Salt Chlorine System Maintenance

5/31/2012 4:58:54 PM

Salt Chlorine Generators. Just add salt and all of your pool care maintenance issues disappear! Don't believe the hype - pool salt systems will remove the "drudgery" of having to buy, transport, store and handle chlorine. This also makes your pool more eco-friendly. But salt pool systems do require some maintenance to keep them operating properly and to prevent having to replace expensive components like the salt cell, flow sensors and control boards.

Pool Fence & Gate Inspection

5/31/2012 4:57:55 PM

Here's some tips to inspecting a pool fence for safety.

Gas Pool Heater Replacement

5/31/2012 4:55:39 PM

What follows is our story of replacing an old pool heater. We detached plumbing, gas and electric, moved the old heater aside - and made new connections to our replacement heater. Gas, Electric and Plumbing work can be dangerous in the wrong hands. Please be sure to contract with licensed and insured companies to do this work.

Green Pool Opening

5/31/2012 4:31:30 PM

Could have been that the water wasn't quite clean and clear before closing. Perhaps the closing chemicals weren't strong enough or just ... enough. Maybe phosphates have contaminated the pool, providing a rich food source for algae to grow fat and happy.

Anthony Pools Bronze Pump motor replacement

5/31/2012 4:30:23 PM

To Rebuild or Replace the pump motor? That is the question - of this blog post. If you have a few hand tools, a motor and a shaft seal, you can replace your own Anthony pool pump motor. Don't just throw out the old bronze pump, just because it's old - the Anthony bronze pump is a workhorse and will never crack or split, like plastic pumps.

Spa Wall Repair on a Pool / Spa Combo pool

5/9/2012 7:24:28 PM

Attached spas are fun, even if they're not heated. Small children love their small size and when the kids are asleep, the adults can turn up the heater and enjoy a hot, bubbling spa after dark. But there is a dark side. Well, not so dark really. Many, if not most attached spas have no problems with the wall that separates the pool and spa - but some do.

Tips for building your swimming pool

5/4/2012 5:09:40 PM

So now that you’ve made the choice to buy a swimming pool, you’ve got to make sure that you get exactly what you want. After all, this is typically a once in a lifetime expense and you want to plan it properly. A lot of thoughts will be running through your head when planning the build, and to help you along the process, here are some top tips…