Maximum Winter Pool Protection Pooltec® Pooltec® Fall-winter Pool treatment provides strong, long lasting winter protection that outlast winterizing kits and other winter treatments. Pooltec® gives your customers the assurance that their pool will be clean at spring opening. Pooltec® is Read More …
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Acid Wash for Gunite Pools
Acid washing of gunite pools: if your pool and/or spa has staining or discoloration, an acid wash may be performed to remove the surface staining, scaling, or discoloration. This can be done anytime, though it is common to perform an Read More …
Tru-Tile by Latham Industries in Vinyl and Hybrid Pools
There are so many options when choosing a surface for you pool. It can be overwhelming. First, start with your budget. How much are you looking to pay? Next, consider your level of maintenance. Do you want something that can Read More …
Types of Swimming Pools
Fiberglass Pools Fiberglass pools are pre-made and set into a hole in the ground. Once it is inserted into the pre-dug hole, everything is then placed around it and inside it. Fiberglass pools require the least amount of swimming pool Read More …
Hybrid Pool Options: Featuring Vinyl/Gunite Pools
Al at Ask the Pool Guy was once given the opportunity from a client to create a vinyl liner pool with deck chairs and a swim-up bar. His solution: a vinyl/gunite hybrid. With hybrid pools Al can challenge the boundaries Read More …
Allan Curtis, @askthepoolguy presents: Taking Vinyl Liner Pools to New Heights with Hybrid Innovation December 6th!
Ask the Pool Guy offers theory about the green pools in Rio
As the explanations begin piling up from Rio about why the pools turned green and had to be closed, Ask the Pool Guy has been following the developments and offers his theory as to what happened. First, the chemical tanks Read More …
Why does everyone assume a green pool means algae? What are some other possibilities for green pools in Rio?
Algae is often the simplest and most assumed idea when a swimming pool starts to turn green. This can be the cause in many cases, especially if sanitizer levels are allowed to drop. There are many other reasons why a Read More …