Swimming Pool Steve Author Bio
Swimming Pool Steve first started in the pool industry in 1991 working for the family owned pool business. He started with vinyl liner service and repair before moving to the west coast of Canada to learn the concrete pool building trade. After working in service, renovation, new pool installations, commercial pools and spas, leak detection, pool equipment manufacturing, pool equipment wholesale, as well as various retail stores for both pools and spas, Steve is one of the most diversely skilled pool technicians active today.
In 2018 Steve was voted to win the Pleatco Swimming Pool Industry Leadership Award for his work in educating both pool owners, as well as other pool industry professionals, through his extensive blog of helpful pool and spa articles. Steve has appeared as a featured author in over 30 pool and spa trade industry publications and magazines from around the world. Currently Steve enjoys his job as a writer, and blogger, where he reaches between two to three million pool owners in Canada and the USA annually with his website and YouTube channel.
November 2021 - Aqua Magazine - Good advice for swimming pool workers
May 2021 - Aqua Magazine - Tips for growing an existing pool company
March 2021 - Aqua Magazine - Tips for starting a new pool company
September 2020 - Aqua Magazine - Are you cut out for working on swimming pools?
June 2020 - Aqua Magazine - Lack of equipment bonding in swimming pools
December 2019 - Aqua Magazine - How leaking water changed history
September 2019 - Aqua Magazine - Swimming pool job interview questions you can't ask
June 2019 - Aqua Magazine - Lifecycle of robotic pool cleaners
January 2019 - Aqua Magazine - 15 Lessons all service technicians must learn
December 2018 - Aqua Magazine - New rules for the pool industry (satire)
November 2018 - Pleatco Perfect Pool Guy & Gal Contest - 2018 Industry Leadership Award Winner
November 2018 - Pool & Spa Marketing Magazine - Failure Vortex: The case of the mysterious sinkhole
August 2018 - Pool Pro Magazine - Don't Spring A Leak
August 2018 - Aqua Magazine - How to size a swimming pool heater
July 2018 - Aqua Magazine - Pool step repair for pools in colder climates
June 2018 - Aqua Magazine - Protect your pool from salt water
May 2018 - Pools, Spas & Patios Magazine 2018 Edition - The importance of water quality & tips for how to maintain your water
April 2018 - Aqua Magazine - Rites of passage for swimming pool workers
March 2018 - Aqua Magazine (part 2) - Pool pump troubleshooting
February 2018 - Aqua Magazine (part 1)- Pool pump troubleshooting
September 2017 - Aqua Magazine - Common misconceptions in the pool & spa industry
August 2017 - Pool & Spa Australia Magazine - Common pool industry personalities (reprint)
June 2017 - Aqua Magazine - 6 Things your pool guy does not want to hear
May 2017 - Aqua Magazine (part 2) - Why pool pumps overheat and what you can do to stop it
April 2017 - Aqua Magazine (part 1) - Why pool pumps overheat and what you can do to stop it
March 2017 - Aqua Magazine - 12 Customer profiles that you will encounter while working in the pool service industry
September 2016 - Homeowner With Danny Lipford - Solar heater questions syndicated to over 150 radio stations in the USA
August 2016 - The Toronto Star Newspaper - Green pool water stings Rio organizers, and Olympic athletes
March 2016 - Pool & Spa Marketing Magazine - Safety in the workplace; Education & training key in preventing accidents on the jobsite
March 2016 - Piscines & Spas Magazine (cover) - Resistance pour le debit d'eau; Ameliorer l'efficacite energetique de votre piscine
December 2015 - Pool & Spa Marketing Magazine - Resistance to flow; How to improve energy efficiency in a swimming pool system
September 2015 - Pool & Spa Marketing Magazine - Understanding the electromechanical process of galvanic corrosion
March 2015 - Pool & Spa News Magazine - Steve Goodale; Pool professional is creating works of art
From Steve: I remember very clearly flipping through pool and spa magazines when I was a kid, sitting in the pool service truck on the way to a jobsite. At the time I wanted to work on pools like you see in the magazines...not the 16x32' kidney shaped vinyl liner pools that I had been renovating with the family business. I would not have guessed that I would go on to build those pools, and ones even better, before becoming the person actually in the magazines I used to read. It is very much a feather in my cap that these magazines and publications reach out to me for my opinions as an expert within this industry and I am proud to be able to provide content that they, and their readers, want to see. The publications you see listed above represent the full circle of my life as a pool and spa expert. The only place left to go from here would be to star in a Holmes on Homes style TV show dedicated towards helping people with nightmare swimming pool problems.
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Pool and spa chemistry crash course
New pool owner guide
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Swimming Pool Steve is an award winning, second generation swimming pool specialist from Ontario Canada and one of the most trusted voices in the swimming pool industry. With over 20,000,000 views on the Swimming Pool Steve YouTube Channel, winner of the Pleatco Pool & Spa Industry Leadership award and author of hundreds of pool and spa articles both online and in print. Steve is committed to helping pool and spa owners as well as pool and spa industry workers learn more about the technical side of building, renovating, repairing and maintaining all types of swimming pools and spas. Follow Swimming Pool Steve on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Paid PDF Books From Swimming Pool Steve
Steve's Pool Survival Guide
The Swimming Pool Steve Pool Survival Guide is intended to help pool owners understand their pool and pool equipment better, understand water chemistry, water testing and chemical corrections to the water, troubleshoot the most common pool problems and have confidence in interacting and caring for their pool in the fastest possible frame of time. Also covers pool safety, things to avoid and how to operate your pool more efficiently.
Salt Water Recommendations
Are you considering upgrading to salt water in your pool? In this paid PDF Steve talks about which pools should avoid using salt water. Find out concerns about using salt in your pool but also the potential benefits of salt water. Finally hear which specific brand and model of salt chlorine generator Steve thinks is the best option currently available to pool owners and how to choose the right size salt system for your pool.
New Pool Heater Buyer's Guide
In this guide Swimming Pool Steve will help you to better understand your heater options as well as which would be best suited for your pool. Learn about BTU output and sizing of both gas/propane heaters as well as electric heat pumps for residential swimming pools. You will also learn about which specific brands and models of currently available pool heaters Steve likes to recommend. If you are thinking of adding a new pool heater to your equipment pad this buyer's guide would be a useful resource to help you make a more informed buying decision.
New Pool Installation Value Guide
This is a value shopping guide written by Swimming Pool Steve to help home owners hiring for a new pool installation to get the maximum value for their investment with tips about how to protect your interests during the vetting, hiring and pool installation process. Anyone serious about having a pool installed will find value in this guide. Pool installers will sell the pool package that is best for them - not for you! Become an informed value shopper with this PDF guide.
Endorsed Brands From Swimming Pool Steve
The following links and products are to affiliates of the Swimming Pool Steve website. These are brands, products and services hand selected by Steve for endorsement. Please note that these endorsements can include monetary compensation, affiliate links and referral fees to Swimming Pool Steve, however there is zero additional cost to you should you use one of these products or services. Income generated from these links helps to keep this pool and spa resource available for everyone. To have your product or service considered for listing here as an endorsed brand email SwimmingPoolSteve@gmail.com.
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www.PoolPartsToGo.com
New Black + Decker variable speed pumps are available online from www.PoolPartsToGo.com and they are a drop in replacement for many popular pump models including Pentair Superflo and Hayward Super Pumps. With an adjustable platform base, union connections included and a very strong warranty these pumps offer an impressive value to pool owners.
- Swimming Pool Steve