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Have Fun & Stay Safe by Your Pool!
A swimming pool offers one of the best ways to have fun, get fit, and enjoy the water with family and friends. In order to ensure everyone has a good time, it’s good to review and follow a few safety tips. These tips help you Look, Lock, and Learn how to keep children...
Suspect a leak? Try the Bucket Test!
Is My Pool Leaking? Use the Bucket Test Loss of pool water is normal, but if your water bill has gone up, your pool might have a leak. Normal water loss includes splash-out and evaporation, which varies with water temperature, humidity, wind and barometric pressure....
Pool Water Chemistry: Keeping the Balance
The chemicals that go into your pool are, first and foremost, a means of maintaining water balance. With improper water balance, the tendency of the water to be either scale forming or corrosive can be detrimental to a pool. Maintaining the pH, total alkalinity levels...
You deserve long-term value!
The internet is an amazing tool, one can access all sorts of information and products. You might be tempted to purchase an item required for your pool’s operation from a website touting BIG SAVINGS! Are the savings real, or really worth it? Your pool or spa, just like...
Add a Little Whimsey or Elegance? [Both!]
Adding a water feature or two or more is a great way to add personality to your poolscape. Beautiful to look at and to listen to, moving water creates sound, an auditory delight that masks the noise of traffic and helps you to fully relax and enjoy your outdoor oasis....
Iowa has a lot of freeze-thaw cycles!
Maybe not our best “Iowa Brag” but it is what it is! Freeze/thaw climates create a special circumstance for construction. If not built properly, the repetitive freezing and thawing of our winters can cause soils and structures to move and become damaged and/or uneven....
Waterline Tile
Useful and attractive! The waterline tile surrounding your pool is an expression of your style and an attractive addition to your outdoor space. It also serves some very useful functions. As your pool loses water through evaporation and splashing, and gains water...
Sparkling clean and clear!
It pays to use quality pool chemicals At Pool Tech we advocate using quality chemicals for your pool. We are a BioGuard dealer, and we carry other specialty products too. Why should you use better quality chemicals instead of what you can get at the big box stores? •...
Got Leaks? Vinyl liner use and replacement
The vinyl liner in your above-ground pool or vinyl liner pool will not last forever. The recommended lifetime for this important pool component is usually set given optimal conditions for chemical use, activity, sun damage and weather damage. We find that in general,...
Site preparation Part 2: Moisture concerns
In the previous post, we learned that soil is the support for a swimming pool. The moisture content of the soil is also a critical factor. Too much or too little water is not good. It’s water that makes soil. Think about desert areas for a moment—shifting sands? Water...
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