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Yes, Pool Tables ARE Great Investments!

published Monday, April 7th, 2014 at 11:27 pm by

Pool Table Yes, Pool Tables ARE Great Investments!When thinking of investments, pool tables are probably the last on your list of potential purchases. The average individual would opt to put their money on real estate or cars. Very few, if there are any, would think about buying a billiards table, most of which don’t even realize that they’re buying a truly worthy investment.

Aside from being a popular game, there are many other benefits that people get from buying a billiards table; thus, resulting in a constant number of purchases every year. It has effectively surpassed the success of other tabletop games – including hockey, football, and ping-pong – with regards to sales records and popularity.

What makes pool tables a great investment?

We all know that a billiard table supports the play of various games. It also serves as a fun hobby to help pass the time. If you are one of those people who likes sports, this may indeed be a good form of investment for you. How about those other people who are not into sports?

Other than serving the purpose of playing pool and other similar games, a billiard table provides other benefits as well from an investor’s point of view.

  • Form of entertainment for the whole family and guests

Like the swimming pool, a billiard table can serve as a great form of entertainment for the entire family. It can also serve as an entertainment for parties or get-togethers. Friends can come over to talk, hang out and play billiards if you have a pool table. It can be a great attraction to your home, impressing your friends, guests, boss, and potential and current clients.

  • Focal point in décor

Interior designers have often used pool tables as the focal point of décor in a room. Many homeowners have agreed, especially at how much it can transform a boring room into an exciting one. According to professional designers, billiard tables can make a room look more sophisticated and elegant. In fact, if they are asked to choose which: among a billiard table, a fireplace, or indoor water fountain they would use for decoration, they would go for the billiard tables. Their clients often approve of this because it is quite easy to maintain.

  • Additional value to your home

A pool table can add value to your home just like your other furniture and equipment. Should you plan to get a mortgage or resell you home, having the billiard table will surely increase the resale value. Plus, you don’t have to spend a ton of money for its installation, maintenance, and upkeep. The only money you need to put in this investment is the cost of the purchase and delivery. If you know how to properly take care of your billiard table, you won’t have to worry about its maintenance.

Contact Elko Spas Billiards & Pools to learn more about purchasing and taking care of your pool tables.

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4718 Hwy 17 Bypass South
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 – ‪(843) 294-3556
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Helpful Guide In Buying A Hot Tub

published Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 at 12:26 am by

Hot Tub 300x176 Helpful Guide In Buying A Hot TubA hot tub is such a fine addition to your bathroom, sunroom, or backyard. There are various reasons why people choose to get them. These reasons include: adding beauty to the bathroom, soothing muscles and joints, and helping to relax the body and mind.

Many reports have been published identifying the health effects of using hot tubs. They have been proven numerous times to help improve circulation and sleeping habits. They also serve as a great form of entertainment for household members.

All these reasons make the purchase of hot tubs a truly benefiting investment. On the other hand, the process of buying is not an easy one as there are many sizes, shapes, and styles to choose from, not to mention the wide range of features available in a single tub.

To help you easily buy a hot tub, here is a helpful guide:

  • Determine where you want to place the tub. You can place it outside on your patio or deck, like what most American homeowners prefer. Alternatively, you can also opt to put inside the house, particularly in the master bedroom. You may also choose to put it in an enclosed sun room or the basement.Be sure you choose an area where a tub will comfortably fit. There should also be sufficient room for the people who will be using the tub to move about freely. If you want to install steps to help with getting in and out, you’ll also have to ensure sufficient space for this.

    If you choose to place the tub inside your home, make sure the room where you’ll put the tub has an appropriate ventilation system to accommodate the steam from the tub. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself resolving mold and mildew problems in the future.

    There should also be a nearby electrical outlet for your tub. This is especially true if you want an outdoor spa. Work with your electrician to create an electrical plug outside to be used for your tub. Oftentimes, you’ll need a 220v electrical plug; however, this varies from each tub. Check with the manufacturer to ensure you prepare the right type of electrical outlet.

  • Do not focus solely on the price of the tub. There are many other things to consider when choosing the right spa for you and your family. This is indeed a big investment so you should check out all available options before making a decision.
  • It helps to think about your primary reason for purchasing. Why do you want to buy a tub? How will you use it? What purpose will it serve for you and your family? Couple this information with the kind of lifestyle you live and it will be easier and faster for you to pick out the tubs you want.
  • If you want to maximize the benefits of having a spa, you can opt to purchase appropriate accessories and add-ons like pillows, massage chairs, lighting, steps, and stereos.
  • When shopping for a tub, ask the dealer if you can test the spa before paying for it. This is most often allowed in showroom tubs. Dealers usually allow potential clients to try out the tubs in their showroom to help them decide whether or not a tub is for them. When testing out a hot tub, make sure you feel comfortable in it and that it has the right size for your needs.

    Also consider how much or little noise it makes from the jets. Another aspect to consider is how simple you can use the controls and adjust the settings.

  • Find out the monthly costs, including maintenance and upkeep of the tub you are considered buying.
  • Ask whether they offer financing options to make it easier for you to pay for the tub. Keep in mind, however, that direct financing has higher interest rates than banks. This is why most buyers opt to finance the tub through their local bank. Others, however, choose to buy using low-interest credit card or pay by check or cash.

For more information and tips in buying a hot tub, call Elko Spas Billiards and Pools, now.

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How Pool Chemicals Fine Tune Your Swimming Pool

published Sunday, March 16th, 2014 at 11:04 pm by

Pool Chemicals 300x199 How Pool Chemicals Fine Tune Your Swimming PoolPool chemicals play a critical role in your swimming pool maintenance. The chemicals work with the pool’s filter system which works to distribute and circulate the chemicals throughout the swimming pool. It is important and extremely useful if you have the right chemicals on hand as well as the necessary tools that you can use to measure their level in the pool water.

Why do you need to keep pool chemicals in the right balance
Aside from the general and obvious reasons for keeping the pool water clean and sanitized, here are other more specific reasons on why it is extremely important that you know how to manage your pool’s chemical balance.

  • To treat the pool water and drive away dangerous bacteria and other disease-carrying microorganisms. These may already be present in the water that you use to fill your pool or they may come from the skin of the people who use the pool. Where ever they come from, don’t make it easy for them to thrive and develop in your pool water by leaving it untreated or chemically unbalanced.
  • To protect other parts and aspect of your swimming pool. Untreated or chemically unbalanced pool water may damage other parts of your swimming pool. Too much chlorine may cause problems to your filter and other equipment that you use for your swimming pool.
  • To prevent skin and eye irritation. A chemically unbalanced swimming pool may irritate the skin and eyes of those who will use the swimming pool especially for long periods of time.

Managing Pool Chemicals
The primary and most important role of these chemicals is to treat your swimming pool water and prevent the buildup of algae, bacteria and other disease-carrying microorganisms. Hence, the most important of these chemicals are the disinfectants, chlorine and bromide. Other chemicals that you add in your pool serve to complement the effects of chlorine and keep the pool water in the right pH level.

Chlorine serves its purpose as a disinfectant by reacting with the pool water and forming other chemicals which would actually kill the bacteria and other microorganisms in the pool. These chemical by-products include Hypochlorous acid which destroys the bacteria from the inside out as a result of an oxidation process.

Chlorine can be added to the pool water in liquid, powder, tablet, and even gas form; although, only professionals are allowed to handle the gas form. Although there is no specific part of the cycle that you need to add chlorine to the pool water, professional pool technicians suggest it is best to add the disinfectant after the filtering process. It is also highly suggested that you use chemical feeders in adding chlorine to ensure the chemical is equally spread out in the pool. However, directly adding chlorine tablets in the skimmer basket may not arrive at the same results. In fact, it may result in having too much chlorine in specific areas of the pool.

An important thing to remember in handling chemicals is that some of them are not stable, such as the hypochlorous acid which is the bi-product of chlorine after reacting with your pool water. Aside from having the ability to combine with other chemicals and form new possibly dangerous compounds, hypochlorous acid can react with the ultraviolet light from the sun and degrade.

You can opt to use a stabilizing agent along with chlorine. A common stabilizing agent is cyanuric acid which forms a more stable compound that doesn’t change when exposed to ultraviolet light. Some chlorine bi-products like hypochlorous acid may still combine with other chemicals and form other compounds even with the presence of a stabilizing agent. The compounds produced may not only be ineffective sanitizers but may also be dangerous to the skin and eyes.

If you notice a change in smell and color of your pool water after adding certain chemicals, call your pool technician immediately and refrain from using the pool. If the technician found your pool to have extremely unbalanced chemicals, the only solution is shock the pool by adding a strong dose of chemicals. This will remove any organic compound that was formed and all other useless and harmful chemical compounds.

Give Elko Spas, Billiards, and Pools now for more information on pool chemicals.

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How To Protect Using Pool Chemicals Without Spending A Lot

published Monday, February 24th, 2014 at 3:23 am by

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According to recent reports, one of the chemicals that the body absorbs from swimming pools is chlorine. Absorbing chlorine may result in making your eyes red, drying your skin and making it itchy, and turning your hair color green. Aside from this, chlorine can create byproducts that are more serious and dangerous than chlorine when it reacts with skin, hair, and other organic matter left in the swimming pool.

What you can get from too much exposure to swimming pool chemicals

Some of the health problems that you can get when using a pool with unbalanced levels of chemicals for long periods of time include the following:

  • Altering of hormones in boys – Recent reports have revealed that boys who use a chemically-unbalanced pool for more than 30 minutes are likely to get altered hormones, which may result in various health problems.
  • Asthma – Studies have proven that using swimming pools with high levels of chlorine increases the risk of developing asthma in kids.
  • Respiratory diseases – Another study showed evidence that pool workers handling too much chlorine are 40% more likely to develop respiratory diseases.
  • Intestinal problems – Chlorine that is absorbed by the body and is accidentally drunk while swimming may cause harmful damage to the good bacteria in the digestive tract. This can result to a wide range of stomach problems and disorders.

So how can you prevent these from happening? Here are some useful tips to help you protect yourself and your family against the harmful effects of an improper balance of pool chemicals.

  • Refrain from using indoor swimming pools. Chlorine in these types of pools are likely to move and stay just above the water as it has nowhere to vent. This makes chlorine much easier to be absorbed and taken into the body.
  • Follow the signs that say you have to rinse yourself with water before entering the swimming pool. Most people believe that this sign is for those who are dirty and that the purpose of this is to limit the waste getting in to the pool. On the other hand, this sign is also necessary for drenching and saturating yourself with clean water before going into a heavily chlorinated pool. Keep in mind that our bodies are like sponges. When it has absorbed enough clean water, there will not be any room left for the chlorine.
  • Apply a healthy amount of coconut oil on your hair and skin to add an extra layer of protection from harmful chemicals. The skin already has a layer of protection called the acid mantle but it is relatively thin and is easily stripped away when using soap or swimming in a chlorinated pool.
  • Spray yourself with vitamin C dissolved in water before jumping into the pool. It has been found that vitamin C actually neutralizes chlorine.

These chemicals are an important aspect of every swimming pool to ensure a longer life span and that the water will remain at the right level. So be sure you know how to handle and manage these chemicals.

Call Elko Spas, Billiards and Pools now for more tips and information on handling pool chemicals!

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Your Quick And Easy Guide To Leveling Your Pool Table

published Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 at 2:57 am by

pool table 300x200 Your Quick And Easy Guide To Leveling Your Pool TableOne of the most important and critical characteristics of a pool table is that it should always be in the right level. If your billiard table is not level, the balls will not roll evenly across the table and may affect how people play a game on your table. Keep in mind that one of the keys to an accurate billiard shot is a level table. This is why you need to always ensure your table is level.

Determining whether your table is level or not and adjusting it to the right level doesn’t require any special tools or skills. This can be easily done in just a few seconds and with basic items that can be found in a home improvement or hardware store – if you don’t already have them in your home.

Here are some tips to help you determine whether or not your pool table is level:

  • Use a carpenter’s level to test whether the table is in the right level and balance. For best results, set the carpenter’s level on all four sides of the table. This will help you identify which leg is not in the right height, making your table uneven.
  • Before doing anything to adjust the level of your billiards table, you might want to consult your owner’s manual to get to know your table better. It is important that you know what kind of pool table you have – whether it has metal plates or adjustable plates – as this will help you in getting it back to the right level.
  • If your pool table uses metal plates for its legs, you simply have to add metal plates to the legs that are not in the right level. Be sure to follow your owner’s manual when adding or removing metal plates.
  • If your billiard table has adjustable legs, there will most likely be screws and pins to hold the legs in their current level. Take those screws and pins out so that you can move the legs up or down to find the right level.
  • If your table doesn’t use metal plates or adjustable legs, you can still set it to the right level by using shims. You should add as many shims as you need to the legs that are not in the right level.
  • To easily test the level of your table after some adjustments, simply roll a ball from one section of the table. If the ball rolls to a particular side of the table, you may need to make more adjustments.
  • Another way to check whether or not you have set the table to the right level is by using a piece of glass and a marble. Place the piece of glass on the center of the table and put the marble on top of the glass. If the marble falls off of the glass to a particular side of the table, then that means you would need to add more height to that particular leg. For best and more accurate results, place the glass and marble on each side of the table.

For more tips in maintaining and taking care of your pool table, contact Elko Spas, Billiards & Pools now.

Elko Spas, Billiards & Pools
4718 Hwy 17 Bypass S,
Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
‪(843) 294-3556
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