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Preparing For a Pool Party

Preparing For a Pool Party

Summer is in full swing and your friends have been begging you to invite them over for a pool party.  You’ve finally caved, and everyone needs to get ready for the event.   While the rest of your friends are preparing their bodies to be bikini ready, you need to get your pool ready.  Read on … Read More

Finding The Perfect Swimsuit

Finding The Perfect Swimsuit

Finding the perfect swimsuit can seem like finding a needle in a haystack!  There are many options, but it seems like the right swimsuit for you is hiding in the racks of the department store, where you will never find it.  Don’t be discouraged,, it is possible to find the perfect swimsuit it just might … Read More

How to Care for Your Swimsuit

How to Care for Your Swimsuit

If you’re like most people, you just toss your swimsuit in the washer and dryer without a second thought.  A few weeks later, though, you’re confused at why it’s stretched out and snagged in different places.  In order to ensure that your suit lasts as long as possible, it is important to properly care for … Read More

5 Things You Should Never Do In Your Pool

5 Things You Should Never Do In Your Pool

The warm summer months are on their way and it is time once again to open your pool for the season. Did you know that there are some things that you should never do in your pool?  Some are unsanitary, and some are just unsafe.  Read on for the top 6 things you should never … Read More

Creative Ways to Exercise in Your Pool

Creative Ways to Exercise in Your Pool

Doing laps aren’t the only way to exercise in a pool.  There are many ways to trim fat in the convenience of your backyard.  Read on for six backyard pool exercises you can do to burn calories in such a fun way that you’ll barely realize that you’re exercising.  

Planning the Perfect Barbecue

Planning the Perfect Barbecue

With the beautiful spring weather on its way, your Big Green Egg cooker is just waiting for your throw off the cover and host a weekend barbecue (sometimes spelled barbeque or BBQ)!   Invite your neighbors and friends for a barbecue that they will never forget.  Use our six tips below to throw the perfect barbecue. … Read More

Protect Your Hot Tub During a Storm

Protect Your Hot Tub During a Storm

Springtime is a time for renewal.  Birds migrate back north, trees grow again, and flowers bloom.  It is a great time to be alive.  Unfortunately, it also is a time of storms.  There is a reason why rhymes such as “April showers bring May flowers” exist.  If you are expecting a torrentuous spring storm, make … Read More

When Should You Open Your Pool?

When Should You Open Your Pool?

You’re probably wondering, as many pool owners do, when the best time to open your pool is.  Of course you don’t want to open your pool too early and risk freezing your lines, but you also don’t want to open it too late and discover that your pool is an ugly black algae lagoon.  So … Read More

Backyard Pool Ideas

Backyard Pool Ideas

It is now time to start planning your background pool!  There are hundreds, if not thousands of options to choose from for your personal backyard pool.  Below are six popular pool types that you can install in your backyard this spring! Traditional Rectangle If you like to use your pool for exercise, the traditional rectangle … Read More

Benefits of Owning a Private Pool

Benefits of Owning a Private Pool

Many people would be tickled to have a private pool in their backyard.  Private pools are a delight in so many ways!  If you are debating whether or not you should install a pool in your backyard, read on for the top 5 reasons that you should own a backyard pool.   Control When you … Read More