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How to Get Your Swimming Pool Ready for Summer

By Greg

Winter is nearly over and it’s time to start thinking about pool season. But, don’t whip the cover off and hop in on the first sunny day. Prepping your pool for summer is a bit of a process, but one that ensures the water is safe, your pool...

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5 Ways to Keep Your Swimming Pool Clean and Shimmering

By Greg

Avoid the dreaded realization that your pool has been affected with algae or the chemical levels are all out whack with proper maintenance. Here are five ways to keep your pool clean all season long.

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How to Beat Algae Growing in Your Swimming Pool

By Greg

Most general cleaning practices, including vacuuming and filtering, will keep your pool clean. However, sometimes an algae problem is inevitable. These tiny plants can enter your pool thanks to rain and wind and when they do, they take hold,...

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Designing Your Pool Bottom: Shapes and Terms

Considering a swimming pool this year but aren’t sure what the different pool bottom descriptions mean? There are a few standard bottoms to choose from, here is a list of those common pool bottoms: Standard, Wedge, Sports, Play, Flat Bottom, and...

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Semi Inground Swimming Pool Questions and Answers

By Debbie

What is a semi-inground pool?

A semi inground pool is an above ground pool that can be put partially in the ground. They are sturdier than standard above ground pools so that they can withstand the pressure from backfill or dirt against the pool...

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Converting Decimals (Feet) to Inches (ft to inches)

When choosing your inground liner, you will need to know how to convert Decimals(Feet) to Inches.

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Help! How Do I Measure the Corner Radius of My Pool?

Perhaps you are in the process of measuring your swimming pool, have come across the corners, and you're not sure how to measure them. Or perhaps you're getting ready to measure your swimming pool and just want to research how to do it. Either way,...

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Can a Coverstar Motor be Used with a Cover-Pools System?

The answer is in fact, Yes! Most automatic cover manufacturers such as Coverstar offer a conversion kit that will allow their motor and switch to be used with other brands's mechanisms such as Cover-Pools.

In the attached photo you will see an...

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Do Freeform Steel Pools Need Bracing at Each Joint?

I have been asked this question many times over the years, as some online dealers offer freeform pools with bracing only on the reverse radius and not on the radius.

This will reduce the cost of and average pool kit by a few hundred dollars, however...

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Automatic swimming pool cover webbing

Automatic pool covers are one of the most innovative items in the swimming pool industry, however they are not new inventions. The first known auto cover dates back to 1959. Although that automatic cover was very primitive, technology has since...

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