Buying Guides

Wireless pool safety alarm sensor mounted on a pool fence gate latch next to a backyard swimming pool

Pool Safety Alarms Buyer's Guide: In-Ground, Ga...

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Pool fences and covers aren't the whole safety picture. Here's how in-ground water alarms, gate alarms, and door alarms each cover a different gap, and how to combine them for...

Pool Safety Alarms Buyer's Guide: In-Ground, Ga...

PST Pool Supplies

Pool fences and covers aren't the whole safety picture. Here's how in-ground water alarms, gate alarms, and door alarms each cover a different gap, and how to combine them for...

Stainless steel return-to-deck pool handrail and a three-step ladder at the edge of a clear blue in-ground swimming pool

Pool Ladders, Steps, and Handrails: A Buyer's G...

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Your pool ladder, steps, and handrails are safety equipment, not accessories. Here is how to choose the right entry by pool type, water chemistry, and the anchors you already have,...

Pool Ladders, Steps, and Handrails: A Buyer's G...

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Your pool ladder, steps, and handrails are safety equipment, not accessories. Here is how to choose the right entry by pool type, water chemistry, and the anchors you already have,...

White automatic in-line pool chlorinator plumbed into PVC piping on a residential equipment pad beside a sand filter and pump, with an in-ground pool behind

Automatic Pool Chlorinators: In-Line vs. Off-Li...

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In-line, off-line, or floating? A plain-English buyer's guide to automatic pool chlorinators — how each feeder type installs, how to size one to your pool, and the check-valve detail that...

Automatic Pool Chlorinators: In-Line vs. Off-Li...

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In-line, off-line, or floating? A plain-English buyer's guide to automatic pool chlorinators — how each feeder type installs, how to size one to your pool, and the check-valve detail that...

Two three-way pool diverter valves with red and blue handles on the white PVC plumbing of a backyard pool equipment pad

Pool Plumbing Valves Explained: Diverter Valves...

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Diverter valves steer your pool water and check valves stop it running backward. Here is how 2-port, 3-port, and check valves work on the equipment pad, plus how to pick...

Pool Plumbing Valves Explained: Diverter Valves...

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Diverter valves steer your pool water and check valves stop it running backward. Here is how 2-port, 3-port, and check valves work on the equipment pad, plus how to pick...

Pool equipment pad with a pressure-side cleaner booster pump, filter tank, and PVC plumbing beside a clean inground swimming pool

Pool Cleaner Booster Pump Guide: What It Does a...

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Pressure-side pool cleaners like the Polaris 280, 360, 380, and 3900 don’t run on your filter pump — they need a dedicated booster pump. Here’s what a booster pump does,...

Pool Cleaner Booster Pump Guide: What It Does a...

PST Pool Supplies

Pressure-side pool cleaners like the Polaris 280, 360, 380, and 3900 don’t run on your filter pump — they need a dedicated booster pump. Here’s what a booster pump does,...

Robotic pool cleaner working on the floor of a clean backyard swimming pool

Suction vs. Pressure vs. Robotic Pool Cleaners:...

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Nobody buys a pool so they can spend Saturday morning pushing a brush around it. An automatic cleaner is the single piece of equipment that buys back the most of...

Suction vs. Pressure vs. Robotic Pool Cleaners:...

PST Pool Supplies

Nobody buys a pool so they can spend Saturday morning pushing a brush around it. An automatic cleaner is the single piece of equipment that buys back the most of...