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How To Properly Close Your In Ground Swimming Pool
Closing your In Ground Pool for the season shouldn’t be complicated or troublesome. In the 40 years that International Pools and Spas has been in business, we’ve closed many pools for our clients. We’d like to share some Pool Closing Tips with you to help make the process easy! One Week before Pool Closing Bring a […]
Back to School? Stay in the Pool!
All across Canada, school is back in session—or will be very soon. Most community and public pools will soon be closing for the season, even though the weather will remain warm enough to keep swimming for another month or so… If you own a swimming pool, you can close your pool when you want to. […]
How Athletes Can Benefit From a Hot Tub
No matter what type of sports you participate in and at what level of competition, you’ll always be able to enjoy the benefits a hot tub can provide you with. Athletes take care of themselves by exercising and practicing on a regular basis and sticking to a healthy diet. However, they also need plenty of […]
Using Your Hot Tub for Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is essentially the external use of water in the treatment of certain diseases and conditions. This natural therapy has been used for thousands of years, dating all the way back to ancient Greece. Today it’s used by hospitals, physiotherapists, and spas across the globe to treat everything from fibromyalgia to sore muscles. A hot […]
3 Ways to Get Rid of Algae in Your Pool
It can be disheartening having to cancel yet another pool party because your pool water is green. That green colour you see is caused by algae in your swimming pool. Algae is a plant like organism that can appear as green/blue, a yellow/mustard colour, or black. Let’s take a closer look at what kind of […]
5 Additions to Turn Your Backyard into a Sanctuary
Winter is coming to an end here in Ontario and people everywhere are starting to dream of spring and summer. The sun will start to shine more and the temperatures will begin to creep up. We will finally come out of hibernation and start looking at the condition that winter has left our yards. With […]