Pool and Spa Chemicals, Pool and Spa Equipment, Pool and Spa Maintenance, Pool and Spa Safety, Pool Closing and Winterizing

Preventing Mosquitoes Around Your Home and Pool

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No Mosquitos

Late summer and early fall are the prime time of year for mosquito breeding. With West Nile Virus being carried by these insects, it is very important to safe guard your home and family. All mosquitoes need water to pass through their life stages. Did you know that your swimming pool can turn into a breeding ground for mosquitoes? It is very important to keep your pool chemicals at their proper levels even when the pool is covered. Proper chlorination prevents stagnation that cause draw mosquitoes in. Mosquitoes will develop in any puddle that lasts more than four days. Even water that pools on top of your winter cover can provide the right conditions. Using an automatic cover pumps to keep pooling water off your cover is a great way to prevent this. Below are more tips on protecting your family against mosquitoes and West Nile Virus during the early fall months.

  • Remove tin cans, plastic containers, ceramic pots, discarded tires,  or similar water-holding containers and areas that may have accumulated on your property.
  • Drill holes in the bottom and elevate recycling containers, garbage bins, etc. that are left out of doors to prevent pooling water.
  • Turn over wheelbarrows and do not allow water to stagnate in bird baths, ornamental ponds, or other water features around your home.
  • Clean clogged roof gutters. Gutters are easily overlooked but can produce millions of mosquitoes each season.
  • Repair leaky pipes and septic systems or outside faucets. Do not let air conditioner run off water collect in shady areas.
Hot Tubs and Saunas

Not a Fan of Public Saunas?

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In Home Infrared Saunas

You don’t need to join the local fitness club in order to enjoy the benefits of the sauna.  In-home infrared saunas are easy to own and operate, and they give you more freedom and privacy than you will ever find in a public facility.  Here are just a few of the health benefits associated with saunas:

  • Infrared saunas increase circulation in the body, which helps improve the body’s overall function.
  • The heat from a sauna provides soothing relief for aches, pains, and tensions without causing any harmful efffects to the skin.
  • Spending time in an infrared sauna can help relieve asthma, nervous tension, arthritis, high blood pressure, bronchitis, rheumatism, bruises and burns, sports injuries, the common cold, migraine headaches, muscle pain, and influenza.
  • Time spent in your sauna will help improve the look, feel, and overall health of your skin.
  • Spending just 30 minutes in an infrared sauna can burn up to 600 calories, which makes it an effective weight loss tool. The calories are burned through perspiration. The fluid lost can be replaced by drinking water, but the calories burned will not be replaced.

More and more homeowners are choosing to install personal sized infrared saunas in their homes.  The health benefits of saunas make them entirely appealing, but the element of privacy is often the guiding factor in the final decision.

Pool and Spa Equipment

Pool Heat Pumps for Cold Weather Swimming

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Heat Pump
If you are looking for a way to heat your pool this fall, you have probably checked out our solar heating options. They are great for increasing temperatures 10-15 degrees, making fall swimming possible. So what if you want to keep your pool open during the colder winter months? Pool heat pumps are a fantastic heating option for cold weather swimming.  They draw heat from the surrounding air to warm pool water and will function in very low temperatures. Automatic defrost allows heating with outside temperatures as low as 35 degrees! They are also much less expensive to operate than natural gas heaters. You will be pleased all around with the efficiency and power of a pool heat pump.

Hot Tubs and Saunas, Pool and Spa Maintenance

3 Practical Reasons to Keep Your Hot Tub Covered

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Hot Tubs and Spas

Unwinding in a spa or hot tub after a tiring day is a small luxury to which many people look forward. What do you do, though, when you’re done with your toasty soak? Do you keep your hot tub covered? If not, here’s why you should:

  • Spa covers and hot tub covers prevent evaporation, saving you money on water and chemicals. Maintaining thechemical balance of your spa’s water is easier and less time consuming when a spa cover is used on a regular basis.Hot Tub Covers and Spa Covers
  • Spa covers also insulate the water and prevent much of the heat from escaping. Keeping the hot tub’s water warm when not in use makes heating the water faster the next time you want to take a soak. Not only do you save energy, but your spa heater lasts longer because you use it less often and for shorter amounts of time.
  • Spa covers keep debris and dirt out of your hot tub. Cleaning your hot tub takes less time and effort when there is less to clean up.

Covering a hot tub is a simple task, and doing so on a regular basis saves you time, effort, and money when it comes to maintenance chores.  Hot tub and spa covers are a smart solution that make owning a hot tub even more pleasurable than they already are.

Pool and Spa Equipment, Pool and Spa Safety, Pool Fun

New Pool Signs for Safety, Humor, and Practicality!

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Now is a great time to make sure that your swimming pool signs are up to date. Use them to post pool or spa rules, add humor for your guests, or state that your pool is closed for the season. Here are a few of our favorites!

Pool Closed
Swimming Pool Closed Sign

Spa Warning Sign
Spa Warning Sign

No Skinny Dipping Sign
No Skinny Dipping Sign

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No “P” in the OOL Sign