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Closing your Swimming Pool

Monday, August 30th, 2010

We are nearing the end of summer, and it’s almost time to tuck your pool in for the Winter. Hopefully we’ll be able to enjoy a few more weeks of sunshine and swimming weather, but in the meantime you can book your Fall swimming pool closing.

Click here to read our Fall Pool Closing brochure.

If you’d like to book service with us, please fill in the following Fall Booking Form and mail or fax back to:

Sarah Carrillo
BonaVista Pools
40 Shields Court
Markham, ON
L3R 0M5

t. 905.475.6980
f. 905.475.7076
e. sarah@bonavistapools.com


BonaVista featured on HGTV house tour

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

BonaVista pool featured on an HGTV house tour.

Described as “a sculpture of stacked boxes composed from shards of glass and muted black slate” by its architect, Paul Raff, of Paul Raff Studio, the two-and-a-half storey house is configured in an “L” shape around an outdoor swimming pool, and is oriented precisely on an axis with the compass to capture maximum light.

Pool & Hot Tub Water Chemistry

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Tips for Getting Maximum Benefit from Your Dazzle™ Sanitizing Program:

  • - Maintain 1.0–3.0 ppm of chlorine or bromine.
  • - For your sanitizer to be most effective, your pH needs to be properly balanced!
  • - Bring a water sample to the store for expert analysis and recommendations.


Timing is Everything:

  • - Make sure you have adequate sanitizer levels on the weekends when people are most likely to be swimming!


Hot Tips on Water Temperature:

  • - For every 6°C rise in pool water temperature, you require 50% more sanitizer by weight.
  • - For example: As your pool water temperature goes from 10°C in the spring to 28°C mid-summer, you will likely need to add 4-6 sticks, instead of 2 chlorine sticks.
  • - Increase the number of sticks you place in your skimmer basket or chlorinator or turn up the dial on your automatic chlorinator.


The Secret to Getting Consistent Chlorine or Bromine Readings:

  • - When applying chlorine sticks through the skimmer, apply fewer sticks, more often.
  • - For example, adding 2 sticks twice a week is more effective than adding 4 sticks all at once.
  • - More consistent release of chlorine into the pool. Less wasteful.
  • - Use a visual reminder – replace chlorine when it is gone (this usually represents 2 additions per week).


Some Final Tips:

  • - Test your chlorine level often!
  • - Dazzle™ Amaze is a non-chlorine based shock treatment – it will not increase the chlorine residual in the pool water. If required re-establish the chlorine residual with Dazzle™ Ultra Shock, Amaze Plus, Energy or Lithium Pro Shock.
  • -Try to keep the application of chlorine-based shock treatments to a minimum to avoid a build-up of undesirable chlorinated by-products and liner fading.
  • - When the sanitizer residual is continuously kept at an acceptable level, Dazzle™ Amaze and UltraCleanse will do a great job of keeping the water healthy and clear?without having to add unnecessary levels of chemicals.

Stunning swimming pool

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

See BonaVista’s latest breathtaking pool projects. This stunning Toronto backyard is a full perimeter overflow swimming pool and spa.




BonaVista on TV

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Check out BonaVista LeisureScapes on Breakfast Television Toronto. The store looks great featuring the latest in outdoor living, backyard decor, bbq’s, hot tubs, saunas, umbrellas, aqua fit gear and swimming pool toys.

Part One

Part Two

BonaVista on TV

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Join us at 812 Eglinton Ave. East, Toronto at our Outdoor Living Boutique. Join Chef Ted Reader grilling breakfast on a Napoleon bbq, see aqua fitness demos, get outdoor living ideas, enjoy hot tub fun & relax on the most comfortable outdoor furniture along with the BT crew! Children welcome. Bring your bathing suit! Tune in that morning if you can’t join us live.

Deep Clean your Filter

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Your filter not only picks up small particulate, it also collects oils, suntan lotions, calcium and metals. These clog your filter, reducing efficiency, affecting chemical  and electrical costs.

Deep clean your pool filter once a year and after an algae problem. Try Dazzle™ Filter Cleanse, an environmentally-friendly filter cleaning product (and the first pool care product to achieve EcoLogo certification!). Dazzle™ Filter Cleanse features a non-toxic, readily biodegradable formula that cleans your filter and digests the waste, leaving a clean solution to dispose of. This will bring your filter back to high performance – for greater efficiency, lower costs and clearer water.

The Secret to Getting Consistent Chlorine Levels

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

- When applying chlorine sticks through the skimmer, apply fewer sticks, more often.
- For example, adding 2 sticks twice a week is more effective than adding 4 sticks all at once.  
- This gives you a more consistent release of chlorine into the pool and is less wasteful.
- Use a visual reminder – replace chlorine when it is gone (this usually represents 2 additions per week).

Click here for more pool water chemistry information.

Breakfast Television at BonaVista!

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

BonaVista LeisureScapes on Breakfast Television Live Eye. Join Chef Ted Reader grilling breakfast on a Napoleon bbq, see aqua fitness demos, get outdoor living ideas, enjoy hot tub fun & relax on the most comfortable outdoor patio furniture along with the BT crew! Children welcome. Bring your bathing suit! Tune in that morning if you can’t join us live.

Tuesday, July 6th, 6am.

812 Eglinton Ave. East, Toronto

Click here for map.

Test both chlorine and pH

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Test your chlorine and pH levels in your swimming pool and hot tub at least twice a week. Rain and wind bring in pollutants, phosphates and other contaminants in large quantities, consuming chlorine quickly and affecting pH.

A chlorine result without pH means very little. The ability for chlorine to do its job well is completely dependent on the pH of your pool water. When pH is low, chlorine works too quickly, using itself up unnecessarily. When pH is high, it works too slowly causing a high potential for algae and cloudiness problems.

Maintain your pH between 7.4 to 7.6 for a comfortable swimming pool in a ‘cost compromise’ zone. Maintain your chlorine level at 1.0 to 3.0 ppm.

Drop by our retail store to have your swimming pool or hot tub water tested by one of our lab experts!