Dawn Weinberger is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon who has contributed to numerous publications and websites over the past 20 years, including RD.com, Glamour, Women's Health, Entrepreneur, and ...

Q. Is it expensive to maintain a pool? There are associated costs with the maintenance of swimming pools that can’t be avoided. For general upkeep and supplies, swimming pool service costs $1,200 to ...

Pools used to have a reputation for being high-maintenance, but technology has evolved to create automated systems and make pool ownership easier than ever before. With a few tweaks to your regular ...

A decade ago, backyard residential in-ground swimming pools were almost exclusively of the erosion-feeder variety -- traditional chlorine pool requiring 3-inch chlorine tablets to be placed into the ...

Brenda Chila got in on the saltwater swimming pool trend early. "I personally went on salt over 30 years ago. I had one of the original systems because I'm a state-certified pool contractor," Chila ...

The typical cost range to maintain a pool is $110 to $351, with a national average of $229. Maintenance frequency and type, in addition to pool size, type and material, repairs, and labor, can all ...