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We have ours on a patio next to the pool that has old, dark pavers, so I've never noticed anything. I try to keep it covered to minimize water getting into it. The cover will also make the firepit last longer. My landmann pit also suggested adding some sand to the bottom to help extend it's...

For less then $30 you should be able to find the leaf vacs that hook up to a garden hose and do the same thing. If you dig aroud more you can probably find them cheaper then the on in that link too. If I don't want to add water my pool I just hook the garden hose up to my cover pump instead...

Yes to running the Pump 24/7 until you pass all the criteria. You should add chlorine as needed to keep it at SLAM level for your CYA. Keeping the chlorine up in that high zone is whats going to kill the alge. Test, add chlorine brush repeat.

Order at least two.

Yeah the small birds poop on the cover too, but less winds up in the pool that way. I see it more as training the ducks to go find a better place to call home then my pool. they seem to stop coming around after a while. I do have a birdbath for the small birds and I'm going to add a small...

Solar cover helps with my ducks because they are mostly in it for a place to swim. It doesn't help with other birds tho. Please make sure you do ot use anything that reduces surface tension of the water if baby ducks are present. If it makes them sink they won't have the ability to fly away...

Looks like i'll be saving up chlorine jugs for next year. I had a few set aside, but not nearly enough for this year.

I don't need them to last year after year, I"m just sick of 1/2 the bags leaking when I go to fill them up.

I'm getting sick of going to close the pool with a whole new batch of water bags and having 1/2 of them leak out of the box. I was getting them at Ocean State Joblot. This year I got them at Leslie's this year and the closures are nicer, but still half of them leaked. I'm about ready to just...

i was just gone for six days and did 3 tabs in my pool with a solar cover. I put the floater under the cover in the deep end in front of a return because I wasn't sure how much it would move under the cover. Brought the pool up to the high end of the recommended level for my CYA before I left...

I was gone for 5 days. I had the solar cover on the pool + a floater with some pucks in it. Came back to a clear pool with some chlorine still in it. My brother was pet sitting for me, but I think he only swam once since the weather was cool. As long as your CYA isn't too high pucks are OK...

I'm up several inches this week :P

At the bottom of the pool math page there is a spot to see what happens if you add different things to the pool. If you know his pool volume you can see what those pucks are doing.

Marvin II My other half suggested Martin but I misheard it as Marvin (the peranoid android) and it stuck.

This. I also make sure the pump is off when my robot is running as per the manual for my previous robot.

I'm happy with robots. With a suction size cleaner all the gunk that gets sucked up goes somewhere else in the system. I have a lot of fine debris from pollen and the like over the summer. I find it easier to clean out the robot's filter then to clean out my cartridge filter. I run it once a...

I compost all the organic matter I take out of the pool. I put it in a trash can and its usually a few days before I put it in the bin.

Mine went from 72 to 78 in past two days. I cover at night and take it off during the day. NC should be even hotter than where I live.

I've been using them after opening to raise my CYA for the past couple of years because the prior owner left me a giant tub of them. I use the pool math app to tell me how many I need to add to get my CYA up to where it should be.

If you've been thinking about getting a robot you might want to go for it now. It will help filter the water some and help circulate it. Unless people think the debris from the construction would be bad for the robot?

I've never pumped water out of my pool when opening it. I do pump water off the cover, but not the pool. If you're so inclined you can pump the water off the cover into the pool, but I prefer to keep the dirty cover water out of my hopefully clear pool water. I follow the steps from pool...

Ocean State Joblot in the north east has 12.5% liquid pool shock for $3 a gallon, so that is what I always use. Once summer starts up the turnover gets pretty good and its not to hard to find younger bottles.

I appreciate the double check :).

The pump motor is working, but the drive motor keeps turning off. We took it apart and couldn't find anything obvious jamming things up. I think it was new in 2008, so I'm not feeling up for putting much money into it.

Did some more digging and dispite what the comparison chart said the Proteus DX3 is not the same as the active 20. Dohney's Discovery is the same and only slightly more then the Proteus DX3, so we'll probably get that instead.

Tough call. You could look for a used power supply on ebay, or keep an eye out on craigslist for a machine posted for parts.

I was just wondering if this robot would really do a good job on the walls since it doesn't have the floaty handle thing on it? Rambling backstory.... The old aquabot turbo I got used last year seems to have died. IT runs for a few seconds then stops, guy at the pool store said its probably...

I don't know a lot about the frame pools, but Ocean State Joblot has some crazy deals on an Intex frame pool, and some other brand I've never heard of. Crazy Deals | Ocean State Job Lot

I have some skimmer socks and I just got some hairnets in the mail. I also use nylons when I have a pair that needs to be thrown out due to runs, but I don't wear them often enough to have a steady supply. I have a hard time getting the skimmer socks free of the pollen and fluffy milkweed like...

I want to hear the answer on this as well. My liner is rough looking, but no leaks. I think its a similar age, but I can't remember off the top of my head. I'm inclined to let it go until it starts leaking.