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Author: Penny

Penny Swift is an experienced journalist who has worked on newspapers, magazines and has authored more than 40 non-fiction books. She also contributes regularly to a number of international websites, including several she co-owns. She is author of several books relating to swimming pools, spas, water gardens and landscaping, and both contributed to, and edited a magazine for the NSPI for six years.
Salt Water Chlorination Secrets 1972-2021

Salt Water Chlorination Secrets 1972-2021

Who Invented Salt Water Chlorination? By PENNY SWIFT It is widely accepted that salt water chlorination is an Australian invention. But some say the invention stems from New Zealand. This…

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A Jigsaw Puzzle Swimming Pool – in 9 pieces

A Jigsaw Puzzle Swimming Pool – in 9 pieces

When Poly Phoenix glass fiber pool manufacturers were asked to transport a 40ft x 20ft (12m x 6m) swimming pool to Matemo Island off northern Moçambique, last year they accepted…

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5 Keys to Healthy, Clean Water Management

5 Keys to Healthy, Clean Water Management

These are the 5 Key points to a Healthy, Clean Water Management. These outlines, in simple terms, are the steps necessary to ensure that your swimming pool has healthy, clean…

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Pool Opening – 4 Top Tips For Success

Pool Opening – 4 Top Tips For Success

How to Do Your Spring Pool Opening In many parts of the world, including North America and the United Kingdom, pool owners must close their swimming pools during the fall…

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4 Swimming Pool Water Features and Effects

4 Swimming Pool Water Features and Effects

Special Water Features That Will Give Your Pool the Edge Main picture above: A huge rockery constructed along one side of a large gunite swimming pool adds interest to otherwise clean lines…

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Salt Water From The Salt of the Earth

Salt Water From The Salt of the Earth

As if inspired by the sea, a salt water chlorinator helps keep this stunning rim flow swimming pool fresh and sparkling clean all year round. Hand packed concrete construction lined…

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7 Pool Surrounds with Style

7 Pool Surrounds with Style

Choosing the Right Pool Surrounds Swimming pool surrounds have become a design factor that can alter the look of any pool area. Not so long ago, many pool builders offered…

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Engineer a Swimming Pool – 2 Strong Examples

Engineer a Swimming Pool – 2 Strong Examples

Above: Engineered genius upwards. The seemingly simple design of this rimflow swimming pool belies the fact that it is suspended over 7 m (23 ft) high pylons. Why Pool Builders Structure…

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Thermal Warmth for Your Pool

Thermal Warmth for Your Pool

Gather Some Thermal Warmth for Your Pool When winter’s cold, icy “hands” grip the country, the benefits of using a thermal cover to maintain the temperature of the water in…

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Pool Coating with Quartz Color

Pool Coating with Quartz Color

Chocolate box. Chocolate Brown Quartzite creates an unusual effect in this  striking swimming pool. The raised deck alongside the pool is the perfect place for sunbathing, relaxing or even entertaining;…

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Load Shedding – 6 Ways To Help Beat This

Load Shedding – 6 Ways To Help Beat This

A new generation solid pool cover from PowerPlastics will keep your children safe and it will also help you do your bit in avoiding load shedding. Cut Down on Your…

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Your New Pool – The Best 4 Types

Your New Pool – The Best 4 Types

A fiberglass pool that is ideal for any smaller property. A New Pool – Decisions Decisions… Making the Right Choice  Having taken the plunge and decided to build a new…

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Understand Stabilized Chlorine and Chlorine Lock – 4 Myths

Understand Stabilized Chlorine and Chlorine Lock – 4 Myths

A beautiful well balanced healthy clean pool ready for fun. A pool that is properly maintained with the right balance of chemicals will always be a source of relaxation and…

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Landscaping Around Your Pool – 10 Ideas

Landscaping Around Your Pool – 10 Ideas

Above: Pretty plain. Simplicity is the key to successful landscaping around your pool. Here the pool has been positioned close to a wall enclosing the pool area and timber decking used…

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Keep Your Pool Water Clean With a Test Kit 10 mins/week

Keep Your Pool Water Clean With a Test Kit 10 mins/week

10 Minutes a Week is all it Takes to Keep Your Swimming Pool Water Clean with a Test Kit To the new pool owner, terminology like pH, calcium hardness, total…

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Different Pool Color For Your Swimming Pool – 7 Pictures

Different Pool Color For Your Swimming Pool – 7 Pictures

Dare To Be Different and Make Have a Different Pool Color Instead of the usual blue-hued swimming pool, introduce a different pool color on the inside and allow nature to…

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Mammoth Pool Makeover in the Desert – 7 Pictures

Mammoth Pool Makeover in the Desert – 7 Pictures

Huge Hotel Swimming Pool Makeover in Just Four Days The pool at the elite Royal Mirage Hotel in Dubai was built in 2001 and finished using Cemcrete’s PoolCrete, a brilliant product that…

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Lap Pools Will Keep You Healthy – 4 Reasons

Lap Pools Will Keep You Healthy – 4 Reasons

With a Lap Pools It’s the length that counts. A 10 m x 2 m, single-depth gunite pool, fits perfectly into a long, narrow garden. Constructed by Suburban Pools, the…

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Pleasures of a Hot Tub Spa Soak – 7 Pointers

Pleasures of a Hot Tub Spa Soak – 7 Pointers

7 Tips to Ensure Your Hot Spa is Always Ready to Give You a Soothing Soak Studies show that most people wish they had more time in the day to relax. Unwinding…

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Drownproofing Babies – 1 Mother’s Story

Drownproofing Babies – 1 Mother’s Story

Safely in the Swim: How I had my Baby Drownproofed by Penny Swift Drownproofing Babies! Many mothers consider their babies and small children to be natural water babies. I know…

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Your Home Swimming Pool Safety – 14 Suggestions

Your Home Swimming Pool Safety – 14 Suggestions

Your Home Swimming Pool Safety 14 Steps to Ensure Your Home Is Not a Hazard Pool safety is an emotive issue that must be addressed by every single pool owner and…

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Pool Pumps Are the Heart of Every Pool – 8 Ideas Why

Pool Pumps Are the Heart of Every Pool – 8 Ideas Why

Essential Equipment for a Clean, Healthy Pool All swimming pools need a good quality pump and filter to keep the water clean and healthy. This equipment is like the engine of…

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Salt Water Chlorination

Salt Water Chlorination

An Australian Invention Worth It’s Salt This article has been updated in a new article, Who Invented Salt Water Chlorination? By PENNY SWIFT It all began in Len David’s garden shed….

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Spa & Pool Heating-4 Options

Spa & Pool Heating-4 Options

Choose Your Spa Tub & Pool Heating Options Although swimming pools generally contain cold water which may or may not be heated, a hot water spa will always contain heated…

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Turn on the Heat: Solar Heating for Your Pool – 9 Steps

Turn on the Heat: Solar Heating for Your Pool – 9 Steps

The Secrets of Solar Heating For Your Pool In  a country where the sun shines long and hot, it makes sense to exploit the natural heat of the sun, not…

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Go Swimming Indoors in Your Living Room

Go Swimming Indoors in Your Living Room

Gracious living. Good looking and built for every season, this indoor pool is warmed with a heat pump. Constructed from handpacked concrete, it features a simple, yet stunning inlay of…

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7 Hints for New Swimming Pool Owners

7 Hints for New Swimming Pool Owners

Starting Up a New Swimming Pool – 7 Hints Owning a new swimming pool can be a daunting experience. For months you pondered over what to build and who was…

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Best Options For Your Pool Surround – 8 Options

Best Options For Your Pool Surround – 8 Options

Choose Your Pool Surround With Care The materials used for your pool surround will affect not only what the pool area as a whole looks like, but also how the…

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A Swimming Pool Emergency – 8 Things To Do

A Swimming Pool Emergency – 8 Things To Do

Swimming Pool Emergency: the 8 Steps to Follow With a pool emergency the old adage, better safe than sorry is one that swimming pool owners should always remember. Precautions are always essential,…

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Avoid Sunburn – Be Safe in the Sun – 6 Ideas

Avoid Sunburn – Be Safe in the Sun – 6 Ideas

Avoid Sunburn and the Risk of Skin Cancer The burning issue every summer is finding ways to protect our skin from the damaging rays of the sun. In a nutshell this…

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