With hurricane IKE petered out, temperatures have dropped almost 25 degrees Fahrenheit overnight. Cold temperatures have always been the incentive to close up you pool and put it to bed for the winter.
Be sure all your lines have been blown out with some kind of high volume air blower such as a Shop Vac that [...]

You now have your pool open, everything scrubbed down all assembled and the water sparkling blue. Some of our high flying friends decide they are going to use your hard work as target practice and make a complete mess of all your hard work.
Birds in the spring time nest pretty much everywhere. I believe that [...]

The recent weather till now has been nothing less than fantastic and very welcome after a long winter. But Mother Nature still has some games in store for using the upcoming week or so in Ontario.
Pool owners, who decided to expose that beautiful blue water early, will have to be careful as temperatures dip below [...]

Spring is in the air and almost time to open that Bahamas plateau you have built in your backyard. The warm air melting the ice if it is not already completely melted, leaving behind that black or blue hideous tarp that hides your summer pleasure.
We are going to use that hideous tarp to your advantage [...]

A leak in the winter, a swimming pool owner’s nightmare. While walking in the back yard while temperatures are well below freezing, the horrid noise of sloshing water beneath your feet. Your above ground pool has sprung a leak. What can be done? In the case of an above ground, really not much until the [...]