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CONSIDER PLANTING POCKETS IN YOUR POOL DESIGN

A planting pocket is an area in or around your pool deck designed to serve as a small garden. Planting pockets can create a variety of different..

8 SAFETY REMINDERS ABOUT POOL CHEMICALS

Pool season is here again! To ensure no avoidable issues arise, we want to remind everyone of a few ground rules for safe storage and use of swimming..

5 THINGS TO ASK A CUSTOM POOL BUILDER FOR IN ARIZONA

If you live in the Phoenix or Tucson regions, you may feel overwhelmed by the number of custom pool builders listed online. To distinguish a quality..

9 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN BUILDING A POOL IN ARIZONA

We live in the desert - of course you want to build a pool! But as a permanent part of your home and as one of the larger purchases you will make in..

GREEN ISN'T ALWAYS GOOD

Were you a bit lazy with pool chemistry maintenance over the winter? As the warm weather sets in, a poorly maintained pool will start to reflect bad..

CHOOSING A POOL SHAPE

You walk into your backyard one morning and decide it’s time to build that swimming pool you’ve always wanted. While visualizing your dream pool,..

HOW TO PREVENT CALCIUM LINES IN YOUR POOL

Have you ever seen thick white lines on the tile right at the water surface level of your pool? Those are called calcium lines, and are a result of..

4 SIMPLE STEPS TO “POOL SAFELY” FOR YOUNG KIDS

Artist Laurie Berkner and the Consumer Products Safety Commission joined together to create this music video to teach young children four simple..

SAFETY ESSENTIALS TO KEEP NEAR YOUR SWIMMING POOL

Pools are meant to be fun! Proper preparation will help keep it that way.

4 QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF WHEN CONSIDERING A POOL

You're starting to resemble Chevy Chase in Christmas Vacation, standing at the kitchen window, visualizing a perfect transformation of your backyard..