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Explaining Chlorine Demand To Customers Requires Simple Approach

John Puetz, director of technology for Advantis Technologies, understands how difficult it is for dealers to convey complex information about pool chemical maintenance to ...

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Should You Fix A Broken Pump Or Just Replace It?

The "This is not your father's Oldsmobile" campaign from 1988 simultaneously associated the General Motors brand with tradition, longevity and fundamental changes for the better.

Chlorine Under The Gun

Throughout my more than two decades covering various aspects of the aquatics industries, the use of chlorine to sanitize pools and spas has consistently stood as one of the most controversial subjects, if not the most controversial. Even the most cursory of retrospectives reveals a convoluted history of academic studies, both pro and con, and a constant flow of perspectives and counter perspectives from chlorine manufacturers and their competitors. Accusations of market-driven pseudo-science and rabid environmentalism have been commonplace and the debates have at times become extremely heated.

Can Moss Make Pools And Spas Cleaner?

If you're a service tech or a pool owner, a sentence that includes "swimming pool" and "peat bog" is ordinarily reason to panic. But an increasing number of people, searching for ...

2011 Green Product Roundup

Companies all over the nation have found that, contrary to what Kermit the frog might tell you, it's actually fairly easy being green — just provide sustainable products that ...

Mobile Filtration Saves You From Having To Drain Pools To Lower TDS

Most pool service technicians are not aware that they have an alternative to draining pool water to lower TDS, calcium, salt and conditioner.

Spotlight: Stewart Vernon, CEO, America's Swimming Pool Company, Macon, Ga.

A long with opening new pool service companies, ASP also does franchise conversions. What motivates a service company owner to become a franchisee?

Power Panels For Retail, Service And Building Pros To Kick Off IPSPE

A series of one-hour Power Panels will be held at the 2011 Int’l Pool | Spa | Patio Expo, each targeting a segment of the spa and pool industry. The sessions are designed to offer strategies and solutions for builders, service professionals and retailers to improve their businesses.

Product Focus On Winterizing Products For Pools And Spas

We call it "winterizing" — blowing out the lines, covering the skimmer, anchoring a cover and adding certain chemicals, etc. — as if we're preparing for winter, but in the North the ...

Pool Filter Media Are Only As Good As The Care They're Given

August is the heart of the swimming season, when the appeal of a cool, refreshing dip, and the resultant bather load, is at its peak. During these times of intensive use, the pool can become particularly vulnerable to problems such as cloudy water, loss of pumping efficiency and poor sanitizer performance, which may be traceable back to the filter media. It's a good time to consider the basics of filtration plus a few fine points that relate to three principal means — sand, cartridge and DE.

APSP Standard Becomes Federal Law Through VGB Act

The APSP recently announced that ANSI/APSP 16, a standard for suction fittings in pools and hot tubs, was approved by the Consumer Product Safety Commission July 29. The new standard will replace the ASME drain cover standard currently referenced in the Virginia Graeme Baker Act.

Two Service Industry Vets On The Virtues Of Automatic Pool Cleaners

Automatic pool cleaners come in all shapes and sizes: small sharks that suck and scrub, big bulbous robots that blow and brush, wall creepers and surface skimmers. ...

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