Wildfires in December. Hurricanes in November. Freezes in Texas. Drought in California. Record-breaking heat in the Pacific Northwest. These are some of the severe weather events experienced in the past year in the United States. In one way or another, they all impact water, the lifeblood of the pool industry. While the future is hard…
Service-based pool companies often rely on contractors. Instead of having an employee clean pools and providing them with a vehicle, tools, insurance and paying out the appropriate taxes, they hire 1099 contractors, who need to provide their own transportation and equipment and are responsible for their own taxes. When the status for contractors changes by…
The California Pool & Spa Association and the National Swimming Pool Foundation have agreed to combine. CPSA is expanding its geographic focus, outside of California, forming The Pool, Spa & Aquatics Alliance (The Alliance) and combining with NSPF, effective January 1, 2018. “This unification combines strength and strength,” says Mike Geremia, past CPSA board chairman….