ACCURATE Pool INFORMATION on the Sunshine Coast

Some helpful advice on cleaning up swimming pools after the recent floods across the East Coast of Australia. With the recent heavy rain, winds and floods most pools across the eastern states are full of dirt, debris, mud, silt, and organic contaminants such as phosphates and nitrates. Any chemicals that were in the water would now be completely diluted so it is important to get pools safe and clean as quickly as possible. Algae will be blooming by the hour and as the clean up ramps up we would like to offer some helpful tips on cleaning up green or muddy pools.

Following recent reports of a resurgence of small brown bugs in swimming pools, we are reprising this article on water beetles.

Billabong Pool Service has a new solar-powered underwater pool light that’s energy-efficient, sleek, attractive and easy to install. Learn more about it and how to buy.

New Robotic Cleaners Available From Billabong Pool Service

Billabong Pool Service & Supply, Sunshine Coast’s leading pool service and suppliers, introduces two new robotic pool cleaners to the market: Maytronics Dolphin M600 and Astral Viron QT1000. Both are available in-store.

Which Pool Cover Should I Buy?

After our Blog on pool heating, we discuss a subject that goes hand in hand with heating efficiency. Pool covers deliver a wide range of benefits for those lucky enough to have a pool at home.

Whether you have an inground or above ground pool at home, keeping it at a comfortable temperature all year-round with a pool heating system maximises your investment.

Find Out the Basic Features of Each Model of Dolphin Robotic Pool Cleaners

Best Robotic (Automatic) Swimming Pool Cleaners

There are a wide variety of amazing automatic pool cleaners currently on the market. But which option is right for you?

From pH to calcium hardness, here’s your guide on pool water chemistry. Visit Billabong Pool Service & Supply on the Sunshine Coast for great pool supplies.

Advice From the Swimming Pool Industry Association

Click on the link below to access the most up to date advice from SPASA and CDC on how safe swimming pools are:

Mineral Pools and Assessment

Mineral Pools

The significant investment in a pool is becoming more complex with a large variety of options available to the consumer. That’s due to the different types of pool surfaces, sanitation, filtration and heightened lifestyle expectations.

What Is T.D.S. and Why Should We Care

As pool professionals, we are always looking for resources to explain the sometimes abstract concepts of a complete story on the health of your pool or spa. TDS is one of those vague chemistry concepts that can be hard to explain.

Some Straight Talking on Pool Sanitation Systems

There is an ever-growing market in pool sanitation systems alternatives. As pool professionals, we are constantly asked which is the best.

Summer Time = Swim Time

Summertime is Christmas and school holidays. It’s about getting out with the kids and grandkids and jumping into the pool on a hot summer’s day while having fun.

While the previous blog post was interesting, it was probably not all so relative to our site. Please visit some of the sites listed below if you wish to know more. The related content to us is as follows:

What Is That Stain? What Can I Do About It?

These questions are not easily answered. There are multiple types of stains, multiple reasons for stains to appear and sometimes a combination of staining issues can be at play.

Solar heating, is it worth it? A loaded question really. As with everything related to pools, pool design, pool surface type, sanitation options, filtration options, auto cleaners and heating options, they all rely on customer expectations and the economics of realising these expectations for the outcomes to be achieved.

A Brief Story of Pool Covers

Why

75% of a swimming pool’s heat loss is due to evaporation. A solar cover minimises heat loss from evaporation by acting as a barrier between the pool water and the air. Specifically, you can reduce your swimming pool heating cost by 70% or more, depending upon the quality of the cover you are using.

Selecting a Heater for Your Pool or Spa

We have had an extended summer this year. What do they call it, “Indian Summer”? Well, it’s going to get cold soon, I guess. We are always receiving a large number of inquiries from domestic and commercial pool owners on the options available to heat their pool. In this blog, I hope to impart some relevant information about heater options for your pool or spa.

Welcome, today I am going to be talking about the change of season and what it means for your swimming pool. Here on the Sunshine Coast being a sub-tropical, some may say it is more like tropical these days, but that could be a blog subject for another day.

User Friendly Manual Pool Vacuum

Welcome to this week’s blog. Had the opportunity to go out on the first demo of a new pool vacuuming system that we are marketing. It is not generally aimed at the domestic market, but at the larger commercial market. It is called the Hammer-Head commercial pool vacuum.