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...

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...

Biofilm is a bacteria film that can grow in aspa, skimmer basket, or even a filter. This bacteria likes areas that are warm and damp.

Biofilms can become resistant to chlorine and bromine. Your spa water quality will decline, you may notice your...

1. Be sure to buy the right size cover for your pool. You should not stretch your cover across the pool in an attempt to make it fit. Refer to the diagram 2.
2. Covers from Royal Swimming Pools are made to have rain water accumulate on top of them. This...

If you add a salt system to an above ground or inground pool it should not void the warranty however some pool manufacturers may elect to not cover damage caused by misuse of a salt system by excluding its use in their written warranty.

Can termites cause damage to a vinyl liner in a swimming pool?

It doesn't happen very often, but yes termites can eat through a swimming pool liner.

We assume that they gravitate toward the dampness in the ground. Termites can create small pin-like...