Outdoor Kitchen Components – Know the Facts
Since the days of food channels showing how much fun it is to cook outdoors, many homeowners look for a way to enjoy their backyards, especially in the summertime. The days of having a hibachi or a gas grill are converting into a more e...
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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 u...
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Outdoor Grills – Know the Facts
Summer is here, and everyone is getting ready to enjoy the outdoors. Homeowners with swimming pools and outdoor kitchens are getting ready for entertaining, especially when it comes to having a barbecue. Nowadays, outdoor living is goi...
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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 ...
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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 terr...
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The Phases of Building a Swimming Pool Part Three – From Digging a Hole to Installing Plumbing and Electrical Wires
As we all know, the process of building a swimming pool is complex to carry out. When someone wants a private oasis, there are phases to go through, from the initial design to the finished product. In our third part of our blog serie...
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Advantages of Lime Coat Decking
Your swimming pool is the best feature of your home. Over time, a pool deck can get cracks, stains, or can get ugly from years of exposure to weather elements. Limestone overlays can convert your oasis into an extraordinary area. Imag...
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Pergola – Decorating Ideas
Summer is around the corner, and you may want to spend your Saturday mornings working in the garden. When you spend time under a pergola after a well-deserved break, you can enjoy a shaded area in your backyard, some privacy or create ...
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Sunken Lounges – A Trend in Outdoor Living
Are you tired of seeing the same flat backyard? Let us inspire you with some focal points such as a sunken lounge. Since the mid-1950s, sunken parlors became the rage, especially when designing mid-century homes. Today, you can see sun...
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The Phases of Building a Swimming Pool Part Two – Access and Laying Out the Pool
After permits and the approved design are ready, the next step is to start building the pool. In the first part of our series, we mentioned how vital a land survey is to ensure that the area is not interfering with any significant elec...
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Swimming Pool’s Finishing Touches – Choosing an Interior Surface Color
We all know that water has no color. How do we understand the effect of different colors in a swimming pool has on the color of the water? For example, we all think that the water in a pool is blue, but, what a person sees is the ref...
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Kamado Grill – Outdoor Cooking at its Finest
More than 4,000 years ago, Chinese, Indians, and Japanese cooked their food in clay cups, using wood and coal as fuel. Many historians and archaeologists published books revealing information of Indian tandoors, cylindrical clay ovens i...
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Hydrotherapy Spas – Know Its Benefits
If you have a spa in your pool, say thanks to the Greeks, Romans, and Arabs, among others. They used the baths as public spaces for enjoyment and relaxation. They also studied the properties of water to treat diseases such as rheumatic...
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Water Features Helping to Reduce Stress
Water features are becoming a staple of swimming pools, especially here in Houston, TX. They serve as a decorative or fun element or a swimming pool. Water features also provide other benefits that accentuate the natural and relaxing...
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The Phases of Building a Swimming Pool Part One – What You Need to Know and Do Before Building a Pool
Introduction As we start a new season, our staff at Platinum Pools want to provide valuable information on the steps we take to build a swimming pool. It is vital for us to provide the best quality, with the best pool equipment and filt...
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The Most Popular Water Sports and Swimming Pool Exercises
Out of the 59 water sports in existence, 10 of them are more popular than the rest. With more people who want swimming pools, adding a net or a basket means more fun for family and friends. Whether the kids want to imitate Michael Phel...
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