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The Pool Doctor Willing to Get Their Hands Dirty

Recently The Pool Doctor had a job that was quite unusual, but we were willing to get our hands dirty to do it. The situation was the underground solar had not been working for a while. The equipment checked out fine, the panels had to holes in them, everything appeared to be ok. After more extensive testing, it was found that the underground lines ha…

Get Rid of Algae by Running Your Filter Longer

Most people erroneously think algae is caused by not enough chlorine in the water. Truth is, if you want to get rid of algae you can do so by running your filter longer. A pool with no chlorine in it at all could still be algae free if the water in the pool is being completely turned over at least one time a day. When the water goes through the filter i…

Use a Tab Floater and Keep Your Pool Chemistry Stable

Are you constantly struggling with the amount of chlorine in your pool? Having trouble keeping it consistent? Then use a tab floater and keep your pool chemistry stable. What is a floater? It is a plastic vessel with an opening on top that you can put 3" chlorine tabs into. The bottom of the floater has openings that you can set so the proper amount o…

Unreliable Pool Service Companies Make The Pool Doctor Mad!

We received a call this week from a Homeowner's Association Management company who went by on of their complexes and found the pool completely brown (not green, brown!). They were shocked since as far as they knew the pool service company was supposed to be out there three times a week. When they called the pool service company to find out what was going…

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