Swimming Pool Safety Covers
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Blue Dolphin Pools will measure for and install a custom anchored safety cover for your swimming pool. We recommend the Defender™ custom swimming pool cover manufactured by Anchor Industries. We can also sell and install stock anchored safety covers in rectangular, oval and grecian shapes. Covers can be solid or mesh material. Stock cover colors are green and blue, but custom colors are available. We sell and install traditional sandbag-weighted rectangular covers, and Blue Dolphin services both these types of covers as well. We also sell, repair and service automatic pool covers.
Safety Vacuum Release Systems
  Commercial Pool Owners! By December 19, 2008 your commercial swimming pool should have been compliant with the Virginia Graeme Baker Safety Act. This means that either a vacuum-release system must be integrated into your plumbing system, or VGB-compliant safety covers must be installed over each of your pool drains. Click on the picture to the left to learn more about vac-release systems, and click here to learn more about the Virginia Graeme Baker Safety Act. Residential Pool Owners are not required to install VGB drain covers or a vac-release system at this time, however, if you want to be safe, Blue Dolphin Pools can install one of these safety measures on your residential pool. |
Solar Heating Systems
A solar heating system uses the pump that circulates water through the filter on your pool's plumbing system. The water is diverted through cells in a solar panel which is placed on a roof or sometimes in the yard on a stand. The panel does not need to face south; it just has to be in the sun for a good portion of the day. This solar-heated water is returned to the pool. After the water reaches a pre-set temperature, the water bypasses the solar cells and just returns directly to the pool. The cost to install a solar system is comparable to the cost of installing a heat pump system. A solar system has fewer mechanical parts to break or be replaced, and unlike electricity, natural gas or propane, solar energy is free. To learn more about solar heating systems, please visit Solar Industries. |
Swimming Pool Slides
 Add some fun to your pool! A slide is a great way to Blue Dolphin Pools, Inc. is proud to provide our customers with new S.R. Smith pool slides, which are fully compliant with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's safety standards for swimming pool slides. We also repair plumbing and fix cracks on existing slides, remove and/or relocate existing slides.
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Pool Pumps and Filters
 
Blue Dolphin Pools, Inc. will service or replace your swimming pool pump to keep your pool sparkling clean and running smoothly. We service DE, sand and cartridge filters, we repair or replaceand also sell refurbished equipment of this type to save you money.
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Servicing your pool and spa is more important than most people realize - especially if they've never owned a pool before. So when selecting a pool or spa company, consider the level of service they will offer later.
Try to fill your plaster pool as quickly as possible. If you stop filling and then resume later, the water will leave a ring in the plaster where you stopped.
Never completely drain your fiberglass swimming pool, especially if it is flaking or peeling in places. The pressure from the water on the walls of the pool keeps the fiberglass in place until a contractor can get there to repair it!
Always rinse your water testing materials in the water you are about to test. Using soap or tap water can leave a residue that may interfere with the test.
Always use fresh test strips when Ph testing your water, and take water samples at least 18 inches below the surface.
If you do need to add chemicals, wait to see whether they have the desired effect. Wait 15 minutes for liquid chlorine to circulate (with the pump running) and about 12 hours for the Ph to adjust.
When vacuuming your pool, move at a slow, steady pace. If you move too quickly, the current created by the vacuum head will stir up any dirt on the bottom of the pool.
Write the normal operating pressure directly on the filter with a waterproof marker, so you will never have to second-guess that number.
Leave the pool on the first sound of thunder, and wait 20 minutes after the last sound of thunder to let people back in the pool.
Never completely drain your fiberglass swimming pool, especially if it is flaking or peeling in places. The pressure from the water on the walls of the pool keeps the fiberglass in place until a contractor can get there to repair it!
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