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Weekly Service: Pool Cleanings Made Easy!
Our team at Ask the Pool Guy offers weekly cleaning and maintenance of swimming pools and attached spas, to make your job simply to enjoy your pool! In order to keep your pool up and running properly you’ll need to Read More …
EcoFinish on Slides
In this video, Al talks about the reasons we use ecoFinish on our slides. Have a slide you need to resurface? Contact us to learn more.
Heaters Making Knocking noises or not heating
We recently had a heater acting up, and when our service tech took it apart he found some calcium buildup in the heat exchanger. Here’s what is clogging up your heater when your service tech says their is “calcium buildup” Read More …
Multiport Valve Malfunction
My water was nice and clear. Now it’s brown and really cloudy. On the sand filter was leaking at the backwash. I replaced the seal on the multi port. But the strange part is, when I backwash the return jet Read More …
Changing to a multiport valve from a slide valve
I have a slide valve (Anthony Filter from years ago) Does it make sense to change to a multi port valve? not only does it seem easier to operate (mine often gets stuck) but it seems to be more versatile Read More …
Another win for FerriTabs – this pool was filled with well water 1 week ago!
It was time for a new liner in one of our hybrid swimming pools (built by Ask the Pool Guy’s construction division Legendary Escapes). We also took this opportunity to redo the sun ledge and slide to ecofinish – they Read More …
It’s time to Open the Pool and Vacuum!
We are reminded just how well Cale explained the process of how to vacuum your pool and the tools you need to be able to give your pool a good vac in this video: Cale is a bit older now, Read More …
EcoFinish and Patching Issues
It seems that it should be easy to fix and ecoFinish flake off, doesn’t it? It’s not quite that simple and here is an example based on a question we recently received. I have installed two Plungie pools over the Read More …
Do FerriTabs really work like you say they do?
Yes, they do. We have used them successfully in well water pools high in iron for over 30 years. The current formulation is for sand filters/glass media filters. They can be used in a situation with a cartridge filter, but Read More …