When pool workers walked into his parents' swimming pool supply business in Largo in the 1980s and complained they couldn't find products to fight stains and discoloration in pools, Jack Beane began ...

Question: After every heavy rain, I find dozens of fat earthworms drowned in my pool. If I don’t vacuum them out immediately, some stick to the bottom and leave a stain that won’t brush out. How can I ...

Q. I have a 15-by-30-foot pool that has developed round tan areas, which, I assume, are colonies of algae. Some of these have eaten through the interior finish into the concrete base. I use an ...

Q. I am a winter resident in Ft. Myers, Fla., and live the rest of the year in Massachusetts, where I have a vinyl 20-by-40-foot in-ground swimming pool. Last spring when I removed the cover, I ...

Question: We have a small pool about 15-by-30, and we are new to taking care of a pool. I would normally put about 16 to 20 ounces of chlorine in the pool from time to time. But a lot of algae ...