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What Color Is Your Swimming Pool?
A Homeowner's Guide to Trouble-Free Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Maintenance
Alan Sanderfoot(0)
About
Keep your swimming pool, spa, or hot tub clean and inviting with beautiful sparkling water. Covering all essential maintenance procedures, this easy-to-use guide shows you how to expertly and inexpensively care for your backyard water features. With advice on everything from basic cleaning routines to doing your own repairs, Alan E. Sanderfoot tells you what you need to know about water filtration systems, pumps, motors, heaters, winterizing, and more. Enjoy the pleasures of healthy, crystal-clear water for less money and less trouble!
This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
Alan E. Sanderfoot, author of What Color Is Your Swimming Pool?, is the former editor and associate publisher of AQUA Magazine, the leading trade magazine for the pool and spa industry. Forget costly commercial pool maintenance. You can establish your own pool-maintenance routine and save money with sparkling results. With the easy-to-understand information and clear photographs and illustrations in What Color Is Your Swimming Pool? you'll learn about every aspect of pool maintenance, including:
* Basic construction of all types of pools
* Easy, step-by-step cleaning routines
* Basic water chemistry and treatment
* Winterizing and opening
* Making simple repairs
* Selecting and caring for pool components, such as filters, pumps, motors, and heaters
* Caring for hot tubs and spas
* Pool safety
Acclaim for the first edition of What Color Is Your Swimming Pool?
"Pool owners puzzling over the best way to keep the water safe and clear are bound to find enlightenment here."
- Better Homes & Gardens Remodeling Ideas
"If your swimming pool looks more like the Cuyahoga River after a heavy rain than the Caribbean on a clear, sunny day, this book is for you."
- Cleveland Plain Dealer Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Basic Pool Types and Construction
2. Water
3. Water Treatment
4. Filtration Systems
5. Pumps and Motors
6. Pool Heaters
7. Pool Covers
8. Pool Cleaning
9. Pool Accessories
10. Winterizing the Pool
11. Opening Up the Pool
12. Pool Face-Lifts
13. Pool Repairs to Do Yourself
14. Pool Safety
15. Hot Tubs and Spas
Appendix
Glossary
Index
This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
Alan E. Sanderfoot, author of What Color Is Your Swimming Pool?, is the former editor and associate publisher of AQUA Magazine, the leading trade magazine for the pool and spa industry. Forget costly commercial pool maintenance. You can establish your own pool-maintenance routine and save money with sparkling results. With the easy-to-understand information and clear photographs and illustrations in What Color Is Your Swimming Pool? you'll learn about every aspect of pool maintenance, including:
* Basic construction of all types of pools
* Easy, step-by-step cleaning routines
* Basic water chemistry and treatment
* Winterizing and opening
* Making simple repairs
* Selecting and caring for pool components, such as filters, pumps, motors, and heaters
* Caring for hot tubs and spas
* Pool safety
Acclaim for the first edition of What Color Is Your Swimming Pool?
"Pool owners puzzling over the best way to keep the water safe and clear are bound to find enlightenment here."
- Better Homes & Gardens Remodeling Ideas
"If your swimming pool looks more like the Cuyahoga River after a heavy rain than the Caribbean on a clear, sunny day, this book is for you."
- Cleveland Plain Dealer Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Basic Pool Types and Construction
2. Water
3. Water Treatment
4. Filtration Systems
5. Pumps and Motors
6. Pool Heaters
7. Pool Covers
8. Pool Cleaning
9. Pool Accessories
10. Winterizing the Pool
11. Opening Up the Pool
12. Pool Face-Lifts
13. Pool Repairs to Do Yourself
14. Pool Safety
15. Hot Tubs and Spas
Appendix
Glossary
Index