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Maintaining Your Commercial Pool During Off-Season

As the weather gets cooler and swimming activities slow down, it's easy to put maintenance for your commercial pool on the back burner. But the off-season can be the best time to check your pool and ensure everything is in good condition! The cooler season is a great...

Commercial Pool Service

Swimming pools are a great way to cool off in the summer and have fun, but they also require regular maintenance. And commercial pools get their share of use! As the owner or operator of a public pool, you want your pool to be an inviting and refreshing oasis for your...

How Does a Saltwater Pool System Work?

Do you fancy the idea of jumping into a clean pool in your backyard but don't necessarily like the lingering effects of the chlorine used in treating freshwater pools? While many people love splashing around for fun, relaxation, or exercising in a pool, most would be...

Salt System Details and Benefits

Although we often take them for granted, swimming pools remain one of our greatest inventions. These mostly blue-tiled depths of water bring the ocean to us, allowing us to enjoy the pleasure of a swim on our terms. Unfortunately, after a long session at the pool, you...

How to Remove Pool Algae

Got Algae? Every Thing You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About Algae in Your Pool If you have a pool, you know how quickly algae can form. This slippery plant-like substance can be challenging to remove and keep out of your pool water. Algae may pop up after the cold seasons...

What to Consider with New Pool Construction

What to consider with new pool construction. Installing a pool in your backyard is obviously a great way to enjoy the great outdoors, especially here in Northeast Florida. It not only allows you to spend time with family and friends, but it also lets you get the most...

Don’t “Fall” Down on Your Pool Maintenance

Having a pool can cause a polarizing effect: on one hand, it’s the ultimate spring and summer must-have for your family. On the other, it can sit abandoned during the colder Northeast Florida months. Some pool owners start to look at the cost of upkeep and...

Diﬀerent Ways To Remodel A Pool

The different ways you can remodel a pool There’s no mistaking that your inground pool is - or at least should be - the main attraction of your outdoor space. However, as pools age, they can lose their sparkle and degrade the appearance of the rest of your backyard...

How Do I Clean My Pool?

Professional Pool Maintenance vs DIY Whether you are a new pool owner or someone who has had one for years, you may be reassessing your pool service. Trying to decide how to clean your pool can take a lot of time between research, shopping, and then putting in the...

5 Fun Pool Games to End the Summer

With Labor Day around the corner, the summer is sadly coming to a close. But every year the summer ends with a bang, and that bang is Labor Day Weekend. To fully take advantage of the 3-day weekend, take time to enjoy backyard fun, BBQs & use the opportunity to...

Pool Season is Drawing Near

Pool season will be here before you know it, especially with these shortened winters we’ve been having. Don’t let it pass you by. Designing an inground swimming pool takes a lot of consideration, time and planning. Typically it takes a couple of weeks to just perfect...

Have a Safe and Enjoyable Memorial Day

Everyone at SurfSide Pools hopes that you have a very enjoyable Memorial Day weekend with friends and family. And with great weather ahead, we’re sure you’ll be spending much of the weekend having fun in your inground pool with friends and family. In keeping with...

Have Children Glued to Electronics?

Your inground pool could be the cure In today’s world, children are growing up with an abundance of electronics to keep them occuppied. Laptops, tablets, smartphones, hand-held gaming systems and other devices are only an arm’s length away at any time and going...

Now is the Perfect Time to Remodel Your Pool

Although most Floridians are able to enjoy their pool for the majority of the year, the off-season months are the perfect time to renovate your pool. Is your pool lacking a little luster? Did you buy a home with a pool that could use some TLC? From small additions or...

Pools Add Value and Equity to Your Home

2015 is shaping up to be a year of record-breaking weather. In fact the first six months of this year were the hottest during the warmest twelve-year stretch in the 136 years that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been keeping records. Given the...

The Perfect Backyard Retreat

Here's an elegant contemporary rectangle swimming pool accented with a planter, Bamboo plants, Cedar wood Pergola and custom wood fence. The simple combination of design elements come together to create the perfect backyard atmosphere. See the pictures below. Looking...

Help Keep Florida Public Pools Safe

Florida's warm sunny climate, gorgeous beaches, rivers and lakes make the Sunshine State a center for swimming fun and a popular destination for tourists. Now the swimming safety of the 19.5 million Florida residents and over 100 million tourists who visit the state...

National Water Safety Month May 2015

May is National Water Safety Month, designed to bring awareness to steps everyone can take to ensure safe fun in the water this season. We encourage you to discuss pool and water safety with friends and family this summer. Whether you are enjoying your community pool...

How to Prepare Your Pool for the Season

Summer is almost here; the perfect time to enjoy your pool. In Florida, we don’t necessarily shut down our pools completely during the winter like in Northern states. However, we do use our pools less in the off-season and subsequently we may not service our pool as...