Recent content by DIYliner

Re: Putting More Tropicality into Your Locality Zone 6b Styl Very nice, love the Tiki bar Some day I hope to have some palms etc out by my pool area, too busy with other projects Are you a member on http://www.bananas.org/ ?

I have multiple poles, one is extended to the length I want & stays at that length 2nd one is set shorter & used for shallow end 3rd pole I picked up for free from someone & haven't used it yet I've found its much easier to switch between the 2 poles then try to adjust them I've had the same...

I've yet to see any scuba gear that is "clean" by any stretch of the imagination Wet suits generally smell funky from the ocean, peoples sweat etc IMO changing the pool water will work.....for maybe a few weeks, months maybe Then whatever is making your pool water "taste" weird will come back...

If you are running your pump 6-8 hours a day then yes you could run the water thru a few panels at nite to cool off the pool Cooling the pool off each nite would help keep the pool cooler Not sure how many panels you would need, that would vary depending upon the pool temp, nightly temp, pump...

With a "solar heat" panel you could run the pump at nite to cool the pool off

I'd think a lot of Towns/Cities will not do a plumbing Inspection on a pool, unless something is connected to Town water/sewer They only care about what might impact the Town system/water supply That leaves it up to the HO/PB to make sure the pool plumbing does not have any leaks I have a 240g...

To have an inground liner installed around here, with water delivery - is about $3500-4k My liner was in "bad" shape when we bought the house 9 years ago, a guy told me to wait until it fails before replacing it Which I am now doing

I've converted most of my roofs/downspouts to catch the rainwater...I can collect almost 1200 gallons (at best) for every 1" of rain that falls I even dug a trench & ran a hose over to the pool to automatically add water whenever it rains Included in the total is the new cabana roof, which can...

I have heated my pool with solar for 6-7 years...original cost was just over $500 I rebuilt my cabana roof this year & I'm putting up new "better" panels...another maybe $375 but the panels will face due South instead of East & West By Memorial day I used to have the pool around 76...not bad for...

Pool Liner replacement postponed until Spring I was hoping to get this in & filled with water before Fall, but that's not going to happen I don't want to rush this so I'm going to be taking more time to get the walls in better shape I have too many other projects going on that I need to finish...

Re: Big Insurance increase because of our pool with diving b We had 2 different replies from Insurance companies: Old company (can't remember name) - did not care if we had a diving board - increased cost if we had a slide New company (discount thru wife's work -Amica I think) - did not care...

Test kit will be ordered, I just have a very simply kit which does not tell me a lot My pool is empty right now, installing a new liner shortly - I think I picked up about 6g of bleach today, LOTS of boxes of baking soda - which it seems I may not need I've never thought much about the pool...

I work for a company that does household clean-outs - for people moving, elderly moving to assisted living, people whose kids have moved out & they are going to an Apt/smaller house So we take everything they do not want & dispose of it, some trash, some we donate/give away One house had over...

Re: Brushing - What does it do and how hard should you brush I actually brush by hand usually....I'm a scuba diver So I put on my gear & go over the pool, I bring the vac with me & a brush Since my liner was old it also gave me a chance to look at the walls/floors for any problems

I thought I would share a fact about my pool that I just remembered I was new to owning a pool back in Nov 2003 when we bought the house, opened in May 2004 It was a mess & I went thru a lot of problems getting leaves out & shocking the pool A co-worker finally told me to dump about 4g of shock...