Category: Pool Tips
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Are you making these 5 pool maintenance mistakes?
If you stick to a regular routine, maintaining clean, clear pool water can be easy. However, if your break your pool maintenance routine or don’t plan ahead for extra water care after pool parties – it’ll cost you time and money. Here are five common pool maintenance mistakes and how you can avoid them: 1. Not…
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5 Ways Hotels Can Improve Guest Experience (and Save Money)
Constantly evolving amenities and technologies available, make hospitality one of the most competitive industries. To set themselves apart from competitors – hotels need to implement tools that will enhance guest satisfaction and loyalty, while also improving their bottom line. Here are five ways hotels can gain guest loyalty and cut costs. 1. Self check in In…
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Five Ways to Improve Your Commercial Pool This Summer
Water clarity and quality is essential to patron loyalty and a facility’s reputation. This summer, take your facility to the next level with efficient, cost-effective and simple operational enhancements. Here are five pool improvements that will please your customers, staff and management. 1. Controlling Chemicals Bather load drives the need for higher chemical…
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How to prep your pool for a Memorial Day party
With Memorial Day just around the corner, pool owners have the perfect opportunity to plan their first pool party of the summer. If you closed your pool for winter, opening your pool can seem like an overwhelming process and many pool owners don’t know where to start. If your pool has been winterized or hasn’t…
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Secondary Sanitation: A civic responsibility for aquatic professionals
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention developed the Model Aquatic Health Code to educate state and local authorities on safe and healthy best pool practices. With the MAHC, the CDC aims to decrease the amount of recreational water illness (RWI) outbreaks in public pools using traditional chlorine sanitation. MAHC recommends both primary and secondary disinfection…
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Five tips for choosing your pool remodeling company
Spring cleaning has begun, which means it’s officially home remodeling season. If your pool needs an upgrade, now is the time to start planning and find a pool remodeling company. Whether you’re looking to install energy efficient equipment or give your pool a total makeover, here are five things to consider before choosing a pool…
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Top pool opening tips from our pool service partners
Some of our top pool service professionals offer advice for opening your pool and maintaining it. Alan Butters, Watersaver Leak Protection Stuart, Florida The best tip for opening the pool is closing it properly. A clean, balanced pool that uses the best available winter cover opens up very easily in the spring. If you haven’t done…
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The benefits of algaecides for your pool
Every outdoor pool faces a constant onslaught of algae spores that wind, rain and swimmers introduce. When conditions are right, you can quickly find yourself with a pool full of algae if you don’t manage your water and pool properly. Preventing algae can be tedious with any type of pool sanitation. Algaecides provide an effective…
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Cost saving tips for commercial pools
Managing a commercial pool is no small task. Here are several ways to save money, time and energy. Lower Your Energy Bills While expensive, a solar thermal system can reduce energy costs by thousands per year. Because code requires 24-hour circulation, a variable speed pump is also a great option that can lessen your energy use…
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How to pick the right pool filter
Your pool filter can impact the cleanliness of your pool and the success of your sanitation system. All filters are used in conjunction with a pool pump to push water through the filter to clean the water. The combination of pump and filter is called the filtration system. Filtration systems collect dust, dirt, oils, hair and…