Basic Swimming Pool Maintenance

NEVER DRAIN YOUR POOL!!!!!! Many swimming pool stores or maintainers will tell you to drain the pool if you are trying to clean it or trying to patch a hole. This WILL ruin your swimming pool liner!! 90% of the time, the pool liner  will not be able to hold water if you drain it…

Swimming Pool Cleaning

Keeping your pool nice and clean is easier than ever these days due to the ever increasing level of quality cleaning accessories. There are several tools to choose from, including skimmers, brushes, and vacuum heads. These tools make pool maintenance easier than ever, meaning that you can spend more time swimming and less time cleaning.

The Swimming Pool Chemical That Turns Pee Blue in Grown Ups Is a Myth, Right?

At the end of the official Grown Ups trailer, Adam Sandler, David Spade, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, and Kevin James are seen wallowing in a swimming pool at a water park. James’s daughter approaches and asks, “Dad, are you making a sissy? You know they have a chemical in the pool that turns urine blue.” James responds, laughingly, “No, no, no, that’s an old wives’ tale, sweetie.” After which, of course, the camera zooms back, the child screams, and we see that all five men are surrounded by dark clouds of “sissy.” End joke.

Swimming Pool Safety

Swimming Pool Safety 1: Fencing As part 2 of our pool safety series, I want to inform you of the importance of installing a fence around your pool.  While it doesn’t replace proper adult supervision at all times, a fence will assist in keeping your children away from the pool.  Ideally, your fence should be…

Tips On How To Find Swimming Pool Leak Detection

It is nothing but usual to lose water from your swimming pool. It can be caused because of evaporation or because of children or adults splashing around in the swimming pool. Well, it even depends on your place, air, actual water temperature, wind and humidity. Though, if you start losing more than a quarter of your swimming pool water, then there must be something really wrong happening. Now, let us talk something about swimming pool leak detection that can be utilized to save you from refilling swimming with tons and tons of water each week.

Swimming Pool Safety Tips

With summertime officially upon us, it’s that time of year for pool safety tips. Whether taking the kids to a public pool or swimming at home, it’s important to sit the kiddos down for brief talk about safety and go over rules before heading to the pool. If you’re swimming at home, you may also want to post the “Family Pool Rules” in a visible place where the kids can always seem them.

CDC: 1 in 8 Pools May Pose Infection Risk

Before plunging into your local public pool, you might want to stop and think about what you might be plunging into. The pool might not be as sanitary as it should be, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that one out of eight pools had to be…

Swimming

Splashing, wading, and paddling — it must mean a great day in the water. Playing at the beach, at a water park, by a lake, or in a pool can be a real treat on a hot day. Swimming is a lot of fun, but drowning is a real danger. Let’s find out how to stay safe in the water.