Today, consumers who visit their local pool and hot tub retail store are shopping differently. Most are now doing all of their research online so when they enter the store, they are armed with more knowledge than some retailers are expecting.
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Education and training are integral components for those in the pool industry who strive to be the best. For far too long, the approach most builders took was the in-house, transfer-of-knowledge style of teaching. While this may be an easy and effective method, it rarely explores new practices and...
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Water is a precious resource that everyone must work to preserve. Reducing evaporation helps conserve water in backyard pool environments and reduces the amount of fill water needed during the season.
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For landscapers, choosing the right plants for a garden has never been more important. Aside from the right-plant-right-place criteria, they need to be able to adapt to withstand unpredictable weather patterns. Consider this: the same way one is affected by the elements, so too are plants.
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In renovating this seven-year-old pool and landscape in Toronto, it was important to the family that more space be created in this small backyard for outdoor entertaining while the various new and old features remained consistent to generate a cohesive look.
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So many options can be added to a pool these days that it can sometimes be overwhelming when deciding which ones to offer a customer. To this end, it is important to design a project that can accommodate a number of different options to achieve the client’s idea of...
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For many homeowners, the decision to close their hot tub for the season is not as automatic as it is for most pool owners. Just because the leaves change colours and the temperature drops, it does not mean the hot tub has to be winterized
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Water balance in pools and hot tubs is a relatively simple concept. Take the readings from the most commonly tested parameters (pH, total alkalinity [TA], calcium hardness [CH], water temperature, and total dissolved solids [TDS]) and then use these values in a mathematical formula that produces a number.
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This season, hundreds of thousands of pool owners will likely replace their pumps because either their current equipment has reached the end of its life or they want to take advantage of the energy efficient benefits of today’s new systems.
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When a pool and/or hot tub company relies heavily on travelling to visit new clients or to provide services to existing customers, this aspect of the business is extremely important.
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