Tag: pool repair

How to tell its time to change your pool filter?

” How to tell its time to change your pool filter?” The word of thumb is to change your cartridge filter every two years if its a private pool.  For a rental property pool, you should replace them every season. Before you do you will want to do the spring opening with the old filter… Read more »

Time to fix your broken hand rails

” Off season is the time to fix your broken hand rails” Do you have broken or wiggly hand rails or ladders?  The best time to cut them out is now.  We will come and cut out the concrete around your pool hand rail or ladder.  Break up  the old concrete and remove the old… Read more »

Don’t over look simple pool repairs

” Don’t over look small pool repairs”  You may not even notice some small imperfections in your pool area.  As you can see in this picture a small bit of pool liner has come out of it’s track.  This small amount can turn into a very large problem with little effort.  All it takes is… Read more »

Leaking pool equipment?

Winter is the time to fix that leaking pool! Are you adding water more than twice a week?  If so, chances are you have a leak somewhere.  We will come and pressure test the plumbing.  If that holds we will move onto dye to find the pesky leak.  Once we find said leak I will… Read more »

Protected by a safety cover

Pool safety covers do more than just keep the leaves out.  The decision to spend the money on a nice form fit cover is sometimes hard.  But the cost to not cover your pool is much higher.  Not only does a cover keep out debris, it also keeps out the UV.  UV is the most… Read more »

Pool light timer on ocean front

For years now we have had the problem with pool lights burning out from renters leaving them on all week.  With that also comes the bugs covering the pool surface.  We were constantly caught in the middle between the owners and the rental companies.  The rental companies get the complaint from renters of the pool… Read more »

The best ways to remove a pool stain

Removing a pool surface stain can be very time consuming and frustrating even for a season pool cleaner.  Weather your pool is a plaster pool or a fiber glass the process is similar.  There is two ways I have found to get out the stains.  You can use a stain removing agent to pull the… Read more »

Grind it out pool guys

So today we are corolla and it’s blowing 45 mph and we are in a pool grinding plaster.  Grind a pool produces a ton of dust.  A empty pool with high winds is like being in a wind vortex.  Now add massive amounts of dust to the equation and boy do you have the recipe… Read more »

Change you Pool company

So we showed up at a new pool and spa account in Ocean Sands Corolla only to find the pool and spa never was winterized.  I retrieved the spa cover out of the pool and emptied the green spa.  Once I got it emptied and could see the bottom I found the spa filter.  This… Read more »