Category: Maintenance

  • Top 3 Common Pool Maintenance Mistakes to Avoid

    As a pool owner, you’ll once in a while make mistakes while carrying out pool maintenance. But it’s your response to such errors that really matters. These slip-ups present an opportunity to learn. Even so, educating yourself on some of the day-to-day pool maintenance mistakes can help you keep your pool cleaner, safer, and running […]

  • How Does Rain Affect Your Swimming Pool?

    There’s a lot of water care that goes into making sure your swimming pool stays in fine condition. Usually, when asked about pool contaminants, most homeowners will list everything except rainfall. Yet we’ve all heard about acid rain, and if you live in Nova Scotia, you know that it’s a huge problem. Besides thunderstorms, you […]

  • An Expert Interview on Robotic Pool Cleaners

    Robotic pool cleaners have become increasingly popular, each season, as pool owners keep looking for ways to enjoy their pool lifestyle rather than spending so much time working on their pools.  R&R Pools has a long-standing relationship with Hayward Pool Products.  We carry many pieces of their equipment, and guess that you likely have at […]

  • How Swimming Pool Ionizers Work, the Cost and the Pros, and Cons

    There’s more to cleaning and maintaining your swimming pool than just keeping leaves and twigs out. Invisible parasites and pathogens can also make your pool unsafe for you and your family. And that’s where the Clearblue swimming pool ionizer comes in. Here’s everything you need to know about leveraging Clearblue ionizer for smoother and silkier pool water. […]

  • Investing in a robotic pool cleaner

    If you have been thinking of taking the plunge and investing in a robotic pool cleaner – this article is for you! A robotic pool cleaner can help to save you time, money and a backache.  As you know your time is valuable and maintaining the pool requires a bit of effort:  skimming the top […]

  • 7 water care tools every pool owner should use

    I ended last year questioning my service team members, who work out in the field, about what products they would insist on having for their own pools, so I could bring you the information direct from the pool pros themselves.  The results are in and I found some surprising! I hadn’t thought of them or […]

  • Need a Sand / Glass Change? DIY Today!

    How to Change the Sand / Glass in your Filter The silica sand in your filter should be changed every 3 to 5 years. Recycled glass should be changed every 7 to 10 years.  An inefficient filter will require frequent backwashing as well as a higher consumption of chemicals. TIP – Changing the sand in the […]