Matt's Columns

August is historically our hottest month of the year. August is historically our hottest month of the year, as we average nine days of at least 100 degrees. Our second hottest month is typically July, in which we average six. These two months make up a majority of the eighteen days per year that we reach 100 degrees. Traditionally one of the solutions to dealing with this heat is the cool … [Read more...] about Six Ways to Cool Your Pool Water

Needless to say, July & August are our two hottest months. In July, we average six 100 degree days and in August we average nine 100 degree days. As you can imagine, this hot weather can create problems for swimming pools if the pool is not properly maintained. We care for hundreds of pools on a weekly basis, and although we don’t always succeed at keeping them all clear and beautiful, we feel … [Read more...] about 5 Hot Weather Pool Care Secrets from the Front Lines

The July 4th weekend is traditionally the biggest weekend of the year for pool use. With Independence Day falling on a Saturday this year and most area fireworks shows canceled due to the pandemic, pools will be a popular place to be over the July 4th weekend. Following are five tips to assure that your July 4th pool party will be one to be remembered. Be sure that your pool is readyTo avoid … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Help Insure a Great July 4th Pool Party

As of this writing (June 17th), we have not yet experienced our first 100 degree day of 2020. Our average date of our first 100 degree day is July 1st. We average eighteen 100 degree days per year, therefore we likely have quite a few of them ahead of us. Since weather records have been kept (1898), there have only been two summers in which we did not reach 100 degrees (1906 & 1973). With … [Read more...] about Weekly Pool Maintenance Tips

This year started out as one of the wettest we have ever had, but we are now in a period of no rain. It appears that the hot, dry weather will be the case for at least another 10 days—as there is no rain in the forecast. That combined with the hot weather that we are experiencing is really drying out area soils. The north Texas area tends to have pockets of fairly expansive soil—soil that … [Read more...] about Water Your Yard to Prevent Damage to Your Pool

It seems that the hot weather has arrived in the DFW area. We had a really wet start to the year, but we are now approaching the time of year where the heat and humidity settles in and rain isn’t as common. Although it is starting to warm up, the really hot weather (100 degrees +) doesn’t typically arrive until July & August—most of our 100 degree days in the DFW area (15.2 of our average of … [Read more...] about 100 Degree Weather Facts for the DFW Area