Water Works Pool & Spa Inc

02/04/2026

I hope she's right, lol! We don't want 6 more weeks of winter!

01/20/2026

COLD WEATHER ALERT - COLD WEATHER ALERT - COLD WEATHER ALERT!!! PREPARE YOUR SWIMMING POOL NOW FOR THE UPCOMING BELOW-FREEZING TEMPS!

According to the weather pros, we are in for a doozie of a weekend with temps expected to make a swift dive downward. That can wreak havoc on your swimming pool equipment if you aren't prepared! So heed the information below:

IF you still have your pool operational, make sure you run the water through the filtration system while we are under the threat of freezing temperatures! As the outside temps fall below freezing and your pool is not winterized, make sure to run your system as long as the temps are below 32 degrees.

Should you have an equipment failure or power outage that prevents you from running your system, make sure to turn the breaker off and remove all the winterizing plugs from your equipment to keep it from freezing and bursting.

Every pump has a plug in the basket chamber that should be removed – including the automatic cleaner’s booster pump or any feature pumps such as a waterfall or bubblers. The filter tank will either have a plug or a cap that needs to be removed to let the water drain out. And if you have a chlorinator, salt cell or heater,
remove any plugs on them.

Lastly, protect your skimmer against freeze by stuffing an empty – but with the top secured – ½ gallon milk jug or 2-liter soda bottle into the skimmer and put the skimmer lid back on. You want something collapsible that will absorb the expansion of water into ice to keep the plastic skimmer body from cracking.

And if you need a LIFE LINE, then feel free to PHONE A FRIEND at 205-343-6886 once things thaw out and we're able to help you.
Above all, STAY SAFE and keep your pool equipment protected!

11/10/2025

COLD WEATHER ALERT - COLD WEATHER ALERT - COLD WEATHER ALERT!!! PREPARE YOUR SWIMMING POOL NOW FOR TONIGHT'S BELOW-FREEZING TEMPS!

According to the weather pros, we are due for a drop in temps tonight, Monday, November 10th. The nighttime temperature is expected to be in the low twenties, and that can wreak havoc on your swimming pool equipment if you aren't prepared! So heed the information below:

IF you still have your pool operational, make sure you run the water through the filtration system while we are under the threat of freezing temperatures! As the outside temps fall below freezing and your pool is not winterized, make sure to run your system as long as the temps are below 32 degrees.


Should you have an equipment failure or power outage that prevents you from running your system, make sure to turn the breaker off and remove all the winterizing plugs from your equipment to keep it from freezing and bursting.


Every pump has a plug in the basket chamber that should be removed – including the automatic cleaner’s booster pump or any feature pumps such as a waterfall or bubblers. The filter tank will either have a plug or a cap that needs to be removed to let the water drain out. And if you have a chlorinator, salt cell or heater, remove any plugs on them.


Lastly, protect your skimmer against freeze by stuffing an empty – but with the top secured – ½ gallon milk jug or 2-liter soda bottle into the skimmer and put the skimmer lid back on. You want something collapsible that will absorb the expansion of water into ice to keep the plastic skimmer body from cracking.
And if you need a LIFE LINE, then feel free to PHONE A FRIEND at 205-343-6886 once things thaw out and we're able to help you.

Above all, STAY SAFE and keep your pool equipment protected!

07/22/2025

We don't sell these above ground pools, but help many of you with your chemical needs who do have these pools. Protecting our children is of the utmost importance. Invest the time to read this article if you have an Intex, Bestway or Polygroup brand above ground pool, or know someone who does.

Consumers should contact Bestway, Intex or Polygroup to request a repair kit. In the interim consumers should ensure that children cannot access the pool unattended or, alternatively, drain the pool until the repair can be installed.

05/27/2025

"Will y'all still be able to install my pool liner this week?" Ummm, that would be a no.

01/02/2025

COLD WEATHER ALERT - COLD WEATHER ALERT - COLD WEATHER ALERT!!! PREPARE YOUR SWIMMING POOL NOW FOR NEXT WEEK!

According to the weather pros, we are about to have a week or more of plunging temperatures. We are due for a major drop in temps starting Monday, January 6th. The daytime high is predicted to only be 39 degrees, then a nighttime temperature drop to the mid-twenties and that pattern is due to last more than a week. That can wreak havoc on your swimming pool equipment if you aren't prepared! So heed the information below:

IF you still have your pool operational, make sure you run the water through the filtration system while we are under the threat of freezing temperatures! As the outside temps fall below freezing and your pool is not winterized, make sure to run your system as long as the temps are below 32 degrees.

Should you have an equipment failure or power outage that prevents you from running your system, make sure to turn the breaker off and remove all the winterizing plugs from your equipment to keep it from freezing and bursting.

Every pump has a plug in the basket chamber that should be removed – including the automatic cleaner’s booster pump or any feature pumps such as a waterfall or bubblers. The filter tank will either have a plug or a cap that needs to be removed to let the water drain out. And if you have a chlorinator, salt cell or heater, remove any plugs on them.

Lastly, protect your skimmer against freeze by stuffing an empty – but with the top secured – ½ gallon milk jug or 2-liter soda bottle into the skimmer and put the skimmer lid back on. You want something collapsible that will absorb the expansion of water into ice to keep the plastic skimmer body from cracking.

And if you need a LIFE LINE, then feel free to PHONE A FRIEND at 205-343-6886 once things thaw out and we're able to help you. Above all, STAY SAFE! It is our prayer that you and your family members stay well.

Happy 2025! May it be our best year yet!

12/19/2024

CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR'S CLOSURE NOTICE:

OUR RETAIL STORE - we will have regular hours thru Saturday, December 21st. We will open at 9 a.m. that morning and close at 12:30. Then the retail store will not reopen for business until Thursday, January 2nd.

WEEKLY MAINTENANCE - no pools will be serviced the week of Christmas. So no 'at home' service between Monday, December 23rd and Friday, December 27th. Weekly service visits will resume Monday, December 30th with the exception of closure on Wednesday, New Year's day.

OUR SERVICE DEPT - will be unavailable for service calls until Thursday, January 2nd. If air temps drop to 32-degrees or below, make sure all pumps are running to prevent freeze damage.

I'd like to thank all of you who have trusted Water Works Pool & Spa with your cold water and hot water needs in 2024. We appreciate you, and we look forward to continuing to serve you in 2025. (Who else is "mature" enough to remember back in 1982 when Prince sang about partying like it's 1999? And how long into the future that seemed? Well, here we are 26 years past it!)

From all of us at Water Works Pool & Spa, we wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a Happy Kwanzaa and a healthy and prosperous NEW YEAR! Let's all make 2025 the best year yet!

12/17/2024

Merry Christmas from the Water Works bunch!

05/10/2024

This Saturday - 40 years in business!

05/06/2024

It just seems surreal that this Saturday, Water Works Pool & Spa will be 40 years old. I've been there since day one. I am incredibly proud - knowing where we started and seeing where we've taken it. For the past month, I've been thinking about those four decades and all the former employees who have come and gone; the customers who have come and gone; the funny stories of crazy things employees did and crazy things customers did. I can still picture four guys handing that pool slide up to Leo to put on the roof of the old store on McFarland - they strained, and he grabbed it and walked it to the top of the roof by himself. I've thought about news stories that broke live while we had time to watch TV in the early years - like seeing the Challenger explode, watching the OJ slow-speed chase, watching the Lorena Bobbitt trial and seeing Susan Smith's accusation dissolve into her own big lie. I've thought about the weeks in the early winters when my dad and I might go without a paycheck, and how he would be in disbelief to know how prosperous we've become since he died. I've thought about the day I had to be creative and go get (way before cell phones) Julie back to the store and then tell her to call home to find out her mother had just been killed by an 18-wheeler who ran a red light. I've thought about the time Drew and I were in York and the police stopped us from finishing a liner job because we didn't have a license to do business in that postage stamp of a town. I've thought about the Christmas parties - renting the party bus to go to B'ham so we could all see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert or the trip to Top Golf. And then there's the time the gal escaped from the Juvenile Detention Center behind us and clueless me was about to give her a ride home not knowing where she'd come from. Just so many crazy stories. But what a rewarding business to be in. When I hire someone new, I always ask them what Water Works sells. I let them say pool chemicals, hot tubs, cleaners etc... and then I correct them. I tell them no, we sell F-U-N. Plain and simple, we work our buns off so families can enjoy being with each other in their own backyards, whether in cool refreshing water, or hot bubbling water. Anyway, all that to say THANK YOU Tuscaloosa, Northport and the extended West Alabama towns and cities. You've been good to us and we appreciate you. Please come join us this Saturday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Food, prizes and music by Sadie McClendon. Let's have a party!!!

01/24/2024

Welcome to winter weather here in the South, we guess. Over the last few weeks, we were giving pool owners instructions on how to best prepare for freezing temperatures. Now, we're moving on to how best to handle torrential rain.

The weather experts are predicting a high potential for flooding across the South between now and the weekend. Some predictions have been that we may receive 10" of rain in a very short amount of time between now and thru the weekend.

So here we go ... right now, before the rain really gets started, you can go ahead and drop your water level down some. Since freezing is no longer an issue for the next several days, we aren't worried about protecting our skimmer from extreme cold, so you could close the valve at the pump that controls the skimmer and drop the water about 6" below the skimmer to make room for the rain. Or you could leave the pool water at the normal level, but go out during the heavy rains and waste the water down as it pours from the sky. Either way is fine, just be mindful that you don't want the rain water to cause the pool to overflow.

If your pool is covered with a tarp and you have a submersible pump, place it on top of the cover and let that pump drain some of the excess water off the cover.

Stay weather aware and do your best to prepare. We believe that being proactive instead of reactive is the best plan. Call if you need us - we are here Monday thru Friday from 8:30 to 5 and Saturdays from 9 to 12:30. 205-343-6886.