Your inground pool's salt chlorine generator is doing its job quietly in the background. Water stays clear, chlorine stays balanced, life is good. Until one day the system stops producing chlorine, or someone asks "When was the last time you cleaned the salt cell?"...

Opening a pool sounds simple: take off the cover, turn on the equipment, jump in. Reality is messier. Your water has been sitting all winter. Your equipment hasn't run in months. Your chemistry is all over the place. The jump from "covered pool" to "swimmable pool" is...

The Stuff Nobody Tells YouYou've decided you want a pool. You've pictured it. You've measured the backyard with your eyes. You've already planned the first pool party in your head. But before you call a contractor and start digging, there are some things you need to...

(Hint: It's Not Just the Instagram Posts) It's 3 p.m. on a Saturday in July. Your teenager is sprawled on the couch, eyes glued to a screen, thumbs flying. You suggest going outside and get a look that says you've just proposed something wildly unreasonable, like...

The pool's closed for the season, snow is threatening, and suddenly that steaming hot tub in the backyard looks like the best investment you ever made. But after a few weeks of regular use, the water starts looking a little hazy, a scum line appears at the waterline,...

The pool guy pulls away after winterizing your pool in November, and most homeowners think they're done until spring. Then comes that January afternoon when the backyard looks like a giant water bed, with three inches of standing water sagging in the middle of the...

Which One Actually Works in Indiana? Your pool has been cloudy for three days. Chemistry is perfect. Pump runs fine. But the water looks like someone dumped a bucket of chalk in the shallow end. Your neighbor leans over the fence and says, "Yeah, I switched to...

Walk behind any inground pool and you'll find it: that intimidating collection of pipes, valves, and equipment that keeps your pool running. Most homeowners avoid it like a teenager avoids chores, but spending 15 minutes back here each week can save you from a $2,000...

You're standing poolside in your backyard, staring at a layer of dirt, leaves, and who knows what else covering the bottom. Your automatic cleaner gave up somewhere around Tuesday, and now it's Saturday morning and the relatives are coming at 2. Time to break out the...