Pool Chlorine Alternatives: How Ozone Delivers Healthier Water
—What ozonation is and five reasons it makes swimming safer and more comfortable When it comes to your swimming pool, the ideal scenario is to enjoy a refreshing dip—without worrying about the havoc that chlorine might inflict on your skin, hair, lungs, and eyes. Your swimming environment shouldn’t be an anchor around your neck. To […]
Pool Chlorine: Why and How It Harms Skin—and What You Can Do About It
Ways to minimize chlorine’s impact on your body and other smart solutions Although chlorine is highly effective for disinfecting swimming pool water, it comes with a price: This chemical can be harsh on your eyes, hair, skin, nails, and even your lungs. Depending on your age, certain skin conditions, the amount of time you spend […]
Pool Water Testing: Why it’s Vital to Check These Four Chemical Levels
Tracking and balancing your pool water—and what could happen if you don’t! Regular pool water testing and maintenance of the chemicals are essential for ensuring a safe, comfortable swimming environment and preserving the longevity of pool finishes and equipment.
Lap Pools for Swimming at Home Deliver Benefits that Public Pools Can’t
Enjoy functionality and style in a private pool designed for fitness Form & Function: Unlike generic lap pools at public facilities, the design you have custom built for your backyard can have eye-catching features like this towering planter-cascade waterfall, as well as a private hydrotherapy spa. Swimming laps is an excellent form of exercise that […]
5 Ways to Protect Your Hair from Harsh Pool Chlorine
Simple steps that make all the difference Whether you’re an active or recreational swimmer, you’re probably familiar with how chlorinated pools can wreak havoc on your hair, skin, and nails. For your hair in particular, chlorinated water can break down and dry out the cuticle─leaving you with a brittle, tangled mess! Unfortunately, chlorinated swimming pools […]
How to prevent swimmer’s ear
How to prevent swimmer’s ear when enjoying your pool—5 tips Swimming may be lots of fun, but getting swimmers ear is not. If you feel itchy inside your ears, have drainage or inflammation in your ear canal, or pain inside your ear when you tug on your earlobe, chances are good you have a case […]
Why Swimming is so Healthy: 5 Reasons
—From ease on your joints to cardio benefits, how swimming delivers multiple fitness advantages Along with simple fun and relaxation, you can use a backyard swimming pool to achieve the body and health you always wanted.
Beach Entry Swimming Pools: Benefits, Costs & Design
—From style options to functionality considerations, is this popular feature right for you? Interest in beach entry swimming pools continues to grow among pool buyers, so let’s look at the great reasons why—and examine if this design feature makes sense for your new concrete (gunite/shotcrete) pool. What exactly does this decorative and functional option—also called a zero entry or walk-in […]
5 Healthy Reasons for a Backyard Pool
Fitness, family fun, convenience, hydrotherapy, and avoiding public-pool dangers Residential pools provide homeowners and their families with multiple opportunities for beneficial exercise, relaxation, and family fun in the privacy of their backyard. UPDATED Along with adding beauty to your outdoor space and value to your home, a swimming pool can contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
Beach Entry Swimming Pool Designs: In-Depth Guide to Benefits, Costs, Photos
—From style options to functionality considerations, is this popular feature right for you? —Updated August 2, 2020 Interest in beach entry swimming pools continues to grow among pool buyers, so let’s look at the great reasonswhy—and examine if this design feature makes sense foryournew concrete(gunite/shotcrete) pool.