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Great tips and industry insights to help you make the right choices for your Leisure Pool.

Fiberglass Pool and Spa Safety Checklist

Owning a fiberglass swimming pool is a great way to relax with family and friends. However, with a swimming pool comes certain responsibilities. Because It is important to ensure everyone who uses it is safe, Leisure Pools® offers a checklist of pool and spa safety measures to keep you and your loved ones safe.

Poolside First Aid Essentials

While fiberglass pools can be a wonderful addition to your home, you must also keep safety considerations at top of mind. As such, every homeowner should keep a basic first aid kit and other emergency essentials on hand for the backyard pool.

How to Select the Right Pool Furniture for Your Needs

With so many options available today, it can be challenging to select the right pool furniture for your needs and lifestyle. Leisure Pools® has compiled a few tips and suggestions for you to help you choose the right – and best – furniture items to complement your pool, tastes and budget.

Choosing the Right Color for Your Inground Fiberglass Swimming Pool

Backyard inground fiberglass pools come in a wide range of styles, sizes, and shapes. There are also a variety of enhancements for fiberglass pools, such as water features, spas, and splash decks. With so many options from which to choose, it is also important to consider the color of your new fiberglass pool.

Top Myths About Pool Ownership

Although pool ownership may seem overwhelming at first, it really doesn’t have to be that way. Owning a backyard fiberglass inground swimming pool can be a great experience, especially once you wade through the myths and misinformation about owning a pool.

Reasons to Heat Your Fiberglass Pool Before Spring

As winter begins to thaw and temperatures begin to rise, many pool owners eagerly anticipate the upcoming swim season. However, before you begin thinking about jumping into your pool, it is time to consider if your inground fiberglass backyard pool is properly heated.

How to Open Your Pool After Winter

As the winter winds give way to calmer and warmer weather, it is time to get ready to open your fiberglass inground backyard swimming pool for the summer. It is essential to have a plan for opening your swimming pool, as this makes it easier to manage and maintain throughout the swim season.

Perfect Swimming Pool Designs for the Garden Lover

Getting into the swim of things as a garden lover, there are a variety of fiberglass inground pool options that can enhance your landscaping appointments and outdoor design styles. Leisure Pools™ offers many pool designs to inspire your green thumb and your poolside garden.

5 Reasons to Build a Pool When You Build a Home

If you are thinking of building a new home or are in the process of doing so, you may be wondering if you should install a backyard pool now or wait until later. Leisure Pools™ presents five reasons why you should build the home and the pool at the same time.

Landscaping Privacy Ideas for Your Inground Backyard Pool

If you love your fiberglass inground backyard pool but don’t enjoy being on display while using it or after using it, Leisure Pools™ presents a few landscaping privacy ideas to keep your backyard oasis as secluded and peaceful as possible.

Create Healthy Habits with a Fiberglass Inground Pool

It’s the New Year. If you are like most people, you’ve made a New Year’s Resolution or two. However, what are the odds you will stick with it? With a fiberglass inground swimming pool from Leisure Pools™, you might surprise yourself with the healthy habits you create.

How Cold Weather Affects Fiberglass Swimming Pools

As the winter winds begin to blow and the lazy, hazy days of summer stand far behind in the rearview mirror, you may wonder if your fiberglass inground pool can handle the cold weather, snow, and biting winds. The answer just might surprise you.

Mike Holmes: Holmes on Homes … and Fiberglass Pools!

If you want to know the impressive benefits of a backyard fiberglass swimming pool, just ask Mike Holmes, host of Holmes on Homes for HGTV. Well-versed in craftsmanship when it comes to home renovations, home repairs, and maintenance, Holmes may also know a thing or two about inground fiberglass pools.

When and How to Do a Pool Shock

Is your pool feeling a bit out of balance? Is it not as sparkling clean and clear as you might like? Perhaps it is time to do a pool shock. When you do a pool shock, you break up the chlorine and any contaminants that upset the chemical balance of your pool.

What is a Cocktail Pool?

If you have limited space in your backyard, a cocktail pool might just be the answer for you. Often referred to as “spools” or “plunge pools,” these smaller pools often combine a spa and a pool and may even include jets, a heater, and benches.

Best Types of Coping for Fiberglass Pools

Pool coping is the material installed at the top of the pool wall that separates the shell of the pool from the surrounding areas. Not only does it enhance the aesthetics of your pool, but it also helps to prevent moisture from harming the pool.

Is a Plunge Pool Right for You?

Are you dreaming of your own swimming pool, but think your backyard is too small? Then a Plunge Pool might just be right for you.

An In-Depth Look at Fiberglass Pool Shells

In this article, we'll cover what goes into creating fiberglass pool shells – beauty, amenities, technology, raw materials, and differentiators between manufacturers that set them apart.