Natural Swimming Pools ~ a truly Green Pool!
Dirt, rocks, grass and plants. Everything you don’t want around your pool. Right? Not anymore. Forward thinking, green minded homeowners are using these things to filter and clean their swimming pool...
View ArticleSwimming Pool Covers: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
There are many types of pool covers on the market and each has a different purpose for your pool. There are year round and seasonal covers as well as covers that help heat the pool and stop...
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May is Pool & Spa Safety Month ~ Let's Get Safe!
May is Pool Safety Month. If you hang around POOLCENTER.com long enough, you know that we are very vocal on pool safety Issues. Here are some facts and tips for making your pool a safer place to be.
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Virginia Graeme Baker: Sending ripples across the pool industry
Virginia Graeme Baker (VGB) was lovingly known to her friends and family as Graeme (pronounced Graham). The granddaughter of former Secretary of State James Baker, Graeme went with her mother, Nancy,...
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Green Pool Lighting: Backyard Lightscaping
There’s nothing like a beautifully lit pool on a warm summer night. But as we now pay more attention to conservation and the economy, Why not save money and create a beautiful, colorful environment...
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Pool Heater Repair: My Pool Heater won't Start!
Swimming pool heaters are great, they make the water warm and extend the pool season. They also can be the most ornery piece of equipment around a pool. What do you do when the heater will not start up...
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Be a Conservative Pool Owner - save Money & Energy!
In honor of Earth Day 2009, here's a post on how you can save money on your money pit! Let's face it - pool's use energy and they can waste energy too! Here's four areas to look at ~ to try to keep...
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Swimming Pool pH and Total Alkalinity ~ Kissing Cousins!
Total Alkalinity and pH ~ close cousins I always say. Kissing Cousins. They are both measures of the relative acidity or basicity of your pool water. Keeping these cousins in line is important for...
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