Besides picking the right pool cover, the most important part of winterizing your pool is balancing its water chemistry and reinforcing it with the right winterizing chemicals for the long off-season. Do the hard work today for an easier tomorrow. – Said by Wise Man (Me) A well-closed pool makes for an easier spring pool…
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Winter Pool Closing Checklist
We’re all pool pals here. Let’s be honest; closing your inground or aboveground pool is not fun. Not only is winterizing your pool a reminder that the summer fun days are over but there’s also much work to be done. And since it’s been almost a year since you last did it, there’s a chance…
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Which Pool Pump Seal Kit Do I Need?
Often referred to as a Seal Kit, Gasket Kit, or an O-ring kit, a GOKIT includes the important gaskets and seals for a specific pool pump model. The common components of a GOKIT are the following Shaft Seal Housing Gasket Lid Gasket Diffuser Gasket (Inground Pool Pump models only) Lube Packet Standard gasket kits come…
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The Top 10 Pool Cleaners for 2024
We can be honest here: most people love their pool, but few of us love pool maintenance. I liken it to having a great dinner; everybody wants to eat it, but who wants to do the dishes? But here’s the thing: maintaining a sparkling clean pool doesn’t have to be a chore if you pick…
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Which Spa Heater is Best?
Pool season might be over, but hot tub season is just beginning. Few things are as soothing as slipping into a warm, bubbling spa after a long day. But one of the frustrations of having a standalone hot tub or built-in spa area with an inground pool is how long it takes to get it…
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Must Have Winterizing Pool Chemicals
It’s the time of year when everyone is scrambling to get pool closing supplies. New and experienced pool owners know the importance of getting the right pool winter cover, solid or mesh. But there can be some confusion around the combination of pool winterizing chemicals needed to keep your pool ship shape until the spring….
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Winterizing an Inground Pool
In today’s video guide, we show you how to close an inground pool for the winter. For areas that experience cooler winter temps and are not suitable for swimming, winterizing your pool is essential to safeguard your pool equipment and plumbing from freezing temperatures, which can cause pipe bursts and cracked filter and pump housings….
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Can the Pureline Prime VS Replace My Pentair Pool Pump?
The Pureline Prime VS Pump PL2705 is the easiest way to upgrade your old single or dual-speed pool pump to an ultra-efficient variable speed. The Prime VS is not only a drop-in replacement for the Sta-Rite pool pumps brand, but we’ll show you it is a good fit to replace the Pentair SuperFlo, Pentair Whisperflo, and Pentair Challenger pump series (up to 1.65…
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Can the Pureline Prime VS Replace My Sta-Rite Pool Pump?
The Pureline Prime VS Pump PL2705 is the easiest way to upgrade your old single or dual-speed pool pump to an ultra-efficient variable speed. The Prime VS is not only a drop-in replacement for the Hayward pool pump brand but we’ll show you it is a good fit to replace the Sta-Rite Dura-Glas, Sta-Rite Max-E-Pro, Sta-Rite Dura-Glas II and Sta-Rite SuperMax pump series…
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Top 3 Robotic Pool Cleaners of 2024
Updated: April, 1 2024 Unless you have a very special connection with your leaf eater, few pool owners enjoy the task of cleaning their pool. The two most common automatic pool cleaners are suction-side and pressure-side, but those models involve a reasonable bit of interdiction from the pool owner. For the true men and women…
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