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Florida Homeowner Finds 100+ Frogs in Pool

After heavy rains, a Florida homeowner discovered dozens of tree frogs calling his pool home.

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iGarden Debuts in Europe: Redefining Outdoor Living at IFA 2025

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iGarden Debuts in Europe: Redefining Outdoor Living at IFA 2025

June 2016 New Spa and Pool Products

Water treatments, spas, rail goods and more — these new products have the industry talking this summer. Check 'em out!

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Prevent Fraud with Proper Cash Drawer Management

Employee fraud or embezzlement often takes place at the cash drawer. Good management procedures can stop it.

Single Family Home Sales Jump

New, single-family home sales shot up 16 percent from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 619,000.

What Should You Do When Customers Haggle?

Should you go with a low-ball offer, hold fast on your price or make a concession to win the sale?

Haggling is like a tug of war between you and your customer. What should you do?

Pools and Spas: Appreciating the Familiar

While some builders wow with over-the-top designs, others show even the simplest pools can be beautiful.

Michael Logsdon's simple, round pool.

VacuSeal Signs License Agreement with Watkins Wellness

The owners of Hot Tub Products (Wallingford, Conn.), has signed a license agreement with Watkins Wellness (Vista, Calif.), allowing them to manufacture VacuSeal covers for it line of swim spas.

2016 SOI Outdoor Living Report

Recent studies reveal shade structures are set to take off among homeowners, millennials in particular.

Studies show millennials are hungry for backyards like these, with defined decks and/or pavement and shade structures. (Photos courtesy of HB&G Building Products.)

California Eases Water Conservation Restrictions

Regulators in the Golden State dramatically reverse stance on statewide conservation measures.

2016 SOI Builder Report: Building Optimism

What are the biggest challenges pool and spa builders see today? How do they stay on top of education? How do they pitch to potential clients? We share the answers to those questions and more.

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Confessions of a Scaled Up, Stressed Out Pool Guy

Business schools tell us that if we want to succeed, we need to get bigger. But according to builder Al Curtis, you can stay small and still succeed.

Christen Mertes Joins S.R. Smith Team

S.R. Smith has named Christen Mertes to a newly formed commercial sales position. Prior to joining S.R. Smith, Mertes served as an aquatics industry inside sales & project estimator with 10 years’ experience in the commercial swimming pool industry.

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