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A couple of years ago I saw a guard plate at a pool store that snapped into the skimmer opening. It jutted out into the water a few inches with a grill face and provided enough water area around and behind it that no amount of toys or such would do what you described. It appeared to be a real...

my thoughts: I wish I could ditch the doughboy brands of skimmer , return and pump just because of their weird size molded barb fittings. it makes hard plumbing the pool much harder. would they be willing to offer other brands of that stuff? also with their pump and filter I have not found any...

I switched from this sustain system a couple of years ago. I don't remember having the trouble you are having, but then again I was not exactly as well versed in all the chemical balancing acts back then either. I do remember my pool store telling me that I would need to add this summer shield...

I did this. not sure if it would work for you or not: toy-storage-on-agp-deck-t47397.html

Well, since no one has responded to you yet, I will weigh in. I do not drain my pool anymore. I have a "tupperware" type seal for the skimmer and a plug for the return. I have not had to add water to the pool when I open in many years. I am also using a mesh cover so water and snow doesn't sit...

I have become a mesh person. I do have some sediment in the spring when I open. It takes a couple of vacuums to get it gone, but I am not out in the winter worrying about water or snow. No worrys about the weight on the pool either. Maybe with an IG pool I would feel differently????

I am on year 2 for my 8 mil cover. I am noticing a few bubbles collecting in the skimmer, so I am thinking that if I try to get a 3rd year out of it, it will probably fall apart. I bought mine during the winter months and did a lot of searching on-line to compare prices. I bought a 28' round...

I liked the ladder also.

Take a look at this thread - liquidator-installed-below-pool-level-t12287.html As you can tell from that thread, you are not alone with overflow problems with installing the LQ with ABG pools. Not to be a Debby Downer, but I didn't even bother to install my LQ this year. I couldn't trust it not...

I am out of town on vacation right now and posting from my phone. When I get back, I will do a parts list and elaborate on the attaching. Too much to type on my phone.

I have a post in this thread that shows how I did mine since I also had the molded barbed fittings- http://www.troublefreepool.com/installing-liquidator-and-plumbing-on-above-ground-pool-agp-t31969.html Hope that helps.

That's why I come here, you learn something every day. Never knew they would sink. :o

I have never had one that had holes. If you trim it to fit your pool, the water will just level out . I have never had one sink. I really never thought sinking one was even possible.

Mine is scooped out in the middle to about 5'. Mine is round though. I can't see why you couldn't' do the same with an oval pool too.

Stilly, just for reference. I am in York County, so very close to you. I have an above ground pool and haven't added any water to it yet this year. I opened the week before Memorial Day weekend. We have enough rain in the area to keep things topped off some. I came close to adding water once...

danpik is right. Some localities, and the NEC, will classify some AGPs as storeable and not in need of bonding. It also has to do with your pump and it's insulating properties as to whether you would need to bond even if your locality doesn't require you to. Mine is not bonded, but I didn't...

chdolfnz, I attached the tees by drilling straight through them and out the back and then screwing them with deck screws to the posts. The bottom ones are 1 1/2" and I also strapped them since they would be holding most of the weight the uprights and upper horizontals are just 1". This thing...

@DaneCE - We do have storage under the deck as all the panels are hinged, but we have to share with the occasional groundhog, rabbit, garter snake and black snake.The wife doesn't like the furry creatures and I can't deal with the other ones :shock: . If I go under there it is in the fall and...

Over the years, we have struggled with storing the rafts, floats and other toys we have for the pool. We don't have a lot of deck space and didn't want to add a stand alone storage rack on the deck that we would be tripping on or that would eat up our deck space. Each year we just dealt with...

From first hand experience. 9 years ago, my (1st) wife died of brain cancer. The support and nice words are nice, and it IS nice to know that people care. However ..... Is she at home? Is she in the hospital or other care giving facility? I found that I needed a break from either being the...

Matt, I can go higher, I have space constraints in every other direction, because for some reason, we need to have a full botanical garden around the pool :) I am already into 1 bush. Shhhhh..... don't tell my wife I cut a couple of roots sinking the posts. I will shoot for around 10-12" when I...

I hear you on the better than putting it on the lawn. I raised mine yesterday with blocks of wood screwed to the tops of the posts. That helped a lot. I think I am going to replace the posts with longer ones so it won't look so bad. I still need to add some straps, as soon as I can find the...

I got mine installed this weekend also. No help though. Since I had no room to swing the monster off of the pool, I installed it off of one end. Again, because of space I had to place it right on the edge of the railing. I didn't get it high enough. I cut my posts level with the railing. When I...

Have you received your reel yet? I got mine on Tuesday. Glad I pulled the trigger before the price went up. I will be trying to install today/this weekend. I have a space situation and am still trying to figure out how to mount and use it. Just wondering how you are doing with it.

As James W stated, this one might be tricky to pin down. I keep going back to your original post and you said that there was another ground rod installed around the deck and pad. "IF" this ground rod was not properly bonded to your incoming power ground rod, a ground loop current might exist...

Thanks. I have never been really able to figure it out. My pool is only scooped out to around 5 feet in the middle and slopes up to around 3 1/2 feet near the walls. You have 54" walls so maybe that is where the difference is? Going be chemical additions and the pool calculator, it seems that I...