by host | Apr 2, 2024 | General, Pool Safety and Care, Uncategorized
Long before the phrases “environmentally friendly,” “climate change” and “global warming” crept into the lexicon, I can remember my father constantly admonishing his four baby boom kids to turn off lights they weren’t using, to stop wasting water they weren’t drinking... 
by host | Feb 29, 2024 | General, Pool Safety and Care, Uncategorized
As spring approaches, families everywhere are gearing up for pool season. While pools provide endless opportunities for fun and relaxation, they also present potential safety hazards, especially for young children. In this blog post, we’ll explore essential... 
by host | Jun 16, 2023 | General, Local Sarasota, Pool Safety and Care, Uncategorized
Scientists believe that a combination of geographic and atmospheric variables helps explain why hurricanes never seem to draw a bead on Sarasota. Local folklore, on the other hand, suggests our good fortune at avoiding “the big one” is the result of an old Indian... 
by host | May 25, 2023 | General, Pool Maintanence, Pool Safety and Care, Uncategorized
I am no stranger to pool care. Indeed, pool and lawn maintenance were a large part of my life growing up. Failure to perform one or both of these assigned weekly tasks could result in a dramatic loss of income (aka, allowance); or worse, the withholding of dad’s car... 
by host | Apr 28, 2023 | General, Pool Maintanence, Pool Safety and Care, Uncategorized
Where I came from up north, there were far fewer backyard swimming pools dotting the residential landscape than the huge number I encountered upon resettling in Southwest Florida. Up there, fewer pools meant fewer choices of pool service technicians. But thanks to our... 
by host | Mar 29, 2023 | General, Uncategorized
These days, you’d be hard-pressed to find an architect or custom home builder worth their salt who doesn’t begin the design process without first learning as much as possible about their client’s lifestyle habits and aspirations. Gathering such intelligence makes for... 
by host | Feb 24, 2023 | General, Uncategorized
The first time I ever heard of a saltwater pool, my mind immediately pictured my own swimming pool, but with rolling, sea-green water and foamy whitecaps, just like the ocean. Surely, I thought, this must be some newfangled way to purify your pool water without using... 
by host | Jan 23, 2023 | General, Pool Maintanence, Pool Safety and Care, Uncategorized
If you are a newcomer to Florida and fortunate enough to have your own swimming pool, its upkeep during what passes for winter in the Sunshine State will likely bear little resemblance to the winterizing techniques you may have used up north. In fact, some of those... 
by host | Dec 19, 2022 | General, Local Sarasota, Uncategorized
If you’ve ever spent a typical August day in Southwest Florida, you have no trouble understanding why so many homes in the region come fortified with swimming pools. Owning a pool affords you the opportunity to live your best Florida life in defiance of the state’s...
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