Thank heavens there is no grass at the North Pole for Santa to cut and luckily he is too busy making toys to worry about enjoying beautiful weather sitting out on his deck, patio or porch.  But, should he need some outdoor casual furniture, he can always shop Eastgate Pools & Spas as we have a huge selection even when others are making it look a lot like Christmas.  In summary, if you need Christmas light sets in September, you are in luck at the Big Box stores, but if you want to enjoy the remaining warm weather, head over to Eastgate Pools and actually have lots of choices.

Craig

These water test labs are the very latest technology available from Palintest, and they will help insure accurate results that will help us to help you keep your pool or spa water clean, clear and safe.  These new labs are costly, but we consider them an investment in your pool’s well being.  At Eastgate Pools, we are committed to being your pool or spa professional.  Try getting a state of the art water test at those big box stores where they don’t know pool water and they certainly don’t test it!

When these chairs were brought in for me to look at, a 3^rd chair that needed a new bolt and an insert was brought in as well.  Telescope’s excellent parts department was able to tell me how to make the repair, and the chair is repaired and ready to go.  However, while it was here, I couldn’t resist a little experiment.  The chair’s white sling was looking a little gray, as this particular chair was from the Swim Club’s 2005 purchase.  Over the years, I have always used a product called Feronclean on my outdoor furniture at home. My furniture has a few thin white stripes in the pattern, but it also has green, navy, and burgundy stripes. The Feronclean always made the white look like white again, so I was happy.   My quest with this all white chair was to see how Feronclean would fare on a much tougher job. I wet down the entire chair, covered one-half of the sling, and then sprayed the cleaner on the exposed half and let it sit for a couple of minutes. Some light scrubbing and a rinse revealed a night and day difference.  The pictures I took during this process tell the story better than I can.

So, what does this all mean?  Well, it means that my recommendations of this product over the years were so very much justified.  It means that Telescope makes great furniture, that the Gordon Feron & Company makes a great cleaner, and that the swim club is getting a much cleaner chair back!

Last fall, I was talking to the club treasurer about furniture for his home and he mentioned that they had a couple of chairs at the swim club that they were going to need to throw away. I asked why, and he said that the slings had worn out. He thought the chairs were finished and destined for the landfill, as that is what they had to do with previous furniture that they had bought elsewhere. I told him NO! There are lots of reasons why Eastgate Pools sells Telescope brand furniture on most of our contract furniture sales, and the availability of replacement glides, slings, and other parts is just one of them.  I had the customer stop by with the chairs, and within a minute I confirmed that all they needed were a couple of new slings and some replacement glides for the bottom of chairs.  While I had the chairs in front of me, I also looked for the production sticker that Telescope places on their furniture. These chairs were from 2002, and had served the club for nine (9) seasons. They had never gotten this much life out of previous furniture, and even better news is that once the new slings arrive, they will have more years of service to give. Somewhere, a landfill is also happy!

And by the way, as great as Telescope Casual Furniture is for commercial applications, it is even better in residential settings. Let’s face it; it is hard out there for contract furniture!

The good news is that Eastgate Pools has all of the equipment you need. Whether regulation table tennis tables, conversion tops that go on top of your pool table, nets and posts, paddles, and balls, we have it all. And not to brag, but our selection of paddles is pretty darn big. Walking by the display the other day, I think I counted around 14 different models of table tennis paddles. Interestingly enough, they still haven’t come out with a paddle that will help my game enough to finally win a game or two while playing against my wife. If they do, it will probably need to resemble a tennis racket. now I am not saying I am bad or that she is that good, I am just saying that she has been winning most of our table tennis matches for 25 years. Ouch!!! It sure hurts to admit these defeats. – David

Here is another approaching to Black Friday.  Sleep in a little later and start your shopping at 8 am when Eastgate Pools opens.  (Or, for the real die hard, start at 5 am and when you are tired of being run over, mobbed, and treated like a number, stop by Eastgate.)   On Black Friday, Eastgate Pools & Spas will be open from 8 am to 8 pm, and we have been working hard putting together some really great deals on swimming pool and spa items, pool tables and pool table accessories, game tables, and lots more.

Besides some really great one day only prices, at Eastgate Pools the parking is easy and you can actually get your questions answered by our very experienced staff of fulltime, year round associates.  And while you are here, help yourself to some coffee, tea, or hot cocoa and some cookies.  If you are coming from or heading to the mall, you will certainly need all of the energy you can muster!