Spring is right around the corner, at least for us in the west. The main piece of advice I can impart to you is STAY ON TOP OF YOUR POOL MAINTENANCE. Prevention is the name of the game here, and although not all problems are foreseeable, many are preventable. 1) Be sure your pump basket is [...]
How to winterize your pool: This depends on where you reside. I can only speak of the Western part of the U.S. because that is where I’ve owned my businesses. 1) If you don’t have ‘freeze control’, then change your timer to turn on around midnight, off around six a.m. As long as water is [...]
Learning How to keep Leaves Out of Pool will save you a lot of time! Fall and Winter is the time of year when trees drop their leaves, and of course, whether the tree is yours or your neighbor’s, they will inevitably find their way into your pool. To avoid, or at least minimize the frustration [...]
A pressure gauge is attached to the top of your filter. The reading is in pounds per square inch (PSI). Think about it. What this small, round dial is telling you is that the pressure inside the filter is (as an example) 30psi. Imagine a square inch, not very large, is it? Packed inside that [...]
How Do I Get Rid Of Algae In My Pool? HUGE question. First let us determine the type of algae. GREEN; YELLOW; BLACK? Green and yellow (or mustard) algae can typically be treated the same way. Before I begin to treat it, however, I like to find what caused the algae in the first place. [...]
Hi folks, I don’t know where you may be currently residing, but if you live within 500 miles of Las Vegas you most likely experience ridiculously crazy winds periodically. What does this mean for your pool? Back to the basics. If you’ve seen my website and read the section about ‘Let’s Get Started’, you’ll have [...]
Hi there folks, Just about one more month of extreme heat left this summer (if you happen to live in the Las Vegas area). Now is the time you really need to pay attention to the health of your water. This year has been an especially tough year for pools. The winds have introduced pollen [...]
Most pools that have been built after 1998 are using 11/2 hp (horsepower) or 2 hp. pumps. If you have an in-floor cleaning system or an automatic pool vacuum that operates with your filtration system, then a 2 hp. is essential. The exception to this is if your pipes are 11/2 inch, as opposed to [...]
Learning How to Clean a Swimming Pool Filter is one of the most important swimming pool maintenance tasks of keeping your swimming pool sparkling clean! I cannot stress enough the importance of knowing how to keep a swimming pool filter clean. It’s about on the same level as remembering your spouses’ or significant others’ birthday. Yea, [...]
There are three components that are essential to any swimming pool: water, a pump and a filter. Later on we’ll discuss the added features, but for now let’s start with the fundamentals. Think of a swimming pool system as you would a human body. The PUMP is the heart, the FILTER is the liver, and [...]
