It’s no secret that outdoor pools require considerable upkeep. To spend more of your time swimming and less of it skimming, scooping and scrubbing, our home and kitchen editors consulted with pool ...

Andrew Pansini, credited with inventing the first automatic swimming pool cleaner in 1957, died of natural causes Nov. 4 at his home in Belvedere. He was 93. Mr. Pansini built his first prototype pool ...