Is a major cold front moving your way, bringing with it freezing temperatures and challenging conditions? This is a call for all pool owners to prepare and take a few simple steps to prot...

Navigating Pool Care Before, During & After a Freeze

Oh, the joys of owning a swimming pool! You enjoy countless hours of ease, entertainment, and exercise. But when you’ve loved your pool so much that it’s ti....

7 Things to Know About Swimming Pool Remodeling and Maintenance

Generally, pool plaster tends to erode over time. This causes the pool surface to cut, scrape, and scratch the skin. A pool plaster finish typically lasts between 5 and IO years. This figure is all based on proper water chemistry and maintenance. For pool owners that want or need to remodel their plaster, there are new types of pool finishes that offer new looks and extended life.

A New Generation of Pool Finishes

There’s a chill in the air – but that’s no reason to board up the backyard swimming pool area for the winter! In fact, there are so many events and activities that you can ...

Fire Features: Light Up Your Pool Area

Old-growth trees that tower above your home and stretch their branches wide to provide a canopy of shade on hot summer days are wonderful. But many homes -- especially homes in new neighborhoods or in certain geographic regions -- lack shade trees. How are you supposed to temper the intensity of the sun’s rays if you lack trees? Conveniently, there are a number of backyard shade coverings that will allow you to enjoy the outdoors all summer long.

Backyard Shade Structures: Throw Shade on Hot Days

So, you’re already dreaming of luxurious lounging and crystal blue water—You want to buy a pool. So how long does it take? Before you get too caught up in your dreams, read up on our step-by-step guide to building a pool. We broke down the process so you can plan ahead and start making those dreams into a reality:

How Long Does it Take to Build a Pool?

Did you know that a swimming pool provides one of the best fat burning workouts available? That’s because water is 800 times denser than air, so every time you kick, pull, or push the water, you’re doing a resistance workout, which burns fat and leads to lean muscle and an increased metabolism.

How to Lose Weight in the Pool – 12 Essential Water Workouts for Burning Fat

Maintenance Safety & Pool Cleaning

Follow these directions to clean your pool skimmer and pump basket at least once a week.

Keep Your Pool Skimmer and Pump Baskets Clean

Keep your filter operating at peak performance by learning how to read and understand your pool filter pressure gauge. Click here for pressure gauge reading tips. Visit SwimmingPool.com

Pool Maintenance - Guide to Pool Filter Pressure Gauges

If you have a sand filter for your pool, be sure you know how to change the sand when the time comes.

Steps for Changing Filter Sand

Ready to clean your pool filter cartridge? Thankfully, cartridge filters are relatively quick easy to clean. Just click here for the easy 10-step process! Visit SwimmingPool.com

Cleaning In Ground Pool Filter Cartridges | Pool Maintenance

If you have a Diatomaceous Earth (DE) swimming pool filter, you need to backwash monthly to keep your pool water healthy. Here’s how!

How to Backwash a DE Swimming Pool

Need to know when to prime your pool pump? Or if you’re ready to prime your pump, how do you do it? We review the pool pump priming process here. Visit SwimmingPool.com

Pool Pump Cleaning - Prime a Pool Pump | Pool Maintenance

What size pool pump do you need? Click here to find out the best swimming pool pump size for you based on your pool’s volume in gallons. For more information, Visit SwimmingPool.com

Pool Maintenance - Best Pool Pump Size for Your Swimming Pool

Determine the right length of time you need to run your pool pump each day.

How Long to Run a Swimming Pool Pump

Swimmingpool.com has all the tools you need to take care of your pool. Find comprehensive maintenance guides and step-by-step solutions to common pool issues. For more pool maintenance guide, Visit SwimmingPool.com

Pool Maintenance

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