Solving the problems of Scale build up in swimming pools
The build up of scale on the side of a pool or on the surface of your pool cover is a problem that many pool owners face. This article will give some advice on how to deal with it. Scale or Limescale on your pool starts life as limestone in the rocks that our rain...
The Zodiac MX8 swimming pool cleaner. A suction cleaner that does the walls
New to the UK market in 2012 is the Zodiac MX8 swimming pool cleaner. It was launched in the US last year and has been getting some great reviews. The Zodiac MX8 is unique among suction pool cleaners. The first thing you notice is the “tank tracks” at...
The Tiger bites back
The launch of the Dolphin Supreme range has proved very successful for Maytronics so much so that it prompted its competitor Hayward, the manufacturer of the Tiger Shark automatic swimming pool cleaner, to lower its price and chuck in some freebies. The price of...
Why algae grows in your pool in the summer
This is an article about algae in swimming pools and it has got graphs in it. I am sometimes accused of being a bit nerdy, I don’t know why! Algae need light to grow, strong sunshine is algae’s best friend. Just when we are getting our pools ready for the...
I’ve bought an above ground pool – what else to I need?
So you have bought an above ground pool for the garden, you have errected it and filled it with water – what now? Well, first of all jump in and enjoy it! But you will need chemicals to keep the water clean and maybe you will want to warm the water up as well....You are reading the PoolStore Blog
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