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Winterizing Your Pool with These Simple Tips
With the cooler winter weather fast approaching, it is the best time to get your backyard pool ready for the temperature drop. Even though the Northern California area does not typically get heavy snow fall or freezing temperatures, it is just as important to winterize your pool for the cooler weather. Winterizing your pool has many benefits. Not only will
How Does Your Pool Fit Into the California Drought?
California is currently in one of the worst droughts in history. While many of the lakes in the area are at their lowest levels ever, having a backyard pool is a great way to still enjoy the water. However, the drought has caused many restrictions to be put on pool building and draining. The severe drought has brought on strict
A Clean Pool is a Happy Pool
The fall weather brings new colors to all of your backyard plants. It also brings more falling leaves and other debris into your pool. Even though you may not be using you pool as much in the cooler weather, it is still just as important to make sure that you maintain your filter to make sure that it can properly
The Clear Choice: Using a Pool Cleaning Service
As a pool owner, you quickly learn there’s a lot more to cleaning a pool than fishing out debris and pouring in chlorine. Experienced pool cleaners mix a little bit of art with their science, to keep water clear and clean, monitor chemicals and ensure filtration equipment works properly. Having an experienced hand perform those tasks is part of the
How Long Will My Pool Equipment Last?
Pool owners may be wondering how long their pool equipment will last. In general, pool equipment actually lasts quite a long time. How long will my pool pumps last? Pool pumps will usually last around ten or twelve years. However, the motors within your pool pump may occasionally need to be replaced. There are ways you can tell that your
How to Clean up an Unused Pool in Five Steps
If you want to bring an unused pool back to life, it usually just requires a little bit of direction and a fair amount of effort. If there’s still water in the pool, follow the six steps described below. Skim the top. You can use a hand skimmer to remove any leftover floating debris before running a pool filter. It
Comparison and Contrast of Mesh and Vinyl Pool Covers
Which is better, a mesh or vinyl pool cover? A brief comparison and contrast between the two will help you decide. Advantages of Mesh Covers Mesh covers usually cost less than the vinyl ones. In fact, you could pay at least $200, and possibly up to $600 more for one. However, inexpensive doesn’t necessarily mean cheap. High-quality ones last up
Swimming Pool: How to Go Green
In today’s day and age, many individuals are trying to become more “green”. The reasons vary from one person to the next and may include saving money or trying to protect the environment in any way they can. Whatever the reason may be, you probably have not considered an eco-friendly swimming pool. Truth be told, your sparkling backyard oasis can
Chlorine is Not to Blame: Preventing Eye Irritation in the Pool
Eye irritation is a major cause of swimmer discomfort and a common complaint among pool owners. This problem is often attributed to having too much chlorine in the water, but chlorine is actually not to blame for irritation to the eyes. Eye irritation is actually caused when nitrogenous products in the water bond to chlorine to form “chlorimines.” Higher levels
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