Today’s pool is in Eagle Creek, but we’re seeing this very common problem popping up all over Orlando. Mustard algae is a yellow algae that shows up in pools for various reasons. It’s very common and very easy to treat. If you’ve noticed yellow spots on your steps, on the walls, around your pool light, [...]
The short answer if we service your pool: absolutely NOTHING. Daylight savings time has hit Orlando (technically it hit almost everywhere in the US, but we only care about Orlando), which means you lost an hour of sleep last night. Swimming pools are set on timers that need to be manually adjusted, but if we [...]
Today’s from the pool truck is from a pool in Eagle Creek in Orlando. This is a really basic post, but it’s something that gets overlooked all too often. When adding chemicals to your pool – any chemicals – you need to change the place that you add them. In other words, don’t go to [...]
If you live in Orlando and own a swimming pool…GO TURN YOUR POOL ON – NOW! It will be dropping into the upper 20s tonight, and could stay below freezing for over 6 hours. If you own a swimming pool, do yourself a favor and turn your pump on. It should run overnight tonight to [...]
 Today’s pool is located in Saint Cloud, near Steven’s Plantation. You might not know it by going outside today, but it’s starting to get cooler in Orlando, and your swimming pool water’s temperature has dropped considerably in the past month. Because of the warm-ish weather we’re still having, people want to swim, but most [...]
Today’s pool is in NorthLake Park in Lake Nona. “How high should my pool water be?” We get asked this weekly, and lucky, there’s a pretty simple answer: Your water should be halfway up your Skimmer entrance. If you aren’t sure what a Skimmer is, just look at the picture above…..it’s the white square with [...]
There’s no denying…we, at Lake Nona Pools, love Google+. One of our favorite features of Google+ is the ability to have a “Hangout.” Hangouts are a way for us to have a live video chat with anyone. We will be available to answer your pool questions live every Monday morning from 10am to 11am. All [...]
In today’s “From the Pool Truck,” I want to talk about dogs in swimming pools. It might be fun to watch Fido swim around, but have you ever thought about what having a dog swimming in the poll does to your pool water? The simple answer is, it does a lot! Dog hair is very [...]
We’re starting a new series here where we hope to provide very timely information about things we’re seeing in the field…while we’re cleaning pools. All of these posts will be typed on my phone, so they will be short, precise, and possibly filled with Grammatical errors. I plan on sharing my location that inspired the [...]
Heating a swimming pool in Orlando can consume a lot of energy and add up to high heating bills. You can improve your swimming pool’s heating and energy efficiency by doing the following: Installing an energy-efficient pool heater Gas Swimming Pool Heaters Gas-fired pool heaters remain the most popular system for heating swimming pools. Today [...]
