Recent content by cyw95

so if I am shocking at night should I be turning my SWG on during the day to help keep up the chlorine? sorry to threadjack.

Re: second season with pool, first time with algae and testi home depot here does not do pool stuff walmart, canadian tire and costco are my only other options at 8 bucks a bag. swg when on we do get bubbles coming out. right now I have non as it is off. This is the only time I have been...

Re: second season with pool, first time with algae and testi ty for your reply's I am sure I will be getting the test kit soon. Hubby will be reading pool school this wknd as he is the "pool boy" so to speak. He will be checking the cell on the SWG as we have not got any low level signals in...

[attachment=1:pbc66f3p]IMG_0403[1].JPG[/attachment:pbc66f3p] these are my filter/pump and my SWG intex ultraframe 16X48 SWG Ottawa Ontario (hope I am doing this right) all was well til yesterday when I developed a bloom of green algae along the curved bottom of walls. I went out got bleach...

we are in Ottawa Ontario and this will be our secind summer (first full one) with the same pool. We just got it out last night and have found some leaks down near the bottom seam. Wondering what temp you guys in Western NY get down to in the winter and if we could leave ours up as well. We get...

ty for your reply. I have not shown pic to hubby yet, but I think it will be sufficient to do the job (the holder I mean). Not sure if we have the room for that solar heater, we may just go with a smaller roof one ( 8x10 shed is right beside pool and gets sun from mid morning til night). Where...

ty for your prompt reply! so maybe stay with the reg filter and SWG this year, and get better filter with pool next year! I did not think the gas heaters and pumps would be so darn expensive!! one can dream tho! this was the one I was looking for...

got our pool last year and managed to get it set up for last 3 weeks of summer. This year we have some modifications to be done but also have some questions. We may bite the bullet next year if we really like the pool this year and get one that does not come down for winter (live in Ottawa...

Re: using pad under AGP do I need sand too?? also Ottawa pe funny thing, I have great respect for all front line workers in city hall. I worked at the court office years ago and dealt with my fair share of Crud. What I was saying was the people I have spoken with have told me different things...

we have leveled the place the pool will go. It was patio and we moved the stones, shovelled out as much of the stone dust we could, tamped it all. We are getting a pad for under the pool but do we really need to put sand too?? Wont the tarp, then the pad be enough? And if anyone is interested...