Eco Friendly Pool Cleaning Products

poolflowers.jpg (Photo courtesy of Sanctu) A clean pool is a happy pool. Well maybe not the pool, but its owners sure are. Standing water is prone to developing bacteria, so you need to keep your pool water algae ... . The EPA calls it an “extremely hazardous substance,” Thankfully, there are alternative pool sanitation [more...]

Date: 2007-08-21 18:20:18
Blog: Do It Green : A home f...

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Pool Harbor, Revisited

Pool Harbor, Revisited Filed under: Personal Thoughts — Gaius at 4:25 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2007 Last year, ... swimming pool. Yahoo. Pools are a lot of work, if you have never owned one or are lucky enough to be able ... hard work. But it is constant. The pool always needs something. Pools are a lot like cats. So today [more...]

Date: 2007-04-29 22:25:37
Blog: Blue Crab Boulevard...

Pool Corporation: Everything for the swimming pool

Filed under: Earnings reports, Home Depot (HD), Technical Analysis Spring is when folks start thinking about living out by the pool... ... that benefits an outfit in Covington, Louisiana. Pool Corporation (NASDAQ: POOL) is the world's largest wholesale distributor of pool supplies, operating 282 service centers throughout North America [more...]

Date: 2007-04-25 16:00:00
Blog: BloggingStocks...

Pools are expensive: Today cost us $400

Copyright © 2006-2007 Clever Dude. All Rights Reserved. Some of you may have caught me mention that we have an in-ground pool at our home. When we purchased the home almost 3 years ago, we weren’t looking for a pool. We’ve never owned a pool, our parents didn’t own a pool, but my aunt had an above-ground pool. All I remembered [more...]

Date: 2007-06-07 17:49:23
Blog: Clever Dude Personal F...

Articles - Legacy Pools at MacLean Gardens Offers On-Site Model (Video)

How would you like to custom choose your own in-ground pool, decking and landscaping all at one convenient location? ... the automatic pool cover works) in person. Legacy is all about diversity. Where most pool companies offer ... with no subcontractors like other pool companies. Legacy Pools is actually a division of Perma Glass Corp [more...]

Date: 2007-04-06 17:53:08
Blog: Geist Reservoir Communi...

Articles - Legacy Pools at MacLean Gardens Offers On-Site Model (Video)

How would you like to custom choose your own in-ground pool, decking and landscaping all at one convenient location? ... the automatic pool cover works) in person. Legacy is all about diversity. Where most pool companies offer ... with no subcontractors like other pool companies. Legacy Pools is actually a division of Perma Glass Corp [more...]

Date: 2007-04-06 17:49:19
Blog: Geist Reservoir Website...

new pool

Greetings Can you please help clarify the conflicting advice we are receiving from two inground fibreglass swimming pool retailers. What is the best cleaning solution to use to clean an inground under cover fibre glass swimming pool, the pool will be completely indoor - pool approx 11 x 4.5 and pool house 15 x 8 made of galv [more...]

Date: 2007-03-26 06:41:34
Blog: Ask the Expert...

Playdates

As most of you who have been reading this blog already know, I love to be around kids. I should probably clarify that statement just a bit ... , and go swimming at the base pool. This pool is fantastic. It consists of a Kiddie Pool, which has an umbrella ... . The second pool is a diving pool, which has the spring board and is 12 feet deep. The third (yes [more...]

Date: 2007-07-01 00:53:27
Blog: Moogies World...

Pools are expensive: Our yearly costs

Copyright © 2006-2007 Clever Dude. All Rights Reserved. Our Pool Thinking of installing your own pool? Want to know what to expect regarding yearly pool maintenance? We purchased our home in 2004 (that’s our pool in the picture), and the previous owners had already closed the pool when we moved [more...]

Date: 2007-07-11 11:00:45
Blog: Clever Dude Personal F...

Plane Shaped Pools

It seems that more than one person has had the idea of theming their swimming pool around aeroplanes… Here’s a small private plane-shaped pool in Miami. This is the Flying W Airport in New Jersey, where they have a cool plane-shaped pool ... exactly what that is, there’s definitely real planes parked right next to the pool. Very odd. Over [more...]

Date: 2007-04-26 13:04:33
Blog: Google Sightseeing...

What Type of Pool Fits Your Desire?

So you’re thinking about getting a pool. There are a few basic things to know about pools before you come to a decision ... in opposition to their above ground counterparts. There are four main types of in ground pools, vinyl ... recommended that you should seek professional help for this task. An above ground pool can be installed [more...]

Date: 2007-06-20 23:41:13
Blog: Behind the Walls : sha...

Seven Swimming Pool Planning Tips

Swimming pools are no longer a luxury that only the rich can afford. Today family of middle income status can have a pool right in their backyard ... , must know the laws and responsibilities governing pool design. Depending on the local definition of a “private or residential swimming pool,” the zoning ordinance or association law may impose [more...]

Date: 2007-05-27 09:31:18
Blog: Philippine Home Design ...

Solar Powered Pool Purifier makes swimming nearly chemical free

Solar Powered Pool Purifier Here at CG, we’re always on the look out for gadgets that not only make your pool experience more high tech, ... friendly swimming pool for the kids to cavort around! Cost is about $270.00 a piece and more than ... , they certainly don’t take the place of pool maintenance. Well now there may be something from Smart [more...]

Date: 2007-06-29 13:00:40
Blog: Coolest Gadgets - repor...

Pool kids!

At poolside are my friends Jacky (a lurker to this blog) and Sandy, plus Mark and Mike (who cleverly fixed the gas line to the pool) ... up the pool heater to 95 degrees to test it and WOW it was like a spa vacation. The pool temperature ... . In the pool are (from left) Caly, Jennifer, Sarah, and Kimmy. My! They are very good swimmers [more...]

Date: 2007-07-12 02:58:46
Blog: Subtle oak flavor; Plea...

Is a Swimming Pool a Money Pit?

“I have barbecues, swim in the pool with my babies. I’m a man of simple pleasures.” – Anthony Anderson Swimming Pool ... s not an extravagance. Watching a tanker pump 30,000 gal. of water into an empty pool at a cost of $1,200 gives new ... Jeanine and I equate having a swimming pool with the good life. I’m not sure where this idea first [more...]

Date: 2007-08-06 13:36:31
Blog: Queercents...

Jefferson attorneys want return of raided papers in bribe probe (Above Ground Pools)

New Orleans Times-Picayune - Wal-Mart's parking lot is currently a staging ground for other operations ... interrupted by a bat, the ground PRWeb - The store sells above ground pools, pool chemicals, pool toys, pool covers and pool fencing equipment, among other recreational water-related items like spa accessories [more...]

Date: 2007-05-10 17:38:06
Blog: Above Ground Pools...

Swimming Upstream

I swear, I intended to give the existing parks, future parks, and park facilities thing a rest today ... . Chico has three public swimming pools. They are Shapiro Pool (Chico Junior High), Pleasant Valley Pool ... pools, two are falling apart. A local pool builder has suggested that the only way to fix Shapiro [more...]

Date: 2007-07-31 16:55:08
Blog: Commission Impossible...

Summertime Meme

Summertime Meme Jun 13th, 2007 by Sha Pool OR Jacuzzi: Right now, a nice cold pool. Ocean OR Pool : I’m a pool girl ... t do the whole swimming in pools. Proven when I went to Greece and refuses to swim out with the rest ... as our means to cool down for my parents always had it out to water the lawn. The fun being, jumping [more...]

Date: 2007-06-13 08:06:51
Blog: Dreaming the dream - T...

Driver all wet, in jail after pursuit (Inground Pool)

West Memphis Evening Times - The chase continued onto Gammon Road until the suspect got into curves in the road near the levee where he went off ... , filters and other pool parts. For above ground pools or large inground pools ... into an inground swimming pool. He Journal Gazette and Times Courier - I have a 3br/ 3 ba home, 1900 [more...]

Date: 2007-03-11 06:35:24
Blog: Inground Pool...

Carpet cleaning, stretching and pool maintenance

rental home in Avondale before the tenants moved in.  I’ve also been dealing with green water in the pool for the past month ... .  Imagine what that does to a pool. Side note: Yes we have crazy ass sandstorms.  It looks ... -$100 for 1-2 rooms working on the side. For those with pools…  Pool stores are evil.  They keep [more...]

Date: 2007-07-25 07:00:14
Blog: Live Learn Invest - Liv...

Chandler man fighting HOA over pool heater (Pool Showers)

A solar swimming pool heater and pending state legislation is fueling a fight between Chandler resident Matt Burdick and his Lantana Ranch ... , Maine - A 3-year-old child drowned Monday in a 3-foot-deep swimming pool at a child care center, police ... from certain what kind of swimming pool should be built in Sioux Falls. Now, the election date [more...]

Date: 2007-05-10 23:35:05
Blog: Pool Showers...

Installing a Pool

Nothing say summer like time spent at a pool and in this week’s episode of Floorplan, ... for installation. They discuss solar options, vinyl vs. fiberglass vs. above ground. They speculate on what pool ... budget. Ranging from above ground pools that can cost as little as $5,000 to fiberglass pools [more...]

Date: 2007-06-23 02:09:22
Blog: OpenHouse New York ...

Pool Party.... Or Not

It's so hot here I just want to lay in the pool and do nothing all day. But my pool is not my friend right now ... to the water. So tomorrow I'm heading back to the pool place with another water sample to see ... . When we went to Louisiana I had someone taking care of everything but the pool... How I forgot [more...]

Date: 2007-08-10 02:28:52
Blog: Hunna's Happenings...

Inground Pool - 2007 Home Garden Guide: Directory of vendor exhibits

Read this article Covington-based Pool Corporation has established a mortgage brokerage services business to loan customers the money to buy their swimming pools. Nearly half of all inground pool purchases are financed, according ... ; G Investments LLP Robert Cooper Const. 2139 S. COVINGTON, La.----Pool Corporation announced today [more...]

Date: 2007-03-11 06:35:24
Blog: Inground Pool...

Lounging by the pool

Lounging by the pool Had an interesting surprise awaiting me as I returned home from my 2 week long isolation with nothing really but a dog for ... in our living room. So yes we currently have our own swimming pool in our common area…how many other ... the road so the idea of having a pool to soak ones feet in is awfully tempting. The job of cleaning [more...]

Date: 2007-04-20 11:52:19
Blog: Protected Blog Login « ...

Pool Party

About midweek last week the weather forecast promised us a Sunny weekend ~ so we thought we would have a pool party on ... on their swimming costumes and were in the pool within a few minutes ~ the water was so cold but they didn't ... Sunday ~ so we put the pool up and as it takes 48 hours to fill we got on with the job [more...]

Date: 2007-08-15 20:26:19
Blog: Life with ally...

I’m a Magnet, I Tell You!

While some guys pride themselves on being chick magnets - whether it’s because they drive a hot car, have a hot body, ... in the kiddie pool with Audrey’s boys at the pool club, I have inadvertently gained a cult following among ... allowed in the doggy pool at my house!). But as soon as I step foot in the “piss pool,” as my husband [more...]

Date: 2007-06-25 15:27:14
Blog: Pinks & Blues Girl...

Kreepy Krawly

I picked up an automatic vacuuming system for the pool (the boy proving less than reliable for keeping the algae at bay when I'm away) ... , if the user is not directly involved, i.e. right then & there, then they can't be sure that the pool is being cleaned in accordance with their 'pool vacuum preferences'. Two comments: Sometimes the pool [more...]

Date: 2007-07-16 11:28:08
Blog: ConnectID...

Types Of Swimming Pools

Types Of Swimming Pools Filed under: Misc, Real Estate, Sports, Familes, Home Improvement Swimming pools provide a great way to relax, exercise, ... .  To efficiently and safely operate a swimming pool, you’ll need to have a pump, basin, water filter ... Of Swimming Pools Comments Off 1:13 pm | [more...]

Date: 2007-02-19 18:09:54
Blog: Announced Articles & P...

New Regulations Requiring Pool Alarms

Thinking about having that pool installed in the back yard? Well if so, you are going to have to install a pool alarm to prevent drowning incidents ... residential or commercial swimming pool constructed or substantially modified after December 14, 2006 ... with safety covers are exempted from the new rules. For a full statement of the Department [more...]

Date: 2007-07-12 13:12:08
Blog: New York Legal Update...

Rainy Day Entertainment

We were going to go to the pool today. That was the plan. That was the promise to the kids. The town pool opened this weekend, and we'd be there ... to the pool, to see if we could get in a swim before the rain started. But it was closed. No, I didn't have my information wrong. They'd had a problem with their pool chemicals and the water wasn't [more...]

Date: 2007-06-03 21:08:26
Blog: The Simple and the Ordi...

Pool Nightmare

Okay. Here's my story. It seems small compared to other of life's problems but it ranked as a bad day at the time. We have an above ground pool ... the water clear. Every winter no matter how you secure the cover the pool gets filled w/all kinds of crap ... get rid of it. But Lisa voices that she wants the pool opened and that her and her friends would [more...]

Date: 2007-06-18 12:33:17
Blog: Get Your Own...

Minnows' pool of death (Inground Pool)

Daily Telegraph - Have boots will travel. You can't fault Portugal's commitment to the World Cup cause - no wonder the celebrations got a little ... in the sport of swimming that go out there and swim for second Beurs.nl - Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. (SWP.T ... who clinched the 20th and last Guardian Unlimited - The review team, drawn from a pool of [more...]

Date: 2007-05-12 02:13:18
Blog: Inground Pool...

There's Nowhere to Hide.........

This weekend I did something I haven't done in a long time. Absolutely nothing. One of my best friends called and invited me to a pool party ... at the pool party and promptly snatched up a lounger next to the pool. I proceeded to make myself a cocktail ... my boys to a pool party, I would have spent the entire time on edge. Making sure they were safe [more...]

Date: 2007-07-09 12:31:45
Blog: Nineteen Sixty Nine...

Another pool gadget … the ExerSwim

Exerswim With summer coming within a few weeks, there are many swimming aides out there for doing laps without going to the local pool ... to be a more portable knockoff to the Endless Pool. Dubbed as a “swimming treadmill,” the ExerSwim ... in at 55 pounds and promise an easy setup of about 15 minutes. Both require an open pool deck space [more...]

Date: 2007-05-12 13:00:30
Blog: Coolest Gadgets - repor...

A Tour Of Three Pools

As the rain teemed down yesterday, I spent quite a lot of time looking at water indoors when I was taken on a tour of three different swimming pools ... was given on the Harborne Pool situation which, after years of low maintenance, now requires ... - the tank as viewed from under the promenade. The pool itself was being well used by children [more...]

Date: 2007-06-26 11:23:34
Blog: Deirdre Alden's Blog...

Pool Safety

RSS FEED Back to QDnow Home Listen Now Download the audio file Hey there! ... the fence is still recommended. There are automatic pool covers and pool nets available ... . Today’s Topic: Swimming Pool Safety Tips for Keeping Children Safe In and Around Swimming Pools [more...]

Date: 2007-06-02 08:10:13
Blog: The Mighty Mommy's Quic...

Mosquito Spraying This Week In Berks & Lycoming Counties

From DEP Statements HARRISBURG, Wed., June 27 — Weather conditions permitting, ... ornamental pools or stock them with fish. Clean and chlorinate swimming pools not in use. A swimming pool ... over plastic wading pools when not in use. Stagnant water in a wading pool becomes a place [more...]

Date: 2007-06-27 18:54:05
Blog: The Bud Angst Report ...

Sportland Aquatic Park

Sportland Aquatic Park Posted in Leisure on August 20th, 2007 Item: Sportland Aquatic Park Location: Brebbia, Italy by Alessandro Review: ... is there a professional indoor olympionic swimming pool but also ‘fun’ pools outside. By fun pools ... you to a heated indoor pool 3 short straight slides and one kamikazi slide which goes really fast. [more...]

Date: 2007-08-20 22:30:13
Blog: ReviewStream.com...

The most crowded pool I have ever seen

Filed under: Outings, Amusement parks My daughter is obsessed with being in the water ... SWIMMING! I'M SWIMMING!" Now that temperatures in Texas are regularly in the triple digits, the pools ... . She asks if we can go swimming every time we're together, and whenever we're actually at the pool [more...]

Date: 2007-08-16 10:04:00
Blog: ParentDish...

State mandates laws regarding swimming pools

Rose Anthony's letter regarding swimming pools affords an opportunity once more to address the code requirements for them ... pool, I believed we were talking about an inflatable blue pool, the most common type of the storable variety of pool. I am sorry for any misunderstanding. [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 09:18:12
Blog: Fulton Valley News - Fr...

The Pool Treadmill

pool-treadmill.jpg If your apartment complex pool is anything like ours, it's 10 feet wide and 20 feet long, which means you can do about 5, ... , but it's pennies compared to remodeling your pool to fit more than two old dudes and some kids. – ... 000 laps before you get tired. What we need is a pool treadmill, this $3,999 gadget that creates [more...]

Date: 2007-06-23 05:30:11
Blog: Gizmodo Australia, The ...

Orlando Florida | Home Improvement Ideas

The Endless Pool is a counter-current swimming and water exercise machine small enough to fit inside a home or outside. Are you an avid swimmer? ... of materials and styles. · These pools fit in most indoor and outdoor ground-level spaces. Simple ... Want a swimming pool and don’t want to give up your entire yard for a pool? Install an Endless [more...]

Date: 2007-08-07 15:44:39
Blog: Orlando Florida | Homes...

Swimming Pool and Water Stolen From Yard

Daisy Valdivia is annoyed that someone stole her backyard pool — and baffled at how they did it without leaving behind a splash, drip or 1_main ... , inflatable, 10-foot diameter swimming pool gone from her back yard Wednesday. Valdivia told ... , and 5 a.m., when she awoke. She’s amazed someone could steal the pool that quickly and just wanted [more...]

Date: 2007-07-27 00:36:09
Blog: MicroTechXP ...

Exercise: The Pool Treadmill

pool-treadmill.jpg If your apartment complex pool is anything like ours, it's 10 feet wide and 20 feet long, which means you can do about 5, ... , but it's pennies compared to remodeling your pool to fit more than two old dudes and some kids. – ... 000 laps before you get tired. What we need is a pool treadmill, this $3,999 gadget that creates [more...]

Date: 2007-06-22 21:54:14
Blog: Gizmodo, the Gadget Gui...

What diseases are lurking in the swimming pool that you use?

More People Catching Diseases in Pools May 31st, 2007 @ 9:52pm Ed Yeates Reporting Be careful when you jump in that pool this weekend ... with the Salt Lake Valley Health Department takes samples of the water. “This pool has a little bit of extra ... . A national report issued by the Centers for Disease Control says recreational water illnesses [more...]

Date: 2007-06-03 15:00:45
Blog: Project Disaster ...

Review: Nylon Toddler Pool for Backyard Summer Fun

(Jumping in sunshine is one thing you cannot do with a bath tub.) ... with a pump. On the Spring Pool, there is almost nothing to inflate! The floor and walls are heavy-duty ... Spring Pool by Swim Ways is an interesting toddler pool that meets my stringent pool criteria [more...]

Date: 2007-06-28 08:08:20
Blog: Thingamababy...

It’s a date: Meet with Friends

We spent Pen’s 2nd day here in Singapore meeting friends. I have to work from home that Friday so Pen will not be left alone in the condo ... The Pool. Since it was a Friday morning, there was virtually nobody swimming. Unlike during weekends, the pool is like a Benetton commercial - united colors. Hihihi Kiddie Pool Kiddie pool [more...]

Date: 2007-08-20 05:35:50
Blog: janep.org | the singapo...

Blue Haven Pools & Spas

This is a great business opportunity for anyone to look at and at the same time has some good deals if you have been able to save a little cash or ... Pools and Spas is a great way to do some remodeling in the home and find swimming pool supply ... find another stream of income that is helpful. Many of you want to relax or build the nice pool [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 16:48:31
Blog: Business Opportunity | ...

Should Your Home Valuation Deserve To Appreciate If You Install A Pool?

Real estate agents claim that the valuation of a property can be boosted if it contains any one of these amenities, also known as extras or optional niceties for your home: Swimming Pool View Landscaped Grounds ... with a swimming pool on it. If you ask me, these are the types of pools I prefer, because they are innocuous… [more...]

Date: 2007-07-21 14:34:14
Blog: Money and Personal Fina...

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