This is my first year as a pool owner and my DIY spirit has been alive and well reading how to maintain a swimming pool’s health, both structurally and equipment-wise during a rough winter.<\/p>\n
There’s actually quite a bit of chemistry and a dab of physics to learn, which have always been my favorite disciplines.<\/p>\n
A few of the online resources I want to thank: The Pool Center’s blog<\/a> has really helped me catch up to speed on all things maintenance related, and in an enjoyable, entertaining format. I also have frequently referred back to the company that guided me<\/a> through my pool’s construction for more information on the materials used in the build. And finally Fire Your Pool Guy<\/a> (love that name) helped me with understanding some of the technical aspects of water health, algae prevention, and to develop weekly cleaning checklists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is my first year as a pool owner and my DIY spirit has been alive and well reading how to maintain a swimming pool’s health, both structurally and equipment-wise during a rough winter. There’s actually quite a bit of chemistry and a dab of physics to learn, which have always been my favorite disciplines. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4488,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/webguy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}