Calcium isn’t only found in milk, and it isn’t as good for your hot tub as it is for your bones (at least not in high amounts). While your water does need some calcium to keep your pH levels balanced, having high levels left unchecked can leave scaling and buildup that is difficult to remove […]
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Some people prefer a salt water hot tub to a traditional one for several reasons. But before you decide this is the thing for you, it’s important to know exactly what a salt water hot tub is. First of all, a salt water hot tub is NOT a hot tub filled with ocean water or
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Hot tubs are a little different than swimming pools in that they need to be drained and refilled occasionally. Draining and refilling a pool is a huge task that wastes way too much water to be practical, but hot tubs are small enough that it is feasible to drain them every few months and start
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Ducks are pretty cute swimming around in the local duck pond and waddling around the edge of the water. The kids love ‘em! So, why wouldn’t you want them swimming around cutely in your backyard pool? Two words… Duck. Poop. That’s right. Just like other birds and animals, they poop where they land, and I
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As pool owners, sometimes we have to take a hard look and admit that our favorite hobby isn’t exactly good for the environment. And some people argue that having a fully “eco-friendly” pool is not completely possible…and there may be some truth to that. There is a lot that goes into the construction and maintenance
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If you want to save yourself hours and hours of cleaning time, you need to get a robotic pool cleaner. Trust me on this one! A robotic pool cleaner will help remove all the junk that your pool filters miss, either because it is too small or it just floats to the bottom. And all without any elbow
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In honor of National Drowning Prevention Month, we thought we would deviate a little from the usual pool how-to topics and delve into possibly the most important how-to topic of all: how to keep your kids safe from drowning and injury.As a dad of two young kids myself, you can imagine the fears and concerns
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As a pool owner, you probably do everything you can to make your pool area look great. You’ve got the perfect deck or cement surroundings, and maybe you even have your lounge chairs lined up just right. But then there’s the pump and filter. They’re big and unsightly and if they’re installed right by your
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Have you heard people talking about salt water pools and wondered what all the hype was about? I’m not here to convince you one way or the other. The decision on whether to have a salt water pool or not is usually just a matter of preference. All I’m here to do is give you
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Keeping your pool water balanced is crucial to having a safe and healthy swimming environment. And it’s not as simple as just making sure you have chlorine. If any factor is out of whack, it can throw the others off, making your pool a hospitable place for all kinds of nasty bacteria and annoying algae.
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