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Archives for July 2024
Water Saving Tips for Pool Owners
Fortunately, it hasn’t been a brutally hot summer thus far. We started off with a very wet spring and then it started to get hot, but fortunately we had a cool front or two mixed in. As of this writing, we are at eight 100-degree days, compared to twenty-two at this time last year. Last year we ended up with 55 days of 100-degrees or more, which was much more than our average of 20 days. Although … [Read more...] about Water Saving Tips for Pool Owners
Methods to Cool Your Pool Water & Pool Area
As of this writing (July 22nd), we have had eight days at or above 100 degrees, which is about the number that we would expect at this point on our way to our annual average of 20 days at or above 100 degrees. Although we are having some unseasonably cool weather right now, we know that it is just a matter of time before it heats up again. Traditionally, one of the solutions to dealing with … [Read more...] about Methods to Cool Your Pool Water & Pool Area
5 Hot Weather Pool Care Secrets from the Front Lines
The extremely hot weather arrived approximately one week early this year—the average date of our first 100-degree day is July 1st, but this year it arrived on June 23rd. History says that our two hottest months are July and August—we average 1.6 days of at least 100 degrees in June, 7.4 days in July, 9.7 days in August, and only 1.4 in September. As you can imagine, this hot weather can create … [Read more...] about 5 Hot Weather Pool Care Secrets from the Front Lines
Water Your Yard to Prevent Damage to Your Pool
We had a very wet first six months of 2024—our 30-year average is 36.14” of rain per year, and we are at 28.74” so far this year*. With that being said, we have received no rain in the past month—the last rain was on June 5th. Although there is now rain in the forecast, we have entered a time of year that is typically very hot and very dry. This can impact pools in the north Texas area, and we all … [Read more...] about Water Your Yard to Prevent Damage to Your Pool
