Recent content by Sissy907

Gotcha, I added a fair amount of Borax yesterday, so I will test it again tomorrow to see what the levels are then. I would have done it today although we were having nasty storms. Thanks for the heads up. I didnt think about the high Chlorine levels making the pH test high.

Howdy yall!! it's been awhile! I just tested my pool for the begining swim season here in sunny (ok its stormy for the next few days :() Florida. Thought I would post the results to make sure you guys thought it was all good. (hopefully my judgment hasnt gotten to rusty over the winter!) pH...

Good luck with this storm! So far today we have been out of our tornado "hidey hole" quite literally an hour. Everytime you come out you turn around five minutes later and your back in. We have had at least three touch downs and several water spouts. Keep your head low and batton down anything...

I'm close to Ft. Walton Beach. (near P-cola) Thanks for the great tips. Everything is out of the pool I am just thinking of water quality when we "recover" from the storms... I have stocked up on shock and chlorine but I might grab a few more bags of shock before the weekend. THANKS AGAIN! You...

And now we have hannah...SHEESH! Could who ever is in charge of this cut a girl some slack!? lol Yeah I think I wont put the cover on because its not terribly thick. Im affraid something would hit it and rip it. I would rather fish out all the leaves and gunk... And what is Polyquat 60...

So, with my friend "Gustav" on the way I thought this might be a great time to ask... is there anything specific I should do to or for my pool if we have to evacuate? I can't leave the filter/pump plugged in so I am worried about what I might come home to. And being it's getting to the end of...

Absolutely the best match I have seen yet Meatloaf. I bet those would work perfectly! OOOH I am LOVING the globes partypond! Simply because they are colored and 1. wont attract bugs, and 2. because all the other lights are colored! They light up the place really well? Could you snap a pic for...

I'm in NW florida and I am still using the crappy 800 gal filter that came with the pool, although I am planning an upgrade this fall... It works fine for me. I have noticed when the bather load is a bit higher than normal or we have a lot of storms I have to clean the filter almost daily (and...

yeah I did google.. Those will work but are still not quite what I am looking for. Although I am thinking I may just get a couple strands that look like that and call it a day. The more planning I do for this vow renewal/anniversary party we are going to throw, the more headache I have! I...

Ok I have posted pictures of my pool and the desire I have to build a deck around it this fall (its to Dang hot to do that much work now!) But.. that part of my yard is SUPER dark at night due to the woods being so thick around me. (my neighbors across the street dont seem to have the same...

I havent posted in a while. Simply because everyones advice here works. Even for the inexpensive Intex (or the like) pools -which is just what I have. I use the TFP test kit as per the step by step instructions on the lid, got my water specs to the "ideal" levels and check it once a day. I...

All by myself without DH and just a couple teens helping me. I am so thrilled that even after the last couple rainstorms IT HASNT BUDGED! :D It is so nice to have it sitting there properly. After the grass is all grown in then I will start on the deck on the back half of the pool. I am now in...

Yep! I am gonna do it before anyone gets in it! We are also going to make a pathway with those big 16 x 16 path stones (you know what I mean) hopefully help keep some of the debris down until i can build the deck on the back of the pool... I think closet to Oct... we will see. After taking on...

Here are the before..... And here are the after! YAY! Lots of hard work and persistence and we have it just about perfect.. Now for the rest of the yard... I still have 2/3 a dump truck load of dirt to figure out where to place and cover what the rains have uncovered! I still need to...

Ok So I drained the pool and started from scratch after leveling the ground (pictures later today) and we are only 1 inch off (higher) on the side that was so low which I am ok with as I know it will probably shift a bit with a good rain.. I was 2/3 full late last night so we cut off the water...