifting weather patterns and environmental conditions throughout the year can significantly impact pool water quality and overall cleanliness.
Pool Heating Options: Solar vs. Electric vs. Gas
Larger pools need powerful heaters like gas, while smaller pools can use solar or electric. Consider upfront and long-term costs: solar is costly initially but cheaper to run, while gas and electric are cheaper upfront but cost more to operate.
The Process of Installing a New In-Ground Pool: What to Expect
After obtaining permits, professionals excavate and prepare the pool site by marking and digging to required dimensions, using specialized equipment for efficiency and stability.
The Benefits of Installing a Saltwater Pool System
When chlorine is used to clean pools, it reacts with contaminants to produce a chloramine by-product. These by-products are usually responsible for the harsh odor in most treated pools. On the other hand, saltwater doesn't produce that much chloramines, making the pool odor much more tolerable.
Can Pool Plaster Seal Existing Leaks?
Resurfacing a pool becomes necessary when there are multiple leaks, involving the removal of the old surface material and applying a new layer to restore the pool's integrity.
Essential Maintenance Tips for Keeping a Pool Sparkling Clean
Daily removal of debris from the pool's surface improves its aesthetics and prevents automatic pool cleaners and filters from clogging.
Understanding a Swimming Pool's Chemical Levels
A sparkling pool is one of life's great joys. It can be the centerpiece of gatherings with family and friends on long summer days. However, keeping a pool looking great can be challenging.
Different Techniques in Pool Filtration
The right pool filtration system performs most of the heavy lifting to keep a pool clean and free from algae and other debris. Three major filtration types can be installed in the closed-circuit circulation of a pool pump, each with pros and cons.
Common Swimming Pool Myths
We’ve been taught from a young age all sorts of pool rules, from no running on the deck to not swimming for thirty minutes after eating. Some of the advice is sound; others are myths.
Swimming Pool Tips and Tricks
Now that swimming season is here again, we have some tips and tricks to help pool owners enjoy their pools all season.
Tips to Keeping a Pool Inviting Between Weekly Maintenance
A pool is supposed to be a fun place to hang out or kick back and relax; a dirty pool takes away from that. Here are three simple tips for keeping a pool beautiful between professional pool care visits.
Checking a Swimming Pool’s Chemical Levels
Swimming pool maintenance in El Dorado Hills has unique challenges. Unlike many parts of the country, winters are mild, meaning algae can flourish.
Ways to Keep Pool Water Clean
Although professional pool maintenance is the most effective way to keep a pool clean and swimming-ready, there are a few things pool owners can do to keep their pool fresh and inviting.
Is Winterizing a Pool Necessary in California?
When the cold months of winter arrive, most pool owners pull on the pool covers and shut down their swimming spaces for a while. But is winterizing a pool necessary in a sunny, warm state like California?
Pool Tips When Selling a Home
When their homes are for sale, homeowners spend considerable time staging the interior for showings, ensuring they are clean and inviting.
Signs a Pool Pump is Failing
A pool pump is a critical element in a swimming pool system. But when it fails, most pool owners can’t identify the underlying reasons.
Benefits of Weekly Pool Services
There’s nothing like hanging out poolside on a warm day or in the evening alone or with family or friends. Time spent relaxing in the water helps people relax, and resets them for what the next day will bring.