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Pool Guides

Our pool experts have put together some guides in order to share some of their most useful pool info. Whether you are starting a new pool, or are a seasoned pool owner, we are sure that these guides will help you get more out of your pool.

  • Building a Pool
  • Pool Maintenance

Building a Pool

Where to begin?

Building a swimming pool is one of the biggest financial decisions you will ever make.

Where to build?

When determining where you want to build your new pool, there are some things to take into account.

Types of Swimming Pools article main image

Types of Swimming Pools

Swimming pools can be ‘above ground’ or ‘in ground’, and constructed from several different materials.

Finding a builder article main image

Finding a builder

You need to make sure you pick the right builder for your specific requirements.

Are plunge pools right for you? article main image

Are plunge pools right for you?

All the information you need to know before deciding whether a plunge pool could be the right swimming pool for you

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Pool Maintenance

Pool Heating

When you've invested in a swimming pool, you should be able to enjoy it beyond summer, or even all year long.

Pool Cleaning

The wide variety of cleaning equipment available today means you can have a sparkling clean pool with minimal effort.

Water Maintenance article main image

Water Maintenance

Healthy pool water eliminates potentially harmful bacteria and protects your swimming pool and equipment against corrosion and scale build-up.

Restoring Pool Health After Intense Bushfires article main image

Restoring Pool Health After Intense Bushfires

A bushfire, especially in windy conditions, can cause embers, ash, burnt leaves and smoke particles to travel kilometres through the air, which often...

Restoring your pool after floods and storms article main image

Restoring your pool after floods and storms

Weather conditions are the primary cause of chemical imbalances and fluctuations in your pool's health. Storms and floods are notorious for the damage...

Cartridge or Media Filter? article main image

Cartridge or Media Filter?

Introduction to filtration systems and filtration media.

Sizing a Pool Heater article main image

Sizing a Pool Heater

This guide will help you choose the right size heater for your pool.

How do UV Sanitisers work? article main image

How do UV Sanitisers work?

Discover how UV-C destroys microorganism and pathogens in pools.

Are pools safe during COVID-19? article main image

Are pools safe during COVID-19?

How to use your pool safely during COVID-19.

Why is my pool green? article main image

Why is my pool green?

You may know how to treat a green pool, but do you know why it's green?

Economical Pool Maintenance article main image

Economical Pool Maintenance

Whether you're saving or looking to cut back on costs, this guide will help you maintain your pool on a budget.

Understanding Pool Anatomy article main image

Understanding Pool Anatomy

Get to know the pieces of equipment that power your pool.

Pool Chemicals Overview article main image

Pool Chemicals Overview

Get to know the most frequently used pool chemicals and their functions.

Pool Professional FAQs article main image

Pool Professional FAQs

We discuss the questions pool technicians get asked the most.

Different Ways to Sanitise Pools article main image

Different Ways to Sanitise Pools

There's various ways you can disinfect your pool water from tablets to liquid solutions.

Importance of Circulation article main image

Importance of Circulation

Circulation is essential to ongoing pool maintenance and one of the key aspects of a healthy swimming pool and spa.

Closing a Pool for Winter article main image

Closing a Pool for Winter

To avoid costly and time consuming repair work when re-opening the pool, here's a few tips to help you out.

Common Pool Care Mistakes article main image

Common Pool Care Mistakes

Educating yourself on the most common pool maintenance mistakes helps you keep your pool safer, cleaner, and running efficiently with less mess and fr...

How to Use a Manual Pool Vacuum article main image

How to Use a Manual Pool Vacuum

While automatic cleaners are fantastic tools, they can recycle debris and algae back into the water as it tries to vacuum your pool. If you need to va...

Importance of Water Balance article main image

Importance of Water Balance

Balance and harmony is the key to healthy living, and the same goes for your pool water. If everything is balanced, you will avoid many potential issu...

Maintaining A Pool That's Not In Use article main image

Maintaining A Pool That's Not In Use

We discuss how to keep your pool looking swim ready using an hour of weekly upkeep.

Common Winterising Mistakes article main image

Common Winterising Mistakes

If you've decided you won't be using your pool throughout the cooler months, there's a few vital steps you need to take to ensure the health of your p...

An Introduction to Blue Connect article main image

An Introduction to Blue Connect

Blue Connect is a smart pool analyser with an in-built water quality sensor and smart algorithms which mix water data, weather data and user data.

Identifying and Removing Pool Stains article main image

Identifying and Removing Pool Stains

Once you determine what type of stain you have, you can decide which type of pool stain remover to use. The best way to figure that out is by the stai...

Acquatherepé FAQs article main image

Acquatherepé FAQs

The new Acquatherepé blend by AstralPool has been designed to provide the best blend of minerals at specific ratios for a pool environment. To learn m...

Inside look at Acquatherepé minerals article main image

Inside look at Acquatherepé minerals

Discover the Acquatherepé mineral blends from our popular new range.

Pools & COVID-19 article main image

Pools & COVID-19

Are pools safe?

Opening your pool for the season article main image

Opening your pool for the season

Learn the basics of opening your pool at the start of the swimming season.

What is Climate Care Certification? article main image

What is Climate Care Certification?

You may be hearing Climate Care Certified in the industry right now, but what is it?

Why invest in a variable speed pump? article main image

Why invest in a variable speed pump?

With so much relying on your pump, we recommend installing a quality and reliable pump from a trusted brand and retailer.

How to Reduce Your Swimming Pool's Energy Consumption article main image

How to Reduce Your Swimming Pool's Energy Consumption

There are a number of simple ways to make you swimming pool more energy efficient.

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