Combat the Coming Winter with Professional Pool Maintenance Insight
I’ve worked outdoors in a few different climates most of my adult life. In each of those environments, I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with the wind. In the hot…
“Winterize” Your Swimming Pool the Right Way
Here in Texas, we don’t endure the same type of winter as most other areas of the country—especially those up north. Still, it gets cold—too cold to go swimming in…
Take the Bad with the Good
Perspective Interstellar is one of my favorite movies of recent years and probably top 10 all time. Released in 2014, it stars Matthew McConaughey as Cooper, former NASA pilot and father…
Why Investing in a Swimming Pool is Good for Your Health
Many people think a swimming pool is just a fun toy for the backyard. An above-ground or in-ground pool can be as elegant as you wish, but people will still…
Never Stop Learning, Part 1: Naming and Recognizing Basic Pool Components?
Are We There Yet? Summer is almost upon us, that season that brings relief from the pressures of school for most students – and teachers for that matter! It’s the…
Capturing Paradise
A day at the beach I’ve been to the ocean only a handful of times in my life. Some would joke that the Gulf of Mexico as seen from the…
Persistence Through Changes
Weather Pending As fall and winter approach, my friends who don’t own pools often ask me, “I guess things are slow for you right now.” Frankly, any week with an…
Future Proofing Your Pool
What’s trending Imagine pink flowers nestled in a field of blue and white. There are some jumping dolphins, part of a 5-piece, six-inch by six-inch mosaic. Brilliant blue 3-inch squares…
Why You NEED a Licensed and Trained Pool Professional
Licenses, Liability, and Leisure “It’s not rocket science! I mean, anybody can take care of a pool, right!?” I have heard these phrases and many like them since I’ve been…
How does this all fit together? Sizing your pool equipment
One thing we often find during an evaluation of pool equipment is that the components of the system are not designed to work efficiency in the areas of filtration, circulation,…