04/25/2011 12:40 PM
Salt Swimming Pool Systems
Thinking of adding a salt system to your swimming pool? It's a fairly simple upgrade, and comes with quite a few benefits versus a traditional chlorine system.
Precoating
Add the correct amount DE powder thought the skimmer as per your instructions on the filter or in the filter’s manual.
Over time acrylic / fiberglass swimming pool steps can get small hairline cracks in the step’s coating. This doesn’t cause leaking however overtime the pool water can breakdown the resin or fiberglass which can cause problems if not fixed.
One of the main requirements when maintaining a swimming pool sand filter is to regularly backwash the filter. This helps remove the sediment and other items filtered by the sand, so your filter can work at its optimal efficiency.
A swimming pool skimmer is designed to pull water into the system from the pool’s surface with a skimming action, pulling in floating objects like leaves and dirt before they sink to the pool’s bottom. Skimmers also are used to vacuum the pool with...
If your dog is anything like our English Bull Dog, Toby, our once beautiful backyard has turned into a wasteland over the Fall & Winter seasons. Now that Spring is here and Summer is fast approaching we want to get our backyard into "party hosting"...
Whether you are filling your pool for the first time or refilling your pool after an awesome cannonball contest, knowing your options and the proper methods for each will save you a potential headache.
Tennessee passed a state law requiring pool alarms on all new residential swimming pools.
The law is known as "Katie Beth's Law" after Tennessee State Senator Charlotte Burks 17 month old great-grandaughter Katie Beth Maynard drowned in an...
There is a special non-toxic anti-freeze made specifically for swimming pools. It is made especially for the protection of your plumbing lines for your swimming pool and helps protect the lines from freezing. Usually swimming pool owners in the...
Both Ceramic heaters and Carbon heaters have there pros and cons. Ceramic cost less, can be used for spot treatment because the heat is concentrated close to heaters, and the ceramic heats up quickly with the most intense heat closer to the heaters.
