Pool and Spa Chemicals, Pool Opening

Don’t Jump In: Think Ahead, Buy Quality, Save Money

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Longing to jump into the warmer days of summer?  Even if there’s snow outside your window, it’s not too early to start thinking ahead to spring and opening your swimming pool.  In fact, now is the best time to take inventory of your existing pool supplies and stock up while prices remain low.  As we move closer to spring and summer, lower winter prices will begin to melt away.

Don’t jump in when it comes to buying your pool chemicals, though.  Pool chemicals are a necessity for every swimmingSwimming Pool Chemicals pool, but not all pool chemicals are of the same quality.  Cheaper chemicals can stain your pool and create excessive foaming and cloudy water.  Because cheaper chemicals are often watered down, you need to use more of it, too, which ends up costing you more over time.

Take some time now to select your pool chemicals for the upcoming swimming season.  Look for chemicals that are highly concentrated so less is required.  Look also for chemicals that use only the purest ingredients to ensure crystal clear water.  You may pay a little more up front, but better quality chemicals will last longer and save you money.

Innovative Solutions, Pool and Spa Equipment, Pool and Spa Safety

Make Entrapment Hazards A Thing Of The Past!

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Anit-Entrapment Drain CoversAnti-Entrapment System

Pool safety should be of the utmost concern for any pool owner. In addition to pool alarms, fences, and pool safety covers, anti-entrapment systems and drain covers are very important steps in protecting your friends and family in your pool. Drains can be very dangerous in pools if they are not handled properly. Because traditional drains lay flat, any object or body part that covers that drain can become trapped by a powerful suction from which escape is difficult, and sometimes impossible. Thanks to the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act of 2007, all public pools are required to take anti-entrapment measures to ensure pool safety. This law does not apply to private and personal pools and unfortunately accidents still occur. You can ensure that your pool is safe by installing anti-entrapment pool drain covers or a vacless anti-entrapment system.

Anti-entrapment drain covers are not flat, but domed. This prevents objects or bodies from completely covering the drain and creating a dangerous suction. They offer an inexpensive and simple solution to prevent drain related accidents. To extend your protection further, vacless anti-entrapment systems automatically allow air into the pump in the event of an abnormally high vacuum suction (such as child pulled down on the mail drain). This air will then cause the pump to lose its prime, preventing any chance of entrapment.  Both anti-entrapment measures are very easy to install and you will rest easy knowing that you have taken great measures to ensure that your pool is entrapment hazard free!

Pool and Spa Maintenance, Pool Opening

Don’t Get Bugged by Spring Pool Cleaning

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Hayward Aqua Bug Automatic Pool Cleaner

If you own a manual pool cleaner for your above ground pool, then you will agree that spring cleaning is one of the worst parts of getting the pool ready to open each season.  Automatic pool cleaners are often pricey, so many pool owners opt for the manual variety and the extra effort.

An affordable option that above ground pool owners should consider is the Aqua Bug automatic pool cleaner by Hayward.  The Aqua Bug installs easily in ten minutes and works with the existing filtration system.  Unlike other automatic pool cleaners, the Aqua bug uses no debris bags, requires no booster pump, and is pretty cute, too.

Outdoor Entertaining, Pool Fun

Splasher Pools Offer Affordable Fun!

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Splasher Pools

Owning a pool might seem out of reach for some people. While the maintenance doesn’t present a problem, the initial investment can seem daunting! Even for most above ground pools, you can easily spend thousands of dollars to get a pool up and running. If owning a pool has always been your dream, but you are on a budget, a splasher pool is perfect for you! Splasher Pools are always affordable, but with the blowout sales currently happening, you can get one for a super low price! They are easy to install and come with a built-in filtration system, vinyl liner, and ladder. The available twelve, fifteen, and eighteen foot round pools even have affordable shipping so they are an all around great deal! Now you can give yourself and your family the backyard fun that you have always wanted without breaking the bank.

Environmentally Friendly Ideas, Pool and Spa Chemicals, Pool and Spa Maintenance

Reduce Indoor Pool Energy Costs by 70 Percent

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Indoor pools may offer water-lovers a welcome relief from cold or stormy weather, but maintaining an indoor pool can cause an unwelcome increase in energy costs.  Heat loss through evaporation accounts for a whopping 70% of the energy consumed by an indoor pool, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).  With evaporation left unchecked, other problems arise such as excess chemical consumption, an overabundance of humidity, and building maintenance problems related to humidity. 

Dealing with the humidity from an indoor pool means installing a ventilation system that replaces indoor air with unconditioned air from outside.  The cost of running such a ventilation system to keep humidity at bay can be steep.  But all of the problems associated with water evaporation from an indoor pool can be significantly reduced with the use of pool covers.

Pool covers reduce evaporation dramatically, and as a result, energy costs can be lowered by as much as 70%, according to the DOE.  Additionally, pool covers keep chemical consumption at a minimum, and humidity levels are kept in check.  Lower humidity levels reduce the need to ventilate the air, which decreases energy costs even further.

Use pool covers only when the pool is not in use.  Pool covers should be removed from a pool completely before swimmers enter the water.