Swimming Pool Care the Essential Guide


Book Description

In this book I cover everything you need to know about your pool care from chemistry to automatic cleaners. It also features sections for Pool Service Professionals and I expand on the popular BBB Method of pool care. Included in this book are over 65 QR Codes which will take you to a video on each of the pool topics covered in each section. Fighting a Green Pool? Scan the QR Code with your Phone or Device and you will see my YouTube video on how to clear it up. These videos make this book unique among all others. Subjects covered include: Algae Treatment & Green Pool Clean-Up, Balancing Your Pool Water, Pool Test Kits, Cleaning Tools Advanced Vacuum Systems, Cleaning your Pool Step by Step, Automatic Cleaners, Pumps & Motors, Filters, Pool Skimmers and Skimming Products, Pool Equipment & Problems, Timers and Automated Systems, Salt Water Pools, Metal, Stains and Scale in Your Pool, Money Saving Tips, So You Want to be a Pool Guy/Gal, Pool Construction and Remodeling, Also with the purchase of the book you will receive a free PDF Download of the eBook, a $9.99 Value! On the last page of the book is a QR Code for the PDF Download. About the Author: I am a Pool Service Professional with over 30,000 hours of practical experience. I currently maintain a pool route with about 90 service accounts. I have extensive experience in water chemistry, automatic cleaners, pool filtration, pool equipment and automated systems. I work in Southern California and have been in the pool industry since 1988 with a brief hiatus in the late 1990's to buy and sell Real Estate. Me and my wife have been following the Dave Ramsey plan for several years and we have paid off all of our debt plus three houses in Southern California - WE ARE DEBT FREE! I am the creator of the #1 Swimming Pool Channel on YouTube which attracts viewers from within the industry and your typical homeowner who manages their own pool. My YouTube Channel Started in 2012 has over 50,000 subscribers and over 30 Million video views to date.




Swimming Pool Ownership and Care


Book Description

This book is a compilation of all the Pro Pool Girl series, with a few extra tidbits including how to open and close a swimming pool. This book gives you guidelines, and money saving tips to enhance your enjoyment of your backyard oasis. A comprehensive collection of over 25years experience in the swimming pool industry Pro Pool Girl answers frequently asked questions and lets you in on the inside scoop of proper pool safety and care.




The Complete Pool Manual for Homeowners & Professionals


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Described as a lifesaver for pool owners, this book reveals how to save money on pool maintenance while handling poisons safely. Pool doctor Hardy draws on his 20 years of experience in the industry to reveal everything homeowners and professionals need to know about chemicals, mechanics, safety, repairing filtration, and more.




Pool Care For Dummies


Book Description

Crystal-clear advice for maintaining a crystal-clear swimming pool Keeping a swimming pool ready for use requires some chemistry know-how, an understanding of how pool mechanics work, and some time spent doing good old-fashioned cleaning work. Pool Care For Dummies offers a reliable, comprehensive resource for building the knowledge that lets you turn pool maintenance into a do-it-yourself task. Written by a certified swimming pool professional who started taking care of pools when she was 5 years old, this book helps you separate the good advice from the bad as you learn to build an upkeep schedule, figure out what chemicals you actually need and which are less-than-magical potions, and fix the common problems that plague all pool owners. With so much trustworthy pool care advice in one place, you can finally cut back on time spent searching for swimming pool advice and more time splashing with your friends and family! Learn how pools work and get the tools you need to keep your pool running Test your water and maintain a safe swimming environment Care for your and balance your above-ground or in-ground pool Know what to do when unexpected problems arise Private pool owners who need to know what’s what in the water will love this clear and complete Dummies guide.




Pool Care and Maintenance


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Pool ownership adds significantly to the value of a home and enhances water-related recreational activities around the home.Swimming pools are not just designed to serve recreational services, they can actually increase the price value of a home by more than 10% when properly maintained. Everyone wants a fascinating swimming pool , but only few are ready to invest time and energy in maintaining such wonderful area of their properties. If you own or intend to own one, you need to do everything within your power to ensure that it is well cleaned and maintained. In order to clean or maintain your pool properly, you need to understand certain aspects of pool maintenance and care. This is what this book teaches. From it you will understand:* the needs and requirement of your swimming pool * testing the pH of your pool and lowering or increasing it accordingly* routine maintenance such as: - netting, - brushing, - vacuuming and - cleaning the sand filter* how to ensure proper water chemistry and quality* how to make use of equipment and solutions such as clarifiers, filters and vacuum* preventing and removing algae from your pool* other general cleaning and maintenance stepsYou need POOL CARE AND MAINTENANCE. Get one today.




Pool Maintenance Made Easy (Second Edition)


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The author gives full explanations and chemicals used for each task performed to keep a clean, healthy swimming pool.




The Humane Gardener


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In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.




DIY Pool Care


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Taking care of your swimming pool doesn't have to be expensive! Before you buy one more bucket of Chlorine Tablets or another jug of that Algae Stuff, take a look at this Do-It-Yourself guide to cost-effective pool care techniques developed by swimming pool industry expert, Rudy Stankowitz. Using less chlorine while maintaining Algae Free pools is not impossible! For the first time, Stankowitz is sharing his backyard money-saving tips, hacks, and ancient pool pro secrets in this step-by-step guide. Developed over his three decades as a swimming pool professional, Stankowitz has put what had previously only been available as one-on-one sessions from his pool owner DIY Pool School into print. If you are going to purchase one book on swimming pool maintenance made easy, this is the book to buy.




Young House Love


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This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.