Maintaining Your Investment

Congratulations on your decision to invest in your family, friends and yourself by getting a swimming pool. With gas prices and the economy being so unfavorably volatile, it is nice to have solace and serenity at home. Your backyard is the new destination to be and you are about to live the dream with family and friends. Or are you?

Getting a pool is the first step. Maintaining it are all the steps thereafter. Some things to consider are what to buy and how much to spend to protect your investment. There are a variety of ways to maintain your pool, including doing it yourself-manually- with a hose and pole, which are virtually all pool owners will agree 'gets old fast'. You could hire a pool service company to do it for you. This is a good option so long as you have the money to spend and can secure a safe and reliable company that will show up when promised and truly take care of your pool as agreed to. There are a lot of reliable companies out there, but then again, there are a lot that are not so reliable. The most common way to maintain a pool is to have an automatic cleaner, which like a service company will do the work for you, but when you want it to. Like most things and life, here too you have choices. There are 4 types of automatic cleaners; in-floor, suction-side, pressure-side and robotic. See more...