Recent content by hawkins3

I'm not at home so don't have the model # on our lights, but I'm pretty certain we have two of the 50s ... neither of which worked this year as the bulbs are bad :twisted: Our local pool store does not sell this model bulb, but the owner looked it up & her price will be $40 each (that's half...

We use several plastic-coated barbell weights ... 14 lbs or so each? (Yeah, obviously not doing much strength-training in the hawkins3 household right now)

Thanks to all for your advice. I feel a bit embarassed that I let the sparklypoolitis overshadow my concern for safety :oops: "Hi, my name is Doris and I'm addicted to having clear, sparkly water in my pool ..." Anyway, I'm a mother of 2 wonderful kids & would obviously only want to have...

Just thinking ahead to this year's swim season since our deck is almost finished! :party: We want to have a pool party for our daughter's softball team & are wondering what's the "practical" number of swimmers our 24' AGP can accommodate, if there is such a number. My thoughts so far are that...

Thanks so much for the advice thus far ... she has left a msg for the original installer. I will update once a decision has been made ...

I'm seeking the forum's advice on my supervisor's behalf ... Her 24x52 AGP was installed in May 2009. They live in a new subdivision ... less than 5 years ago it was a tillable crop field. Within a month after the pool was up & running, lots of sprigs of nutgrass started growing through the...

Your pool & deck is beautiful! What size is your deck? Our quote is for a 16'x18' with a 3' splash deck all the way around. We want to make sure we can comfortably have a patio table/4 chairs & a couple of lounge chairs as well. It's going to be there a long, long time so we want to make sure...

Too chilly for me, but not for my 9-year-old daughter! http://www.flickr.com/photos/49876786@N08/4568943473/ Next project: build the deck! (I couldn't figure out how to incorporate this flickr image in the post ... sorry!)

I'm a little worried about sawdust, too, as we're hoping to build a deck this month. We've considered putting a cover on, or using the solar blanket ... or maybe just leaving it uncovered & continuing to use the skimmer socks is the answer ... :?:

My pool is full of beautiful, sparkly (alhtough still a bit chilly) water. I've been waging a battle with the tags from both an oak tree and pine tree that aren't directly beside the pool, but close enough to be a nuisance. I finally put an old knee-high in my skimmer Sunday evening to try to...

First of all, my apologies for not returning to my post to thank Jason, FPM & JohnnyB for their replies to my original question. Thanks so much ... this is the best online forum I've ever used! :goodjob: As an update, we did go ahead & open early instead of buying a new cover. We had a little...

Another android smart phone user here ... any possibility that will happen! Thanks so much for all that you do, Jason!

Thanks so much, Jason ... this will be our weekend project!

The winds finally destroyed our (cheapo) pool cover a few weeks ago. On the bright side, we can now see how clear how water is! I've scooped out most of the leaves. My husband and I are just wondering if we should spend the money now this close to Spring on a new cover or possibly start up much...

I've lost 3 FC during the day the last 2 days (I think the afternoon storms/partly cloudiness have helped lower that from the previous avg daily FC loss of 4). Instead of targeting 7 FC each evening, I have targeted 6 (really intended to target 5 as FPM suggested the first night but used a...