How to Heat an Above-Ground Pool: What Actually Works
Above-ground pools lose heat differently than inground pools, and almost every piece of advice you’ll find online was written for…
Pool Care
From balancing water chemistry and troubleshooting equipment to seasonal transitions and surface preservation, we provide the technical clarity needed to keep your pool crystal clear and swim-ready all year long.
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How to Keep Bees and Wasps Away From Your Pool
By the time most people call about this, the skimmer basket already tells the story. A wet gray mat of…
How to Keep Flying Ants Out of a Pool During Swarm Season
A flying ant swarm is a few hours of reproductive traffic that a colony has been building toward all year,…
How to Measure Pool Depth
Pool depth is measured vertically from the surface of the water straight down to the pool floor at that point…
Green Pool Water That’s Not Algae
Pool water that’s green but stays clear rather than cloudy, and that gets visibly darker right after a shock treatment…
How to Get Dirt Out of a Pool
Heavier dirt responds to vacuuming to waste or a robotic cleaner with its own onboard filtration, but very fine silt…
How Often to Change Sand in a Pool Filter
Standard silica sand filter media needs replacing roughly every 3 to 5 years, sooner if you notice cloudy water despite…
What Speed Should You Run Your Pool Pump?
Low-to-medium speed, run for a longer daily cycle, is the efficient standard for routine pool filtration — pump energy use…
Best Sand for a Pool Filter
Pool-specific filter sand, commonly labeled #20 silica sand at a 0.45 to 0.55mm effective size, is the correct media for…
How to Acid Wash a Pool
Acid washing a pool removes a thin layer of plaster along with the staining embedded in it, using a diluted…
