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Guide to the Essential Swimming Pool Services

Swimming pools are a great source of entertainment during the summer but not only if they are built indoors swimming is a great exercise that uses your entire body’s muscles, toning and strengthening your body while increasing your metabolism.

Adding a swimming pool to your property will increase your houses value besides the fact that it will allow you to exercise and relax when and as you please.

To build a swimming pool you will require hiring professional swimming pool services in order to get the job done the right way because many factors are involved in order for your swimming pool to function well for example, the drainage of the swimming pool, connection to the water supply, heating and the proper everyday functioning.

Finding professional swimming pool services should not be hard as there are a variety of them available however, you must ensure that they have a local office and maintenance team that can get to your house fast in case of any malfunction. Search online, yellow pages or the local newspaper to locate the closest swimming pool services company and also check their references, comments and reviews.

Good Price and Guarantees

The reason why most people will hire professional swimming pool services is that they will guarantee the work and swimming pool to function as desired as well as provide additional maintenance, which can sometimes be free of charge, depending on the individual contract.

A good swimming pool services company will extend their services to you for discounted prices even after your contract has expired because you are their customer.

The services that you will require every year for your swimming pool will be cleaning, painting and the occasional repairs. The suns rays, chlorine and even the sun block the you use on your skin when you get in the swimming pool has a damaging affect on the pool paint, which will peel or fade in time and therefore will need redone.

The best prices for swimming pool services can only be found through a thorough research or from recommendations of others who have built a swimming pool.

Enjoy Swimming Everyday

Having a swimming pool in your home will not be cheap but the rewards will be more then worth your while, as you will be able to swim daily if you please, entertain family and friends as well as relax and rejuvenate your body and mind through the calming effects of a swimming pool.

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August 23, 2008

Store Your Pool Toys and Help Increase Swimming Pool Safety

Discuss - Have Fun!! Be sure and supervise your children carefully and to keep the chemicals out of reach. Also remember that pool covers are meant to keep debris out of the pool and are not meant as a safety device to keep children safe.

Excessive toy clutter upon a swimming pool deck or the areas around a built-in pool can lead to falls and serious injuries. Keeping the swimming deck areas clear will help reduce the risk of unnecessary falls. Children tend to pull out all of the pool toys then swap their preferences all day long. Moms and dads, doubling as life guards, have the constant job of tidying up while the kids play.

Wooden decks adjacent swimming pools are notorious for being slippery. With children getting in and out constantly, the pool deck can quickly become an ice skating rink. If the deck is also cluttered with multiple rafts, noodles, beach balls, ducks and float rings, the chance of slipping on the deck increases.

Many people choose to throw their toys over the side of the pool into the yard. The toys may be out of the way, but when the kids use them again, they bring grass and dirt back into the pool. An alternative to throwing the toys overboard is to somehow neatly store them near the swimming area.

If your deck is large, and you don’t mind giving up deck space, products are available both locally and online. A bench seat with storage underneath or a container product, similar to a cooler, both allow for storage of smaller toys and accessories. Larger toys such as rafts and plastic boats require a different storage solution. Decorative netting is now being utilized to hold pool toys of all sizes. The advantages of using a net are many. They save precious deck space. They are attractive and convenient. They are available in many sizes to accommodate large and small families.

Discuss - The backwash discharge from an Copper Ionization treated pool is safe for use on lawns and in gardens since it does not contain any salt or sodium. Backwash from pools treated with salt water systems can kill plant life, sterilize soil preventing plant growth and is prohibited in many municipalities in the United States and Australia (where salt water systems were invented).

Whichever pool toy storage solution you prefer, remember to teach your children to help keep the deck areas clear. This will help take some of the work off your shoulders and teach them valuable pool safety lessons.

 

Gregory Fort and his wife Kathleen are the owners of Pool-Pockets, Your Pool Toy Storage Solution. You can visit their website at http://www.pool-pockets.com.

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August 4, 2008

Pool Safety - Saving Lives Through Common Sense

Discuss - Make sure the swimming pool cover conforms to state and local law requirements. Some areas require that a certain size and depth of pool be covered when not in use.

POOL SAFETY: SAVING LIVES THROUGH COMMON SENSE

FACTS:

* The third greatest risk to children in America is drowning

* Throughout the world an average of 30 people per hour drown in pools, at beaches, and in other bodies of water. A large percentage of these victims are children 5 years of age and younger.

* In the United States the second leading cause of unintentional death in persons from 5 to 44 years old is drowning.

* For children under 14 years of age the primary cause of unintentional death is drowning.

* Drownings and near drownings tend to happen when children are in familiar surroundings being supervised by a parent. The drownings usually occurred during a supervisory lapse.

* Almost 70% of all children who were accidentally submerged were not expected to be near the pool at that time. 65% of these accidents happened in a pool owned by the family.

* It takes as little as 2 inches of water and 2 seconds for a child to drown.

Discuss - Chlorine powder is important in killing germs such as algae and bacteria that live in your pool and multiply at extremely fast speeds. To eliminate these germs, you should use a large amount of chlorine powder in your pool.

* Children less than 1-year old are more likely to drown in buckets and bathtubs than older children are.

* In 90% of backyard drowning cases the parents eventually divorce.

* Drownings and near drownings occur in pools with perimeter fences and gate alarms.

ALWAYS THINK OF SAFETY:

* Never leave a child unattended in a pool, tub, or spa.

* Police both the areas inside and outside your pool. To gain access children may use chairs, boxes, ladders, and other objects left outside the pool.

* Wadding pools, buckets, and drains should be emptied of water when not in use and must be closely supervised when in use.

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* If your pool is easily accessed through your home lock doggie doors.

* Never prop open a gate and leave it unattended.

* Install a passive infrared alarm system that will protect the entire pool area. Simply putting an alarm on the gate or door is not enough. Such alarm systems can be neutralized and once this occurs there is nothing between your child and the water.

* Remember young children are usually naturally curious about the water but often lack an understanding of the dangers involved.

* Stress water safety.

* All members of your family should learn how to swim.

Pool safety is not an accident. Sound planning, careful supervision, and an alarm system that cannot be compromised are important elements that will help ensure the well being of your children and their friends. These efforts will not go unrewarded.

 

Discuss - If possible find a broker with experience in home improvement loans and swimming pool financing. A bank equity loan is not the same as a this type of loan and will almost certainly cost you more.

Ian Partridge first got interested in swimming pool safety when he was approached to sell a pool alarm. What resulted was a site called http://www.safetyalarms.com which is a growing resource for pool safety.

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