Recent content by devis45

To answer your questions: - Inground, 13x28, 10k gallon plaster pool. - That's the anchors i'm referring to. the same ones they use for standard safety covers. - Safety is very important, that's why I wanted to lay down a grid of ropes, tight, under the tarp so that if anything falls in, the...

I'll ask my buddy for the video. The one "pabeader" posted is a very interesting idea as well. that's a container cut in a half it seems. Great use of those things. My concern would have been the water pressure, since these things aren't made to withstand internal pressure, but then again, the...

I've owned 1 Aquabot Turbo T-Jet and my current one is an Aquabot Pool Rover S2-40. They do clean well. The T-Jet's control unit died on year 3, and the Pool Rover is still going, now on year 2. Will see what happens... but frankly, spending close to 500 dollars a unit just doesn't make a whole...

this isn't my setup. My friend's uncle bought a ranch somewhere north of Sacramento and wanted to put in a pool. Pool builder quoted him some 50k for an inground setup. He decided to go the very cheap but creative way. he dug a hole, did the pipes and dropped in a 40 foot container! Fiberglassed...

Why is it that these robot cleaners are so expensive? It's a plastic housing, a filter bag and an underpowered pump on wheels. All in all, a 500 dollar unit shouldn't cost more than 50 to make, and that's on the very generous end. Not to mention, all these things are made in China where labor is...

I'm considering my closing options this winter. The previous years I've done the tarp/waterbag combo but it's pretty ugly and with the rain water and my neighbor's shedding tree leaves, i have a pond on top of the pool every year. Don't want a safety cover. Too expensive. So I got to thinking...