Recent content by mrodgers

Why do people continue to state this when you can get 100 feet of black irrigation tubing for $13? Every thread out on the internet asking about heating a pool states this. When it's $150 for a single commercial solar panel, how is half a sheet of plywood and 100 feet of black tubing for $13...

I can repeat the OP words as my own. I joined here in, 2012 I think with just an Intex pool? Read several times a day. From day 1 I could as someone stated in another thread toss a quarter down on the bottom and tell if it was heads or tails and read the date. I blew up my SWG with an...

Holy cow, heck with the deck. Look at that sunset! I don't get sunsets like that. The sky turns light pink for about 10 minutes and then it's dark. Hills and trees, that's all we have. The sun is already beyond the near distant treeline at sunset and it's just dark. Yeah, beautiful deck...

78 is the absolute low for me. It's chilly but doable once you get in. Below that, my kids will get in but I won't. 86 is stinkin hot! 82-84 is about perfect. 85 starts to feel a bit too warm and 86 is definitely too warm. We haven't been in the pool since about the 2nd week of June. I...

Our pool hasn't been out of the low 70's since early June. Haven't been in it since early June.

A fantastic idea! I missed this when reading through. In that case, I definitely agree. I wouldn't do it anyways. As they say, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life. Help her start, teach her the way, and steer her to TFP.

Wow, the folks looking out the kitchen window at the pool are huge! LOL

How many more trips did you make for more rolls of gorilla tape? I triple seamed the tape and bought 2 rolls. Went back for 2 more, then again. Finally, couldn't afford the gorilla tape any more as I was running out of money so bought 2 rolls of regular heavy duty duct tape. I don't remember...

Dang, having a blast in such a cold summer! We haven't been in the pool since early June. Other than the last 2 days, I don't think we've been at 80°. Water temp isn't going to recover with just 2 days of 85 and close to 90°. I haven't looked, but judging from having my hand in the water...

A month old thread now, but it was brought to my attention from another thread. I have a 22' (does the vacuum, skimmer, and stuff no longer come with the pool? Mine did but that was 3 years ago...) with the 2600 gph paper filter and this year I tried to vacuum the bottom when opening up by...

That is gorgeous! I have a question for you, Coastal Carolina. What is your source for the long pine needles for mulching landscape? Last year at Myrtle Beach walking the boardwalk, I pointed out the landscaping all over and mentioned to my wife that we needed to do that. Edging the...

I have a guy at work argue with me just about every day since it was time to open up the pools. I keep telling him just to use bleach. He keeps adding bag after bag after bag of shock, for 2 months now, and his pool is still green. I try to explain to him the chemicals and he argues with me...

My pump comes on at 10 am and shuts off at 9 pm. After lunch and after dinner is when the kids will be swimming and if there is a single sighting of a bug, they go ballistic, LOL. So, must be skimmed continuously starting before they get in to get the previous night's floaters out.

Yeah, it's funny how folks in all the different locations feel about water temp. Mine got up to 86 only once. Felt like a lobster jumping into the lobster pot to us, LOL. I just shake my head at the folks who comment elsewhere how they don't get in until water is 90° and such.

A few days late to the party, you probably already have it up and going, but.... You add bleach first because the SWG is designed to maintain the Cl level, not bring it up from 0 or bring it up and large amount. If you did all that, I'm sure all is well. How is it?