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The Deep End
From the build site and the service route: digging in clay, choosing a finish, chasing leaks, and keeping water clear through a Tennessee summer.
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Pool building and care in Middle Tennessee
Written by Michael Blair, owner of Nashville's Pool & Spa, from the trade’s own practice.
October 19, 2026
A Pool Pump That Is Loud, Losing Prime or Humming
A pump that roars, gurgles or only hums is telling you where to look. Here is what the manufacturers’ own troubleshooting pages say each sound means, and what is safe to check yourself.
Read itOctober 12, 2026
Hiring a Licensed Pool Contractor in Tennessee
A pool contract is usually large enough that Tennessee law decides who may even bid on it. Here is what the state requires, how to check it yourself and what to ask before you sign.
Read itOctober 8, 2026
Building or Replacing a Pool Deck in Nashville
A pool deck is walked on wet and barefoot all season, and it decides where every splash and rainstorm drains. The surface, the slope and the joint at the coping matter more than the color.
Read itSeptember 28, 2026
Leaf Drop, Tannin Stains and the Fall Pool
Oak and maple leaves left on a pool floor can leave their outlines behind in brown. A stain can be treated; a pump left running on a packed basket is the bigger worry.
Read itSeptember 21, 2026
Single-Speed or Variable-Speed Pool Pump
A single-speed pump runs flat out whether the pool needs it or not. A variable-speed pump runs slow most of the day, and the physics of that is why the bill drops.
Read itSeptember 14, 2026
Keeping a Hot Tub Clear Through Winter
Winter is when a hot tub earns its keep, and it is also when a power cut on a hard-freeze night can hurt it. The water and the freeze risk are both manageable.
Read itSeptember 7, 2026
Why a Pool Loses Water and How to Find It
Every pool loses water in a Tennessee summer. The question is whether it is losing more than the weather explains, and there is a simple test.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Why Pool Water Goes Cloudy, and What to Test
Adding more chlorine to cloudy water is a common first move, and often not the one that clears it.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Opening and Closing a Pool in Middle Tennessee
Nashville averages 67 days a year at or below freezing, and the first usually arrives around November 11. How we time the close and the opening around them.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Saltwater or Traditional Chlorine
A saltwater pool is not a chlorine-free pool. It generates chlorine from salt, continuously.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Heating a Pool in Middle Tennessee
How a heat pump, a gas heater and solar panels each warm a pool here, and what the Department of Energy assumes a cover can save.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Pool Safety Beyond the Fence Around It
The fence is the layer the code spells out. Alarms, a real safety cover and an adult watching the water are the rest of it.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
When a Pool Needs Resurfacing, and the Signs
Roughness underfoot and water that will not stay balanced can show up before a pool finish looks worn from the deck. Here is what we check.
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Pools we build and service near Nashville
We build and service pools in Nashville and 64 towns more, in 12 counties, and the rest of Middle Tennessee is covered as long as the drive from Nashville is about an hour or shorter.
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