Test Your Knowledge #68
Ugh!  Video of Blood-and-Guts Food Fight in a Swimming Pool
Test Your Knowledge #68
Ugh!  Video of Blood-and-Guts Food Fight in a Swimming Pool
Ripples #79
Compiled and written by Lenny Giteck   Israel and Its Athletes Discriminated Against at Swimming World Cup 
Ripples #79
Compiled and written by Lenny Giteck   Israel and Its Athletes Discriminated Against at Swimming World Cup 
Family Fun
It's that time of year again, planning for Thanksgiving and family fun on the one hand while simultaneously getting ready for the International Pool|Spa|Patio Expo and an altogether different sort of family fun on the other. For the former, we'll have an unusually full house this year, with both of my brothers and at least one and possibly two of my three sisters here with their families and significant others in tow.  I'd like to think they're coming to see how their brother, a vegetarian for 40 years, does in preparing
Family Fun
It's that time of year again, planning for Thanksgiving and family fun on the one hand while simultaneously getting ready for the International Pool|Spa|Patio Expo and an altogether different sort of family fun on the other. For the former, we'll have an unusually full house this year, with both of my brothers and at least one and possibly two of my three sisters here with their families and significant others in tow.  I'd like to think they're coming to see how their brother, a vegetarian for 40 years, does in preparing
Working Multi-Year Relationships
Some pool builders think of a project as a one-shot deal:  You install the watershape and move along.  Others put in the pool, then generate longer-term revenue with service and maintenance work.  But there are still others who focus on understanding the lifestyles of their clients and find ways to continue to act as their contractors, year after year, as the original project is gradually upgraded, updated and remodeled. We at All Seasons Pools (Orland Park, Ill.) count ourselves among the third group of builders and capitalize on
Working Multi-Year Relationships
Some pool builders think of a project as a one-shot deal:  You install the watershape and move along.  Others put in the pool, then generate longer-term revenue with service and maintenance work.  But there are still others who focus on understanding the lifestyles of their clients and find ways to continue to act as their contractors, year after year, as the original project is gradually upgraded, updated and remodeled. We at All Seasons Pools (Orland Park, Ill.) count ourselves among the third group of builders and capitalize on
Working Multi-Year Relationships
Some pool builders think of a project as a one-shot deal:  You install the watershape and move along.  Others put in the pool, then generate longer-term revenue with service and maintenance work.  But there are still others who focus on understanding the lifestyles of their clients and find ways to continue to act as their contractors, year after year, as the original project is gradually upgraded, updated and remodeled. We at All Seasons Pools (Orland Park, Ill.) count ourselves among the third group of builders and capitalize on
Setting the Skimmer
The task highlighted in the video linked below - that is, the process of setting and leveling the skimmer - is right up there at the top of the list when it comes to determining the success or failure of a pond-installation project.  In fact, it may be the most important of all with respect to aesthetics, because it's what sets the pond's water level and has a huge amount to do with how things will look to people who approach the water's edge. We don't do the digging for this part of the installation until