Making the Pool-Buying or Pool-Building Commitment

From Pool FYI

Most people probably wouldn't jump right into a $50,000-$150,000 investment without at least doing some homework, but swimming pools can me a mystifying entity.  Many people, believe it or not, will enter into this investment without a true understanding of how this investment will impact their home value, the ongoing costs of utilities and maintenance, or their duties as a swimming pool owner.  This post from Pool FYI explains these in detail, as well as the benefits that alot of pool owner may not realize before actually using their pool.

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Is Your Pool Covered?

from Pool FYI

Swimming pool covers can provide a variety of benefits to inground swimming pool owners.  Whether one is seeking energy savings, safety or protection of one's investment, the right swimming pool cover can definetly pay huge dividends.  With all the different types of pool covers available, where does one turn to decide which cover is best?  This post from Pool FYI provides all the information one needs to make this important decision.  Whether it be solar, automatic, winter or solid, choose wisely!

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Old Pool Covers Find New Life...on the Farm?

From Aqua

Swimming pool covers are a valuable utility to protect one's investment in an inground swimming pool. Covers protect the swimming pool surface, and they provide a safety barrier during the off-season months.  It turns out, according to this post from Aqua Magazine, that once these heavy-duty covers exceed their utility on a swimming pool, they can be repurposed for many different applications.  Rather then turning up in a landfill, the pool cover is recycled for various necessary purposes and has a fruitful second life.

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6 Things to Look for Before Hiring a Company to Install Your Pool 

From Pool FYI

Let's face it, you are most likely very knowledgeable in your chosen field.  You spent years learning your field of expertise, and probably are quite confident that you know enough to be considered an expert.  You have reached a certain level of success, and you have decided to reward your family with a new inground swimming pool.  It is also probably safe to say that you are most certainly not an expert in the inground swimming pool design and construction field. Swimming pools are complicated projects, involving many different construction trades and disciplines.  How to you approach the process of choosing an expert to not only deliver the finished product, but to hold your hand and ensure you that you are with the most professional, quality designer and builder possible?  This post from Pool FYI gives you six things to use when you are vetting your swimming pool company, to give you the confidence that you will be in good hands through this potentially confusing process.

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“FALL” INTO YOUR BACKYARD WITH FUN FEATURES

From Swimmingpool.com

For those with heated swimming pools or hydrotherapy pools, the fall swimming pool season can be extended well beyond labor day.  Not Having a heated swimming pool doesn't necessarily preclude one from enjoying the outdoor living space that can be created in one's backyard.  This post from Swimmingpool.com gives some great ideas to outfit one's backyard for ideal outdoor living regardless of the season.

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Has Fall Landed in your Pool? Extreme Leaf Removal

From In The Swim

Leaves are orange and falling with abandon everywhere.  Fall is here, and with it comes the crisper cold north air, shorter days, and the end of outdoor swimming.  For those inground swimming pool owners that have tried to stretch out the swimming season for the Indian Summer, those falling leaves represent a maintenance nightmare.  This post from In the Swim presents some unique and proven methods to easily remove these leaves from your swimming pool. 

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