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Designing and building aquatic environments is a matter of balancing aesthetics and function. Part of the challenge is deciding where to place mechanical equipment. Pool equipment—with all the pipes, valves, conduits, and industrial-looking components—is not pleasing to the eye. Unless you’re fond of the appearance of machinery, equipment sets can be unsightly. It’s like the …
Continue reading “Pool Equipment – Finding Real Estate Below Ground”
A version of this post was just published in WaterShapes Magazine! CLICK HERE While it’s always better to prevent problems before they arise, it can be satisfying to fix things after they’ve gone wrong – to come to the rescue, so to speak. The frustrating irony in our case at SRK Pools is that every …
Continue reading “A Negative Edge Pool in the Bahamas – Lessons Learned”
This might sound strange, but I believe there’s something “sacred” about pool equipment. The reason I use that word is simply because these are machines that take care of our health, as well as our comfort. I feel much the same way about HVAC systems and in the broader sense public water-treatment systems. Fact is, …
Continue reading “Equipment Bunkers – Form Follows Function”
If to see is to believe, then to experience is to understand. Only when you step into the waters of experience do you truly know what it is to be immersed in the perfect pool water experience. Only then can you fully know the complex feelings and presence of temperature, buoyancy, texture, current, clarity and …
Continue reading “The SRK Showroom Pool – Proof is in the Experience”
Making great water, the kind you can’t wait to get into, ultimately comes down to making the best choices among the available pool water treatment options. That can be tough because the pool and spa industry is loaded with various chemical products and devices that claim to be the best thing since canned beer. The …
Continue reading “Cartridge Filters – What People Might Not Know”
I’ve long thought that it was impossible to improve on the water quality delivered by our proprietary SRK HydroZone 3® system. As many will attest, it’s hard to describe the water’s pristine and invigorating qualities, and just as difficult to imagine it could be any better. While that is perfectly true, at the same time …
Continue reading “Activated Glass Media – Better Than Sand for Perfect Filtration”
When I first came to the pool industry some 30 years ago, I relied heavily on vendors for information. They would tell me what to install and would often send their reps out to sell me on the latest and greatest in pool water technology. Everybody had a slick line. Whether it was an aqua …
Continue reading “Systems Thinking – Why It’s Key to Designing Perfect Pool Water”
It’s a familiar image, a small truck darting around town with a pool pole sticking out the back with a placard on the side that says, “pool service.” The hard–working soul behind the wheel works his or her route every day, taking care of pools with a leaf net, chemicals and a test kit. It is a “sweat …
Continue reading “Remote Water Quality Monitoring – The Next Generation of Pool Care”
Achieving high water quality is essential when creating a healthy water environment. Often, one of the keys to successful water treatment is overlooked: taking the time to listen to the people who live and work with the water every day is critical to getting it right. To illustrate what we are saying, meet Jeff Ward. …
Continue reading “Aquatic Program Director Embraces SRK’s Approach to Clean Water – His Story”
I love what landscape architects do. It’s a profession dedicated to making the world a more welcoming, sustainable and beautiful place. I admire the fact that landscape architects have formal educations and are accredited, something I wish was true of the pool and spa industry. In many ways, landscape architecture has a lot in common …
Continue reading “Landscape Architects and Water Quality Professionals – Cooperation is Key”