Recent content by warrenmacdonald

Hi, I've been combing through the threads here as I get ready to do an ascorbic acid treatment up here in British Columbia, and have to say I'm not having an easy time getting my hands on Polyquat 60, or Jack's Magic for that matter.... Finally got the Jack's ordered (from a shot in Manitoba)...

Thanks Mark, I did find some after I posted. The lesson being, check Amazon first...

So I went cheap and picked this up off of Amazon, only to find out I need at least one extra length of hose and the price for a four pack (minimum I could find) is more than half that of the entire unit... Soooooo. My question is, does anyone have this unit or similar, and did you find an OEM...

We have a propane heater for it, but the plan is to only use it a season extender, as we prefer a cooler pool. My wife is an ice climber, so she'll do just fine :)

Aussie living in Canada. I know, what am I thinking... So I have both of those; solar heat system and solar blanket; though the solar heating system is the next project to tackle. It wasn't winterized properly so I have a copper line burst, then one of the vacuum tubes failed, now it looks like...

Thanks, I did try covering one of the holes (as you can see in one of the pics) and that helped a lot; before I noticed the surge that is and she it down. It's an interesting set up. The original owner had what someone suggested were "hot tub filters" in those skimmer holes, which I removed on...

Much appreciated, thank you! It seems like there is suction in both of the holes, but I'll follow your suggestion of pulling the basket and seeing where the most suction is and go with that; thanks. Great tip on filling the hose with the return line; again, thank you! Back at it we go!

So, I inherited a pool. It's been a steep learning curve. My current task is figuring out a best practice for vacuuming, which brings me to the question of why I have two "holes" in my skimmer, and no, I don't mean inflow and outflow in one skimmer basket, I mean I have what you might call a...