Summer Pool Party Games

10/10/2012 4:08:43 PM

Summer pool party ideas for adults. Games for adult pool parties. Hoping all of your pool parties this summer are fun and safe! Enjoy your pools, America! Having several comfortable floating pool chairs or floating islands for your guests to lounge in also gets them, and keeps them in the pool. Hoping all of your pool parties this summer are fun and safe! Enjoy your pools, America!

Kick Algae Butt - Karate Style!

10/10/2012 3:58:43 PM

Don’t let algae make the first move. Here are some techniques you can use to defend yourself: Size up your enemy by determining the color of the pool. If your pool is a teal color, you will need to double shock it. This means using 2 pounds of shock per 10,000 gallons of water. By completing your training (reading this article), you’ve earn your green belt. Congratulations! You are now qualified to defend yourself against an algae attack.

Hydrostatic Relief Plugs

7/27/2012 8:38:29 AM

What are Hydrostatic Plugs? They allow high-pressure underground water to enter the pool, rather than allowing such force to build under the pool shell that it pops the pool out of the ground when empty.

Phosphates and Nitrates in Swimming Pools

7/25/2012 3:23:19 PM

Phosphates and Nitrates are naturally occuring combinations of Phosphorous and Nitrogen with oxygen atoms. They are also produced synthetically for various industrial and agricultural products. Phosphates and Nitrates in the water, and rougly speaking, ppb (parts per billion) is OK, but ppm (parts per million) will give you trouble with algae, if you let your chlorine regimen slip now and then.

Filtration, Sanitation & Circulation

7/23/2012 3:19:54 PM

Filtration, Sanitation & Circulation. These three work together to keep pool water fresh and inviting. It's true that if you have a large DE filter, you can get by with less sanitation and less circulation.

Adult Swim: Learn to Swim America!

7/14/2012 10:20:00 AM

According to Swimmunity, nearly 35-50% of U.S. adults cannot swim. The number increases among minority adults to over 60%. “Each day in the United States, 10 unintentional drownings occur – 70% of them are adults.” If you're not the only non-swimmer in the house, buddy-up and make it a family affair. No time is better than mid-summer to learn how to swim. It's never too late!

Myths about Salt Chlorine Generators

7/9/2012 1:15:25 PM

Salt pool systems are a relatively new technology, but have been adopted by the largest pool builders, some of whom estimate that 25% of chlorinated swimming pools have replaced chlorine tablets with salt chlorine systems.Despite their rapid adoption, or perhaps because of it, many misconceptions have made their way into our collective knowledge base.