New research is showing swimming helps children reach intellectual milestones Learning how to swim is a milestone in itself; however, did you know swimming can help your children develop intellectually? The skill of swimming is essential and also potentially life-saving. Read More …
Author: Ask the Pool Guy
Celebratory Dinner with fellow Pool Professionals: A Pool Girl’s Perspective
Atlantic City Thurs. 1/30/14 It is Thursday morning in Atlantic City, and while more walking around the expo is still ahead, the four of us are still on a natural high from last night. We were invited to a dinner Read More …
Keeping Your (Southern/Un-Winterized) Pool Healthy in the Winter Months
How to keep your pool properly chlorinated in the winter Most people think winter months=less pool maintenance. While that may be true, your pool still needs attention and care in the winter months just as much as it needs in Read More …
Ask the Pool Guy: To Wrap or not to Wrap (Your Equipment) {Pool Maintenance}
It might be tempting to bundle your pool equipment up with plastic. The pool guy offers some advice on why that might not be a good idea.
The Challenge: A Pool Girl’s Perspective
Atlantic City /Tuesday 1/28/14 I write this riding in a car, almost four hours into an eleven hour drive, to Atlantic City for the Northeast Pool and Spa Show. There are four of us in the car this morning: Al, Read More …
The Importance of Watermarking Photographs: A Pool Guy Perspective
The world is full of coincidences. Imagine heading out to a service call or quote call and taking a photograph of a pool in a homeowners back yard for documenting the pool. Then prepare a blog post and use it Read More …
Messy Minerals
Mineral Imbalance Nothing is worse than preparing for a summer get-together and finding your pool a strange shade of brown or green. Sometimes when you chlorinate your pool your water can react strangely. This is nothing out of the ordinary, Read More …
Ask the Pool Guy how to protect a Diving Board for the Winter {Pool Maintenance}
To protect a swimming pool diving board for the winter months, the Pool Guy recommends wrapping the board in plastic so you don’t have to contend with nuts and bolts. It keeps the board clean, and in position where it Read More …
