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ThermoSpas President Andy Tournas On The New International Hot Tub Association (part two of two)

In the July issue, we asked ThermoSpas President Andy Tournas about his bold launch of the International Hot Tub Association. In that, the first of two installments, Tournas said he ...

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Croc Crops Up In Australian Swimming Pool

Earlier this year in the Australian city of Darwin, a 7-foot crocodile found its way into a backyard swimming pool. Mystery surrounds how the freshwater croc, dubbed ...

Pool Builder Leverages Pool-Design And Web-Conferencing Software In Sales Pitches

Joe Vassallo, owner of Paragon Pools in Las Vegas, has been building pools long enough to remember designing pools on old CAD programs.

New Pool And Spa Products For July 2011

From hot tubs and chemicals to drain covers and safety covers, AQUA's Splash section features the latest products for spa and pool retailers, builders and service pros.

Fire At Fiberglass Pool Factory Fosters Friendship

About two years ago, fire ripped through the LoneStar manufacturing plant in New Braunfels, Texas, causing $2 million in damage before firefighters from several ...

AQUA's Look At The Latest In Access Equipment

With new rules coming into effect from the Americans with Disabilities Act, access equipment will become a much more common sight alongside America's pools. Here are some excellent offerings from leading manufacturers.

Sell Them the Right Filter

The pros and cons of the main types of pool filters — sand, diatomaceous earth (D.E.), and cartridge.

Sand filters, while often preferred for pools with high dirt loads, take up more space on a typical equipment pad and are less hydraulically efficient than other types of filters. This job uses both a sand filter (for the pool) and a cartridge filter (for laminar-style water features). (photos courtesy Rick Chafey | Red Rock Pools)

Website Critique: Sonoma Valley Pool and Spa

When Sonoma Valley Pool & Spa re-vamped its website, which went live in early 2010, Jolie Rozema, who co-owns the business with her husband, Saul Rozema, says, ...

Leaking Pipe Responsible For 65,000 Gallons Draining Out Of YMCA Pool

Imagine showing up early Monday morning at your local pool, expecting to take an aquatic exercise class as you usually do, but discovering the pool empty — completely bone dry. This happened to a few ladies earlier this year when they arrived at the Johnstown, Pa., YWCA pool.

Florida Builder Encourages Colleagues To Stop Using Main Drains

Several new devices have come to market recently to deal with the very serious problem of entrapment. Some were mechanical, some were electromechanical. ...

Smaller Pools Selling In The Sunshine State

Sun Fiberglass Products has two manufacturing plants: one in Kentucky and one in Florida. At one time, a lot of the pools that rolled off the line from the Brookfield, Fla., facility stayed close to home.

Website Critique: B & B Pool and Spa

Bruce Bagin, president of B & B Pools & Spas, in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y., says his marketing firm, Marketing Works Now, has a lot to do with the recently redesigned ...

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