Ask the Pool Guy always says not to empty your pool. Here is a gunite pool that came out of the ground. The exact cause is unknown, but we can speculate that the water was removed from the pool and Read More …
Tag: water
Working With Water
Do you love to be in the water? Are you the person who can’t wait to open your pool as soon as it’s remotely warm enough? Why not put your passion to good use and create a career around something Read More …
Water Matters
When it comes to your swimming pool, water is the most important part. After all, isn’t that why people build pools? Even the coolest, most artistic, most beautiful swimming pool is relatively useless if the water inside is bad. Keeping Read More …
Celebrate Earth Day by learning about water conservation
Here is a great infographic by our friend Matt over at Swim University. Fun facts about swimming pool water, and 12 Ways to Conserve Water in your Swimming Pool. . Enjoy!
Will a zinc anode help reduce calcuim buildup?
Question: Will a zinc anode help reduce calcium buildup? Answer: Thanks for the question about a zinc anode. What it will do is prevent further corrosion of your pool elements, but it won’t reverse the signs of calcium build up. Read More …
Q&A: Painting a gunite pool and the risk of a pool pop-out
Question: I have a house in Orlando and the pool needs painting. The only thing is I have been told that I cannot drain the pool as it will pop out of the ground. Can you advise me please on Read More …
Pentair New Product: IntelliFloXF High Performance Variable Speed Pump
IntelliFloXF combines the superior internal geometry of the Pentair® new-generation XF pumps with the greenest, most energy-saving variable speed pump available! The new IntelliFloXF variable speed pool pump was developed using the most advanced engineering tools available – CFD (Computational Read More …
Q&A: Swimming Pool Total Dissolved Solids and Algae that just won’t go away
Question: OK pool guy, I have one for you, 2.5 years ago I bought a house with this beautiful pool that has a jacuzzi in a cave under a concrete rock water fall and a slide around the back side, Read More …