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The question always comes up on how do I do this or how do I do that. We’ve got the manufacturer’s product manuals and brochures all over the website. Sometimes this information isn’t enough.

If you were to look at the in ground pool photographic journey you would see a whole bunch of pictures showing the process of a pool we built. We take those pictures add information about what is going on in the picture and I think there’s a greater foundation for understanding.

Lately, we’ve been explaining to people over the phone, how to measure the corner radius of their in ground or onground pool. So, we kinda kicked ourselves in the butt and said “Why not put this on the web?”. We’ve been selling these safety covers for years and have always found it to be rather nice to talk with the customers about certain mechanics of a pool. Long and short of it is that we did put this how to information on the web and I really think it just goes a long way towards all of the other information we’ve put on the web, as a company.

So, we would like to get some feedback about whether or not you would like to see MORE, CUSTOMIZED ‘How To’ Information on propools.com.

This is the time of year where a lot of people really start thinking about next swim season and trying to decide whether or not they should tackle Installing an Inground Swimming Pool on their own or not.  There are conceptually two types of inground swimming pools.  First, is an inground swimming pool with a plaster finish and the second, is an inground swimming pool with a vinyl liner.  The plaster finish pool are not of the Do-It-Yourself type.  The Vinyl Liner Inground Swimming Pool IS a Do-It-Yourself type project.  Once you know this, the next thing to learn about is what the installation process entails.  Propools.com sells two types of Inground Swimming Pools for Vinyl Liners. 

First, and most popular is a Steel Wall Inground Swimming Pool. The "Steel Wall" refers to the wall material behind the vinyl liner.  We offer a photographic journey of steel wall pool construction.  Would you like to embark on that journey?  Yes  or  No.
Second is a newer style called a Polymer Wall Inground Swimming Pool.  Just like the "Steel Wall" pools, the "Polymer Wall" refers to the wall material behind the vinyl liner. We offer a photographic journey of polymer wall pool construction.  Would you like to embark on that journey?  Yes  or  No.

If you have any questions about swimming pool construction, please feel free to give us a call and we would be glad to speak with you.  Toll-Free 888-352-7582

The question has come up several times, "How should I winterize my in ground swimming pool?"  Let me add to that question onground swimming pools as well.

Consumer calls in "My vinyl liner in ground pool is losing water.  So I think I need a new liner.  Can we talk about it?"  I get this phone call often enough, so I figured it’s about time that I write something about it.  Let’s keep in mind that these phone calls in particular last anywhere from 20 - 30 minutes.  So, I’ll try and keep this brief and ONLY address an in ground vinyl liner pool leak.  Never should a vinyl liner pool be allowed to have the water drop more than 18" from the normally ‘full’ level.  Normally ‘full’ means the water level is approximately half-way up the skimmer mouth opening.

In Mid-December of 2009, someone I know here in Tennessee, rather than winterizing their inground pool or turning the filter system on during freezing temperatures, just left the filter system off. After having a few days of freezing or just below freezing temperatures they went outside to find their filter system plumbing had froze and broke. If any further damage was done to their equipment or other underground plumbing is currently unknown.

Should you find that your swimming pool’s filter system has frozen and broken, there’s really only one option - Fix It. Then the question is when to fix it? Should I wait until Spring or fix it right away? In short, the answer is to fix it right away, because if you have freezing temperatures for more than a short period of time, the plumbing in the ground may yet freeze and break if it hasn’t already done so.

Once the pool filter system plumbing has been repaired it would be worth the time & cost to have the underground pool lines which run from the filter system to the swimming pool pressure tested. This can be done in a few different ways. The crucial point is to have them pressure tested to determine if their are any other leaks in the pools plumbing system. Should a leak be detected during the process, it too should be located and repaired, immediately.

Once all repairs are made then the pool should be either winterized or simply allow the system to run continuously or turn the filter system on during freezing temperatures, thus decreasing the likelihood of the plumbing freezing and breaking again. There are many parts of the country where you cannot run the filter system year round. The reason is because the temperature is well below freezing for extended periods of time which may still cause circulating water to freeze. This would especially be true if the power were to go out, even for just a few hours.

If you have any questions or would like some assistance in sorting out how to replumb the filter system or would like some tips on how to winterize your swimming pool please feel free to give us a contact Propools at 888-352-7582.