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Archives for 2024
Your Pool Flooded with the Recent Rain… Now What?
Heavy rain can wreak havoc on swimming pools—by exposing problems such as poor drainage and also by creating problems such as debris in the pool and water chemistry issues. Poor drainage If you have drainage issues, heavy rain can really expose them. The best way to determine if poor drainage exists is to observe the pool area during heavy rain. If poor drainage is an issue which causes rain … [Read more...] about Your Pool Flooded with the Recent Rain… Now What?
Tips for a Great Labor Day Weekend Pool Party
Labor Day weekend is typically a very big weekend for swimming pool parties, probably second only to the July 4th weekend. Before long, we will start having much cooler weather. With that being said, it is typically still very warm over Labor Day weekend, therefore pools will be a great place to be. Following is a checklist to assure that your Labor Day weekend pool party goes as … [Read more...] about Tips for a Great Labor Day Weekend Pool Party
Swimming Pool Safety for Dogs
Many of us at Gohlke Pools are dog lovers. Whether they are our pets or our clients’ pets, we get attached to them and we want them to have the best life possible, especially during the “dog days of summer” (no pun intended). With that being said, with the hot weather that we are currently experiencing, we are getting asked our opinion of whether dogs should be allowed in the family pool. … [Read more...] about Swimming Pool Safety for Dogs
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
5 Tips to Help Ensure a Great July 4th Weekend Pool Party
The July 4th weekend has always been the biggest weekend of the year for pool use. With Independence Day falling on a Thursday this year—many are also celebrating the weekend before (June 29-30) and/or the weekend after (July 6-7) July 4th. Following are five tips to assure that your July 4th pool party will be one to be remembered. There are many other pool games that can be found by … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Help Ensure a Great July 4th Weekend Pool Party
