www.customervision.net/blogpoolcenter en-us Copyright 2007 POOLCENTER.com - Pool Blog 11/21/2009 6:25:58 AM 25 http://blog.poolcenter.com/article.asp?articleid=5956 <p><span style="font-family: Arial"><span>OK, It&rsquo;s party time. Lets have a pool party. The most fun you could ever have around your pool, is when you have guests and are entertaining.&nbsp; It is the perfect time to show off your pool and yard.&nbsp; The key here is preparation.&nbsp; Invitations, menus, helpers,&nbsp;pool, and yard will all need to be taken care of in advance.&nbsp; The more you do ahead of time, the more time you will have to enjoy the party.&nbsp; Start about a month before the party. Make a list of who you want to come. We can&rsquo;t give any advice here.&nbsp; But too many people would not only be unsafe, but we want enough room for eating, swimming, and just laying around.</span></span></p> May 2008 (4) 12/23/2008 2:09:11 PM http://blog.poolcenter.com/article.asp?articleid=5954 <p style="text-align: justify">Why solar pool heat? Because it&rsquo;s free heat. Period. And very easy for the&nbsp;do it yourselfer.&nbsp;&nbsp;For less than the cost of a conventional pool heater,&nbsp;consider that being your only expense for years,&nbsp;while extending your&nbsp;swimming season by months. 85 degree pool in October? No problem. For free!&nbsp; With all this talk about the whole green movement, and the use and depletion&nbsp;of our natural resources,&nbsp;it makes sense to not only consider,&nbsp;but utilize solar heat for swimming pools.&nbsp;</p> May 2008 (4) 12/23/2008 2:08:48 PM http://blog.poolcenter.com/article.asp?articleid=5952 <p style="text-align: justify">Here&rsquo;s a few things we can do to make the pool opening a little easier in the spring. Around the beginning of March, as the weather get a little warmer, peel a corner of the cover back and add some liquid chlorine to the water, circulate it with the pool brush, or a submersible pump and leave that corner of the pool open for an hour or so, this will allow the chlorine, and by products to gas off.&nbsp;</p> May 2008 (4) 12/23/2008 2:08:29 PM http://blog.poolcenter.com/article.asp?articleid=5953 <p style="text-align: justify">The green pool. Not very pleasant. Pools turn green from green algae. There is only one sure way to knock the green from a pool. Chlorine. And make sure it&rsquo;s enough chlorine. Many times we hear, &ldquo;But I put four bags of shock in the pool, and it&rsquo;s still green&rdquo; Well, four bags of shock should kill algae in a pool under 20,000 gallons, If they are added at once, not a bag at a time. The key to getting rid of algae, is &ldquo;<a href="http://www.poolcenter.com/chemicals_poolstor.htm"><strong><font color="#000000">super chlorination</font></strong></a>.&rdquo;</p> May 2008 (4) 12/6/2008 6:12:31 PM http://blog.poolcenter.com/article.asp?articleid=5955 May 2008 (4) 5/8/2008 3:47:04 PM