After a long, cold Michigan winter, your outdoor pool has been through freezing temperatures, harsh winds, and all of the storms. When getting ready to reopen your pool for the summer, it’s important to check the health of your pool to get things in order. One of the most common damages found after a hard…
Ensuring your pool and spa water is clean is crucial to safely enjoying your backyard paradise. To guarantee safety and quality, regular pool and spa water testing is highly recommended to identify any issues you may be experiencing early on for a quicker resolution, protecting from any skin irritation or equipment harm. Why Regular Water…
Owning a swimming pool takes some work. But if you tackle the following three things on the regular, you’ll be able to maximize your enjoyment while minimizing hassle. 1. Check Chemical Levels Weekly Often, balancing chemical levels is the most daunting task for new and veteran pool owners, but it doesn’t have to be. A…
When you’ve made an investment in creating your own backyard oasis, it’s important to take care of it all year long. One important way to do so is by removing snow from your pool cover during the winter season. What Happens to Ice and Snow on a Pool Cover? If you own an above-ground swimming…
At Zagers, we get lots of questions from customers about weekly pool chemical maintenance. We highly recommend the BioGuard 3-Step Care System because we believe it’s the best system available. We find it to be a quick, easy, efficient and very effective for keeping your pool clean and clear and all summer long. How to…
Vacation is the best for destressing and taking a break from everyday tasks that life demands, and while we encourage you to forget for a while and to take a breather, we don’t want you to forget too much about your pool! Leaving your pool for long periods of time can risk damage and cleanliness,…
During the lifetime of most pools, it is not uncommon to find a leak. It’s normal for water to evaporate from a swimming pool. Splashing can also lead to minor water loss. However, when the water level goes down at a rapid rate, there’s often a leak in the liner. In most cases, the…
In the pool and spa world, pool chemical balance misconceptions are common. Myths and truths are often used incorrectly. This can lead to the wrong solution to the water chemistry problem or question. This article will go over some of the most common pool and spa water balance questions. It will also discuss the correct answer to the…
A salt water chlorine generator or more simply put, a ‘salt chlorinator’, is a system that creates chlorine from sodium chloride (Salt – NaCI). This generator eliminates the hassle of constant trips to the store to purchase chemicals. To be more specific, as salt water enters the swimming pool’s circulation system, it flows through the…