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Gohlke Pools Blog
Why Does It Take So Long to Get a Pool Built Right Now?
In our 63 years in business, we have never seen such a misalignment of supply and demand of swimming pools. The demand for swimming pool construction right now far exceeds the supply. As a result, pool construction is taking much longer than it ever has. Pool construction projects that used to take from 8-12 weeks from the first meeting to swimming are now taking at least twice that long. Why is … [Read more...] about Why Does It Take So Long to Get a Pool Built Right Now?
Pool Season Is Rapidly Approaching
Believe it or not, we were having a mild winter until the great freeze of February occurred. At that point, we had had only had 8 days at or above freezing. But all of that starting changing on February 9th when it hit freezing and didn’t let up for 12 days, reaching a low of -1 on February 16th, which is one of the few times in the last 125 years that it has been below zero. These low … [Read more...] about Pool Season Is Rapidly Approaching
The Perfect Storm—Why the Pool Industry is Experiencing Delays
Oxford Languages online dictionary defines a perfect storm as “a particular bad or critical state of affairs, arising from a number of negative and unpredictable factors.” In a nutshell, that is exactly what has happened to the pool industry to cause the delays. The confluences that have caused the delays that the pool industry is currently experiencing is the shortage of skilled craftsmen, … [Read more...] about The Perfect Storm—Why the Pool Industry is Experiencing Delays
How to Select a Contractor
There are many very good contractors in the area, but there are others who are not reputable and likely do not have the knowledge and/or financial resources necessary to be a contractor. Unfortunately, the growth in the area is resulting in unqualified contractors entering the market. Currently, there is much more work than there are contractors to do the work. This combined with the fact that the … [Read more...] about How to Select a Contractor
Updated Freeze Damage Information
Our team is working very hard to take care of our clients, but as you can imagine, there are some challenges due to the amount of freeze damage that the area experienced. We will continue to work to make repairs until everything has been taken care of. We are grateful that the pool season is still a few months away. Following is some information that will hopefully help you. What to Do If … [Read more...] about Updated Freeze Damage Information
Dealing with Damages from Power Outages and the Hard Freeze
Due to the widespread power outages and record low temperatures, we are seeing a lot of pool equipment damage. Please be careful with icy ground conditions and check on your pool equipment as soon as you are able. The condition of it will fit into one of the following categories. Please review them and use the subsequent action plan: Everything is running as normal If the pool … [Read more...] about Dealing with Damages from Power Outages and the Hard Freeze
I Think That I Might Have Freeze Damage
The recent cold weather provided us both of the extreme weather events that can cause freeze damage—long periods of time with temperatures below freezing and extremely low temperatures (lowest temperature recorded since February 1899). Most pools would have been avoided having any damage even with the extremely low temperatures, but the real outlier from past freezing weather events were the power … [Read more...] about I Think That I Might Have Freeze Damage
How To Prevent Freeze Damage This Weekend
It has been a fairly mild winter thus far, but it appears that will change this weekend, with lows expected to be as low as the single digits on Monday night. What can really be difficult on pool equipment is consecutive number of hours below freezing—which we are expecting from Friday night until Wednesday (over 100 hours). It has been 25 years (January 30-February 5, 1996) since we have had that … [Read more...] about How To Prevent Freeze Damage This Weekend
