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Aug 6, 2020
3 min

How to make sure pool water chemistry is right

If owning an eco-friendly swimming pool is part of your pool ownership plan you need to know how to make sure pool water chemistry is right. The swimming pool contractors from the Best Pro Pool Service in Atwater, California have tips and inspiration for you. If the strong smell of chlorine in the pool has you wondering if you have too much chlorine in the water or has you wondering what exactly is the right amount of chlorine you have a couple options. Hire a swimming pool m

Jul 29, 2020
2 min

Tips for hiring a California pool service contractor

Do you dread having to clean the swimming pool? Are you making a choice between swimming or cleaning it? We have tips for hiring a California pool service contractor who will free your time for swimming and enjoyment and not the drudgery of cleaning the pool! After all, if you’re working all day and you want to swim — you want to swim! You don’t want to clean a pool, if you don’t have to. Enjoying a pool with friends and family does mean you — or a pool contractor from Best P

Jul 9, 2020
2 min

How to design your family swimming pool

“We want a swimming pool!” If this is a refrain you have been hearing from your children, significant other or have been uttering yourself, what are you waiting for? How to design your family swimming pool is a process that might be fraught with tension, but it doesn’t have to be. It can be fun and exciting! Talk with the swimming pool contractors at Best Pro Pool Service in Merced, California and they will tell you that owning a pool in California is one of the best gifts yo

Jun 26, 2020
2 min

How To Get An Eco-Friendly Swimming Pool

There are many reasons swimming pool owners in Atwater, Merced and Turlok, California decide to make a change to an environmentally-friendly swimming pool. The pool contractors from Best Pro Pool Service work with pool owners who are in the process of having a pool constructed or if they want to know how to get an eco-friendly swimming pool. Eco- and environmentally-friendly swimming pools are becoming more prevalent as pool owners want to move away from using chlorine and ha

Jun 9, 2020
2 min

How to remove mold from the hot tub cover

You may not be using your hot tub too often right now — although some hot tub and spa owners do enjoy them year round. If you’re using it throughout the year but maybe not as often as you would in the winter or cooler months, you may go to uncover it and find there is mold on the cover. Ugh! How to remove mold from the hot tub cover is something the pool contractors from Best Pro Pool Service in Turlock, California talk with their customers about. Mold on the cover means that

May 27, 2020
2 min

How Much Does It Cost To Get A Swimming Pool?

The swimming pool service contractors from Best Pro Pool service get asked all the time, how much does it cost to get a swimming pool? They also get asked how much does pool service cost. While there are averages on the price of construction and pool service, the prices for each are as unique and different as the potential pool owners. When you have a swimming pool constructed there is no doubt you will have a structure you and your family will enjoy for decades to come. You

May 8, 2020
2 min

Upgrade your swimming pool with automatic cleaners

Even when you work with a swimming pool service contractor from Best Pro Pool service in Atwater, California you may still need to do a bit of between-visit clean up tasks. If you upgrade your swimming pool with automatic cleaners you can easily vacuum the pool if it gets dirty before the pool contractor arrives. An upgrade or swimming pool renovation project might include adding more automation to the pool. Automation can include timers, auto pool covers and an automatic cle

Apr 29, 2020
2 min

Have you checked the pool pressure gauge?

There are so many things you need to do and check and keep track of when you own a swimming pool. Have you checked the pool pressure gauge? Yes, the pressure gauge on the pool pump is something you will want to look at between pool service visits. Your swimming pool service contractor from Best Pro Pool Service in Atwater, California can write on the gauge what the correct reading should be. If you notice a change in the pressure — higher or lower — you will want to make note

Apr 7, 2020
2 min

How to have a pool in a small yard

Have you worried that your yard is too small for a swimming pool? How to have a pool in a small yard is one of the questions the swimming pool contractors from Best Pro Pool Service in Atwater, California answer all the time. You don’t need to have a huge yard to have a swimming pool. In fact, if you have a small yard you can still keep some yard space AND have a swimming pool. That’s the best of both worlds, right? Because swimming pools so many shapes and sizes you will be

Mar 8, 2020
2 min

How to keep your swimming pool clean

YAY, you’re a swimming pool owner! You love it, right? It’s a lot of work… right? You probably knew how much work went into swimming pool ownership when you decided to own one, but maybe you weren’t quite sure exactly how much work a pool would take. How to keep your swimming pool clean is something every pool owner asks him or herself and ask a pool service contractor. Atwater, California swimming pool service contractors from Best Pro Pool Service understand that cleaning a

Feb 10, 2020
2 min

Does the swimming pool water need to be shocked?

Super-chlorination! It sounds like your swimming pool is a super hero, right? Super-chlorination is the same as shocking the pool water. When the pool water is shocked, the pool contractor will add copious amounts of chlorine to, in essence, strip out all contaminants from the water and give it a fresh start. Does the swimming pool water need to be shocked? Your swimming pool contractor from Best Pro Pool Service in Atwater, California will let you know when, and why, your po

Jan 28, 2020
2 min

What is swimming pool algae?

Germs, bacteria and microscopic organisms and algae are everywhere and when they get into your swimming pool you will want to address them as soon as possible! What is swimming pool algae? It may not be something you think about until you go out to take a swim and the pool is green, black or brown and filled with murky water. The swimming pool service contractors from Best Pro Pool Service in Atwater, California can help keep algae from ever taking hold and can help clean it

Jan 5, 2020
2 min

How to landscape around your swimming pool

Your swimming pool is beautiful. The outdoor living space is relaxing and gives you a place to enjoy the sights and sounds of the pool when you’re not swimming. If you’re wondering how to landscape around your swimming pool in a way that highlights the pool itself, doesn’t distract from the outdoor living space and won’t harm the pool is something the pool contractors from Best Pro Pool Service talk with pool owners about. When planting around your pool space, think of how it

Dec 27, 2019
2 min

Could the pool be more eco-friendly?

Swimming pools are great! Swimming pools aren’t great for the environment, however. Families who are looking to reduce their carbon footprint and live a more eco-friendly life, maybe worried that having a swimming pool negates their efforts. Could the pool be more eco-friendly? Chances are, yes! Talk with the swimming pool contractors from Best Pro Pool Service and Construction in Atwater, California work with their customers to incorporate greener living and greener pool met

Dec 5, 2019
2 min

How will you pay for your swimming pool?

If you and your family have been dreaming of owning your own swimming pool, you may be wondering how will you pay for your swimming pool? That is a question the pool contractors from Best Pro Pool Service in Atwater, California talk with potential pool owners about all the time. Swimming pools aren’t cheap — let’s just be honest about that. BUT a pool of your own is such a wonderful way to spend time with family and friends, get in shape and have a staycation spot right outsi

Nov 28, 2019
2 min

Gifts for swimming pool owners

Whether you’re buying gifts for Christmas, birthdays or any other time of the year that requires you to get into gift-giving mode, we have some ideas for gifts for swimming pool owners. If you’re like most people and if you have a swimming pool, it is the focus of your time and your life. Of course, you want gifts to enhance that experience and we have ideas. These are especially helpful for the person who has everything or if you simply don’t want to give yet another gift ca

Nov 5, 2019
2 min

How to conserve swimming pool water

California is currently under fire hazard conditions, in much of the state. Many months of the year, California is also under drought conditions and under water conservation mandates. If you’re a swimming pool owner you may wonder how to conserve swimming pool water to save money and to comply with water conservation mandates. How to conserve swimming pool water There are some easy ways in which to conserve water in your swimming pool and the pool contractors from Best Pro Po

Oct 29, 2019
2 min

Should you have your swimming pool acid washed?

Have you closed your swimming pool for the season? Is your swimming pool still open? No matter which, should you have your swimming pool acid washed? It’s a question many of the customers of Best Pro Pool Service in Atwater, California ask us. Some of our pool customers aren’t even aware of the benefits of an acid wash, nor are they certain what it even involves or what makes it necessary. Acid washing removes metallic stains, organic stains and calcium deposits. Here are thr

Oct 8, 2019
2 min

How to safely use your hot tub in the winter

Is there anything better than a soak in the family hot tub in the middle of winter or especially in a snowstorm? We think not! The swimming pool and hot tub contractors from Best Pro Pool Service offer these how to safely use your hot tub in winter tips for all members of your family. A hot tub is an ideal way to warm up in the winter and to work out the aches and pains and that chill that seeps into your bones in the winter. If you’re using the hot tub in the winter you need

Sep 28, 2019
2 min

How to make swimming safe for your pets

If your dog loves to be with you all of the time, chances are he will want to be with you in the swimming pool, too. How to make swimming safe for your pets is something the swimming pool contractors from Best Pro Pool Service in Atwater, California talk with their pool customers about regularly. If your dog wants to join in the fun or if he just jumps right in without being invited, you will want to find ways to keep him safe when he’s swimming — and when he’s done swimming!