Maintenance

The Predicted heavy rains of this years’ El Nino, appear to be upon us. With the heavy rains the chances of pools overflowing increases dramatically. It is never a good situation when this occurs and in some cases it can be devastating. By installing a hose bib in the equipment plumbing and attaching a garden hose you will be ready to easily drain your pool back to the normal level when needed. How to use a hose bib to maintain proper water level. Step 1: Attach a standard ga

From gear driven timers to air buttons for functionality, the way we grew up controlling pools was pretty much the same way our grandparents did. Manual switches and buttons hard wired into individual pieces of equipment. To get the spa warm it was going to take a cold trip out to the equipment, at least 2-3 switches flipped, a couple button presses, two valve movements, and oftentimes a flashlight. But much like the rest of our world the internet has changed everything! We

Pool maintenance requires three fundamental elements: money, time, and frustration! Wait, no, that’s wrong…… checks notes Actually a pool requires: filtration, circulation, and sanitation. As complicated as your pool may seem, if you take care of these three things, you will have a clean pool. But we should talk about what that actually means in its individual parts. For this blog we will cover filtration. Filtration is the passing of water through a medium small enough to

Save money, count gallons. Variable speed pumps are not new any more, chances are you probably already have one at this point. When I first entered this industry, variable speed pumps were not in every backyard. Most San Diegans had old single speed motors that screamed all day and drank enough electricity to keep the San Onofre power plant open. These pumps were loud and inefficient, but They. Were. Durable. On my pool route I still have a handful of pools relying on these

As everyone knows, pools are expensive. Pool pumps especially are expensive to run. Usually the pool owner sees that their pump is the most energy demanding appliance in their house. Thankfully there are a few very effective ways to reduce the electricity demand we have in the backyard. Just as a reminder, like you have read in other blogs, clean filters are mandatory and variable speed pumps can be game changers. Knowing these two facts we can also take advantage of SDG&E’s

Expansion Joint, Mastic, Buffer, Deck-o-Seal. There never enough of talk about this little and overlooked, but very important component of a pool. Do you know what it means when you hear the terms ‘expansion joint’ or ‘mastic’? Most people don’t, until they get a quote from a concrete contractor or pool builder telling them there is about to be some major demolition and construction. The expansion joint is a buffer space left between the structure of your pool and the surro