http://www.affsphere.com/ Recently Published Articles Under Category: Pools & Spas http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Winterizing-Pool-Chemicals-for-InGround-Swimming-Pools-1.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Winterizing-Pool-Chemicals-for-InGround-Swimming-Pools-1.html Article describes how easy to use winterizing pool chemicals for in-ground swimming pools. Simple and easy steps will help you keep in-ground swimming pool ready for next season. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:45:14 EST http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Lighting/Important-Summer-Tasks-For-Outside-The-Home-1.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Lighting/Important-Summer-Tasks-For-Outside-The-Home-1.html Whilst summer time is a time of outside fun, it's also a time for outdoor jobs. Seems like there's a long list of things that need to be done in your garden. And, many are tasks that have to be repeated, over and over throughout the summer months. Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:37:44 EST http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Solid-Safety-Pool-Covers-1.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Solid-Safety-Pool-Covers-1.html Article describes how to use solid safety pool covers for your swimming pool. Using solid pool covers will help you improve the safety of your swimming pool. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:52:38 EDT http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Winter-Pool-Covers-for-InGround-Swimming-Pools.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Winter-Pool-Covers-for-InGround-Swimming-Pools.html Article describes why winter pool covers for in-ground swimming pools are important for winter closing. Learn about different in-ground winter pool covers to make right choice for your pool. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:24:44 EDT http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Swimming-Pool-Covers.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Swimming-Pool-Covers.html A swimming pool can provide families with hours of entertainment and the opportunity for healthy recreation. However, unless care is taken, swimming pools can prove very dangerous. The sad fact is that it takes just thirty seconds for a child to drown. It is for this reason that pool covers can be so valuable. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:54:18 EDT http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/The-Importance-Of-Good-Swimming-Pool-Pumps.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/The-Importance-Of-Good-Swimming-Pool-Pumps.html When building a swimming pool, cost, maintenance, pool chemicals, and electricity bills are the chief factors to be taken into consideration. Pool pumps are also an important and indispensable part of any pool. They require a lot of electricity, and larger pumps need greater maintenance, which results in greater costs. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:56:39 EDT http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Swimming-Pools-An-Overview-of-Swimming-Pool-Filters.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Swimming-Pools-An-Overview-of-Swimming-Pool-Filters.html Owning a swimming pool is not considered a luxury anymore, as swimming pools have become more affordable over the last years and more and more people are installing pools in their back yards. However, having bought and installed the swimming pool is not enough. If you want to fully enjoy it, you have to properly maintain it and having an efficient water filter is one of the most important steps in this regard. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:05:45 EDT http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Fiberglass-Swimming-Pools-They-Shift-And-Move-With-The-Earth.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Fiberglass-Swimming-Pools-They-Shift-And-Move-With-The-Earth.html Are you in the market for an in ground pool? Do you know what material to use to build it with? The characteristics of fiberglass may appeal to you. Fiberglass is definitely the choice to make for durability. The pools made from fiberglass are much more carefree than the other material pools can be made out of. On the whole the fiberglass swimming pools are much easier to keep clean and sanitary. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:25:50 EDT http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Inground-Pools-The-Many-Joys-Of-Pools.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Inground-Pools-The-Many-Joys-Of-Pools.html Does a dip in one of the many in ground pools sound inviting right now? How about you being able to have a party around your version of the in ground pools? That does sound wonderful on a hot day like today. Just to float around in the pool and chatting with friends. You can have your own pool but you may want to consider a few things first. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:24:55 EDT http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Swimming-Pool-alarm-How-to-Have-Peaace-of-Mind-About-Your-Swimming-Pool-When-No-Ones-Around.html http://www.affsphere.com/Home-and-Garden/Pools-Spas/Swimming-Pool-alarm-How-to-Have-Peaace-of-Mind-About-Your-Swimming-Pool-When-No-Ones-Around.html Summer is here and this means going swimming, especially to kids. Unfortunately there are not as many swimming holes as we used to have, so people are turning to pools - usually in their own yard. And with the price of gasoline skyrocketing, more and more people are staying home and are getting swimming pools in their yard to have a vacation at home. Yes, swimming is a lot of fun and it's great exercise. But pools can also be very dangerous because of the threat of drowning, especially to children. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:37:47 EDT