When a homeowner decides to add a swimming pool, an important step is selecting colors that will go with their style and surrounding. We all know that water is transparent and selecting a color for the pool plaster may give a more dramatic look. Your pool plaster is not the only part of a swimming pool that will that has …
What Makes a Swimming Pool Perfect for You?
Every pool has a unique personality, with a design adapted to the functionality required by the owner of each one of them. There are many different design styles and features to choose from to create a pool that is perfect for you. Some popular types of pool options to choose from include. • Cocktail pools • Large pools • Infinity …
Keeping Your Swimming Pool Clean During The COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 is taking the world by storm, and not in a good way. Many small businesses and large corporations are opting to have their employees work from their homes. World leaders are taking drastic measures on placing a curfew to avoid the spread of the virus. While schools are closing, kids and teenage students are staying at home. If you …
How Often Should You Resurface Your Pool?
A swimming pool is an investment that will increase the value of your home. It also provides years of bringing the family together and creates memories that will last a lifetime. In our past blogs, we emphasized that an oasis needs upgrading, just like a house. There may be some items you may want to add, such as a waterfall …
Swimming Pool Building in The Woodlands – Learn the Facts
The Woodlands is a 28,000-acre town with a variety of stores, restaurants, entertainment and luxury homes. Located within thirty minutes from Central Houston, it is a township that feels like a home away from home. Since its foundation in 1974, The Woodlands is known by an extensive forestall area. It is no wonder why the residents take pride in preserving …
Everyone Can Have a Swimming Pool
Recently, a customer gave us a 5-Star review. She commented that she thought her backyard was too small and inaccessible to add an in-ground pool to her backyard. After hearing great things about Platinum Pools, they proceeded to set up an appointment to see what the possibilities of adding a pool to their home in Houston, TX were. The rest …
How to Hide Your Pool’s Pump and Filter System in Your Backyard
The swimming pool pump and filter system is the heart of the oasis, and we all know that. However, it can be an eyesore when it comes to beautifying your backyard. In the case of the pool equipment, you may find a way to hide it by one side of the house. But the truth is that it is best …
The Advantages of a Freeform-Shaped Swimming Pool
Are you one of the homeowners who have a unique landscape and dream of having a swimming pool? Great news! Freeform swimming pools are the best swimming pool shape to take advantage of the available space and work within the whole terrain. A freeform swimming pool has a naturalistic or irregular style and shape, with curves or flowing lines. Contemporary …
Have Your New Swimming Pool Before Summer
For most of America, outdoor swimming isn’t very a practical option throughout part of the year. Even in states as far south as Florida and Texas, some areas get too cold for swimming without some kind of pool heating source during the winter months. Even many heated and insulated pools have to be closed as late fall turns into winter. …
It’s a Process – Building a Swimming Pool
The process of building a swimming pool is complex and delicate to carry out. Therefore, when someone wants a residential oasis, there are multiple pool construction phases to go through, from the initial design all the way to the finished product. Of course, there are many other steps and details in between. The time frame to complete each pool construction …
Best Ways To Heat Your Newly Built Pool
As Houstonians, we enjoy our oasis, and often don’t bother to cover our pools during the fall and winter months. We also find ways to extend that “summer sensation” by installing heaters to warm up the water. If you are evaluating what type of heater you want to have for your pool, take into consideration the cost and energy of …
How to Identify the Stains in Your Oasis and How to Remove Them?
Calcium stains are not the only spots that you can find in your swimming pool. Any kind of organic or metallic ingredient is subject to mess up the walls of your oasis if you don’t follow routine maintenance. The Source of Spots in Your Swimming Pool There are stains of various colors that commonly appear in swimming pools and identifying …
Get Your Swimming Pool Inspected
Are you looking for an appraisal or looking to sell your property? What about having your pool inspected for properly functioning equipment, overall safety or a leakage? Many pool owners are looking for a professional to conduct a pool inspection. Believe us, pool inspections are more beneficial than you probably think they are. Here are some of the facts about …
Efficient Ways to Heat Up Your Swimming Pool
One of the most important things for many customers is ways they can save money and make their swimming pool energy efficient. When they first purchase a custom-made swimming pool, they think about fun and parties. Eventually, they realize that the oasis deserves as much care as the rest of their home; this is why our company, Platinum Pools, gives …
How to Prevent and Eliminate Calcium in Your Swimming Pool
Let’s talk about calcium. Calcium is an essential mineral that helps maintain healthy bones and teeth. You can find this mineral in most dairy foods. Calcium can also be dangerous when it has an exothermic reaction with water and acids. When in contact with body moisture it can cause severe irritation of the skin. And, if swallowed, it can have …
Preserving the Water in Your Swimming Pool
It is a fact that anyone who owns a pool knows that there is a decrease in water due to high temperatures or too much splashing. But, when the problem persists over brief periods of time, there may be an indication of leakage. Leakage can bring many problems such an increase in your water bill, and land saturation. Within the …
10 Tips Before Buying a House with a Swimming Pool
When you look to buying a house, try to find the most significant advantages and comforts available, especially when it comes to an already-existing house. You want the attic, the garden, the backyard; but, of course, a property becomes increasingly attractive when it has a swimming pool. Here are ten tips you should take into consideration if you are looking …
Private Swimming Pool vs. Public Swimming Pool – Know the Difference
Imagine Shakespeare was alive today, saying: “A private pool or a public pool? That is the question.” Texas ranks number three as the state with most swimming pools nationwide, preceded by California and Arizona. The amount of pools in the Lone Star State is increasing every day. For those who may not want to buy a pool, the chances are …
How to Maintain Swimming Pool Decking
If you think that skimming out debris and balancing the chemical levels in your pool’s water is enough, then you are forgetting a very integral part of maintaining your backyard oasis. Pool Decking is as important as the pool itself. It gives beauty and character to your oasis. And, like any other part of your home, it also needs maintenance. …
Rain Can Affect the Water in Your Swimming Pool – Know the Facts
Summertime represents the sun, warm weather, swimming in your pool with friends and family. Summer also represents rainfalls. In some states, summer can provide rainstorms almost every day. If you think the rain does not damage your swimming pool, then here are some facts that you should have present at all time. First, the problem with rainfalls in the United …
The Most Used Chemicals for Your Swimming Pool
There are a lot of different products and brands to choose from when it comes to swimming pool maintenance, making it hard to know where to begin. Maintenance is a fundamental aspect of owning a pool that you must stay on top of to enjoy your oasis. Regular maintenance will not only help to extend the life of your pool …
Fitbit Versa vs. Apple Watch – Which One is Best?
Congratulations! You just bought yourself a smart watch and you wear it daily. Is your smartwatch submersible or waterproof? Who can be constantly aware of if something so close to your hand gets wet? What does smartwatch IP68 mean? Do you wonder if your Apple Watch is water resistant or if your Fitbit wristband can get wet? First of all, water …
How to Make Your Swimming Pool Eco-Friendlier
April 22nd marks the 48th anniversary of Earth Day. Many people around the world will celebrate Earth Day by creating a consciousness of saving energy to make the earth a better place. Energy efficiency is an important subject these days. Many of us are looking to save on gas, water, and the use of other natural resources. By limiting the …
Getting Financing for a Swimming Pool
Many homeowners dream of having a custom-made swimming pool, but they may have no idea on how to go through the process of getting financing for a swimming pool. Like with any home improvement, money plays a crucial role when deciding on building a swimming pool. Adding a backyard oasis is a significant housing improvement that will cost thousands of dollars. …
The Benefits of Using a Variable Speed Pump to Run Your Swimming Pool System
We at Platinum Pools have the goal to provide our clients with a way to create beautiful lasting memories. When a customer visits one of our offices, we provide them with vital information about pool design and durability based on their ideas, the available space in the backyard, and how often they may be using their future custom pool. Some …
Our Favorite Essential Grilling Tools
If you are an amateur or an expert on the matters of grilling, keep in mind that barbecue cooking utensils and toolkits can vary in sizes and quantities. The great majority of BBQ utensils come with the basics; spatula, tong and fork. It is very important to check the length – the longer the better. This means that you won’t …
The Swim-Up Bar – Who’s Idea Was It?
The first time I ever saw a swim-up bar was at my best friend’s home. The year was 1977; my friend and I were about to graduate high school, and I would spend weekends at her home. There is no denying that her swimming pool beat every other in a residential area. It was the most expensive neighborhood, and her …
Change the Color of Your Lights and Change the Ambiance in Your Pool
Let’s face it. We are creatures of change. Our homes have to be up to date with the latest trends in decoration. But when it comes to changing your swimming pool lighting, it’s another dilemma. The process of changing out your pool’s lights isn’t easy but it’s also not impossible. The most significant change is going from traditional incandescent pool lighting …
How to Clean a Swimming Pool After a Hurricane
It’s All About The Chemicals That You Use In the last two months, the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean got struck with high-category hurricanes. Harvey got the best of eastern Texas while Irma came two weeks later and hit Florida. But it would be the Antilles Islands that got the worst of the storms. The Antilles islands were hit by …
Aquatic Physical Therapy at Home
When a Swimming Pool Becomes Your Best Medicine A swimming pool in your home gives you immediate access to many ways to keep in shape, invite people to have a great time or create memories. It can also increase the value of your property. And you may know the benefits of having a hot tub to release stress after a …
What Pool Features Should I Add To My New Pool?
Looking to build a pool? Can’t decide what to add to your pool? Well the possibilities are endless. But here are few of our favorite pool features for you to consider! But before you decide to consider adding any pool features, make sure you have a concept, theme, or idea in mind. There’s almost nothing worse than a tacky pool …
Should I Build a Spa? Does a Spa Add Value To My Home?
A spa has always been considered as a luxury. People build a spa or a hot tub to make their houses look expensive and obviously to enjoy the benefits of a spa. Though spas come with a heavy price tag, they also come with a lot of added bonuses. Like most of expensive things, building a spa can also be …
5 Basic Pool Decking Options
Your pool defines your own personal style. A beautifully designed swimming pool can add a unique flare to your backyard. The first thing you need to do before choosing the perfect pool, is to choose the right decking. There are endless ways to design and style your pool to make it look more attractive. One of the ways is, to …
Customize Your Pool With a Beautiful Rock Waterfall
Planning to extend the beauty of your existing pool? Swimming pools have become the latest trend in home improvement. There are a lot of reasons due to which people prefer to have a pool in the backyard of their home. However, the inclusion of new features and concepts is also done to enhance the existing beauty. One of the famous …
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