Re: A couple of tips I thought everybody knew. Anybody got
I use a wire hanger bent over on itself using the "hook" end...the end that would hang on the closet rod...and i hook around the handle of the skimmer basket and pull it up. Developed this when I lifted the skimmer lid one morning and found a dead bird floating around in there. I also find frogs and mice from time to time...ewww! Clothes hanger keeps them all at arms length!
I use a wire hanger bent over on itself using the "hook" end...the end that would hang on the closet rod...and i hook around the handle of the skimmer basket and pull it up. Developed this when I lifted the skimmer lid one morning and found a dead bird floating around in there. I also find frogs and mice from time to time...ewww! Clothes hanger keeps them all at arms length!