When researching this list, I was surprised to find out about a lot of these facts. I was really surprised to find out that Ben Franklin swam at ALL! Check out this list of 7 Fun Facts About Swimming Pools and let us know if YOU Know any fun facts about swimming pools in the comments below. Happy Swimming! 65% of people in the U.S. don’t know how to swim. Swimming is a great cardiovascular…
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I was working at a local pool store in my hometown one day. I was a pool nerd. I helped thousands of people take care of their pool. I tested their water, told them what pool supplies they needed and when to add them, and even helped carry those supplies out to their car. I was a website designer too. I was in a rock band and designing the website for us and I thought,…
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Over the past two weeks, we have asked some pool experts across the country to share just one pool care tip with our readers. We would like to thank everyone for participating in this post. Hope you can learn a thing or two from these pool care experts. Rob Estell The Pool Pros In this video, I briefly explain the benefits of proper water circulation and movement of the top layer of the water in…
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When it comes to cleaning your pool, I always recommend you buy an automatic pool cleaner. Not for the hard cleaning jobs, just for your daily maintenance. It keeps your pool clean all season long, unless you have any major problems such as algae or staining. If you are going to invest in an automatic pool cleaner, I HIGHLY recommend you look into a robotic pool cleaner. A robotic pool cleaner doesn’t use your filter…
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While we were updating and redesigning Swim University, we decided that our affliate site, Pool Puppy, needed refreshing too. Pool Puppy is a search engine of pool and hot tub dealers in the united states. Launched in 2009, Pool Puppy was a simple search engine that asked you what state you were in and then gave results based on that. It was simple, but we felt we needed to improve the way users were searching…
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More and more homeowners today with a swimming pool in their backyard are considering outsourcing the pool maintenance to a professional swimming pool service company. Here are some of the pros and cons in making this decision. The PROS of Hiring a Pool Maintenance Company Save Time What is your time worth? Having your pool maintained by a swimming pool service company can be a fairly sizable time saver. Let’s do the math. Pool Cleaning:…
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Crazy or awesome? Some would go as far as saying this is down right dangerous!!! I remember when I was younger. My mom would flip out if I went outside in the cold air with a wet head after taking a shower. Not to mention what happened to George Bailey’s kid brother in “It’s a Wonderful Life.” He had hearing problems ever since. But some would argue that swimming in the winter, in freezing cold…
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Many hot tub and spa owners try to avoid draining their hot tub as much as possible, as this is the biggest maintenance item that you will need to do over and above the chemical maintenance of the water. This is especially true during the winter months, when the draining process is the most inconvenient. Change Your Spa Water Often It is recommended that you change the water in your spa every 3 months or…
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In 2007, we officially launched Swim University with a goal of providing pool and hot tub care, maintenance, and tips that was easily digestible for the average owner. Whether they were newbies or veterans. Our original design was a static site. Each page was created from scratch and we had hundreds of pages to work with. It was primitive to say the least. In 2009 we did a major overhaul to the site and made…
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I had the chance to interview Alice Cunningham of Olympic Hot Tubs. Alice Cunningham, the founder and co-owner of Olympic Hot Tub, has built one of the most successful and award-winning hot tub retail operations in the United States. In 1977, she and her husband sold their house, cashed in their savings and decided to start their own wood hot tub business together. The slow, struggling start in the late 70′s blossomed into a booming…
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