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Top five tips for keeping Fido safe around the pool

August 25, 2010
Swimming pools are great family fun and also offer a great exercise arena for your dog, but you need to watch your pets around the pool just as carefully as you watch your children. 

Here are the top five tips for keeping your dog safe around your pool.

  1. Use a pool alarm. Pool supply companies have several types of alarms available. The alarms alert you if the water
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    n your swimming pool is disturbed, ie someone, or something, has fallen or jumped in. You can choose either a floating alarm or one installed directly into the pool.
  2. Fencing around the perimeter of the pool is one of the first steps that should be taken once your pool is installed. Check with your local code enforcement officials as it may be a local law. Fences are available for both above ground and in ground pools.
  3. Have a pool ramp installed. There are several kinds, such as the Skamper-Ramp that allows pets to escape the pool if no one is around to rescue them. Even if you install a ramp, you need to take the time to show your pet where it is.
  4. Purchase a collar alarm for your pet. The alarm attaches to your dog’s collar and sounds if the device is submerged in water. You can also use a lifejacket for your dog, but its effectiveness, honestly, is only in the wearing and unless your dog wears it all the time when its outside, it may be a bit impractical. Many dog lifejackets are used on boats.
  5. Always remove your ladder if you have an above ground pool so the pet won’t have access to the water when no one is around.
Keep in mind, even if your dog is fearful around water and rarely goes near the pools’ edge, there could be a time it is scared enough to run toward, and fall into, it. Be prepared for those times.

Also remember, if your dog loves the water and swims with you often, you will have to clean your filter more often.

Pool safety

June 30, 2010

Pool safety is one of the most important aspects of building a swimming pool. Safety is for swimmers as well as for the equipment so that it is long lasting and durable. After all you are spending your hard earned money in building a pool. So tell your pool builder to take care of pool safety. If your pool or spa is for your home then all the more reason that you should take care of safety as kids will be using the pool. Generally pool builders in Dallas take precautions and use the best of material in building the pool so that pool safety is maintained.

If it is an underground pool then you need to see to it that the lights are water proof and made of fiber glass. Get the best in the market. Tell your pool builder not to compromise on quality. Often pool companies compromise and use inferior quality products so that they can save money to increase their profits. But we do not do that. Our reputation has been built for the last twenty five years on serving the people of Dallas and Texas with best quality and safety pools. Join us on Facebook and Twitter so that we will be able to assist you better. You can get free updates about what is latest in the industry and also attend webinars that we conduct regularly. All this is free.

Whether you already own a pool or spa or are in the process of building one our forum is the best place to talk to professionals who can help and guide you properly. There are many fraudsters who will rob you of your money. These are some of the safety measures you can take:
• If you are club or spa owner then you can install a web camera that can help people from drowning.
• Have a safety fence put around the pool. That will ensure that kids and pets don’t stray and fall into water.
• Have a safety cover installed. That will keep the pool clean as well as help keep children from drowning.
• Keep children away from the pool. Never leave them alone. Get a telephone installed near the pool for emergencies.
• Learn CPR and keep rescue equipment at arms length. These are some of the pool safety measures that can help prevent deaths in swimming pool.
• Your pool builder in Dallas should be able to advice you on all these and more safety measures. So talk to them now!

How to keep pool safe?

June 28, 2010

After you have got your pool contractor have you built your swimming pool, it is essential that you don’t overlook pool safety. Swimming pools have always been among the places at one’s home which is more prone to causing accidents and injuries. To keep residential swimming pools safe, a large number of well researched safety products have been made easily available. Choosing pool safety products for your pool and spa is a process of keeping your relaxation and fun safe from mishaps.

Pool builders usually recommend using a fence that surrounds the perimeter of the swimming pool in sync with the pool design. Marking the water depth of the pool at the edge is a basic necessity towards pool safety that pool contractors usually suggest. Among the different gadgets and instruments for pool safety an alarm at the door of the pool and also for the underwater motion swimming pool alarm is a requisite. Pool alarms are recommended by pool builders as the last resort of security. Another such safety requirement for your pool is the pool covers or pool nets. These help provide a number of benefits.

There are basic ways and means to ensure pool safety apart from installing the gadgets. Keeping walkways free from obstacles and placing boards as guidelines for no running around the walkways are few measures that also ensure safety. For swimming pools with solar cover need to be removed completely before the pool is ready for use. Your pool builder or contractor would help you understand safe chemical levels for the pool. It is essential to maintain the chemical level of the pool as a precautionary measure.

To keep the pool safe from children it is important to install swimming pool fence which are self closing and self latching. Pool builders provide free installations of most of the safety equipments. Keeping the toys deflated and away from the pool also helps to prevent any kind of accidents. Few don’ts’ around a swimming pool also include using electric appliances and having an adult around when kinds take the plunge. It is always wise to keep in mind the precautionary measures right from the stage of planning the swimming pool and taking the assistance of your pool builder and pool contractor to keep the parties rolling without much worry.
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