Recent content by AndyTN

I am late to the party but I will definitely be checking in on this thread. I have a boring vinyl liner and the only thing exciting when I got a new one was how much of a difference the beautiful blue made our backyard look compared to the old faded liner. It is really cool to see all the bare...

How are you putting the AA in the water? Is the pump off with the water completely still? Whenever I do an AA treatment, I will leave the pump off for a couple hours and then sprinkle the AA powder around the perimeter of the pool to allow it to slowly make its way down the walls onto the floor...

The previous owner used well water. Do you have a different water source to fill up the pool? If not, you are also going to be putting in well water and therefore iron. I have iron from the city water, pumped from a well, and will just use sequestrant whenever I have a big pool party which I...

Movement of water makes a significant difference in whether or not water freezes when near freezing temps. I completely drained my equipment so I didn't have to worry and just ran a little pump with a hose going from the steps to the deep end, with the water coming out a 6-8 inches above the...

We got down to 3F yesterday morning and I had a frozen toilet line and two frozen spigots. I spent a few hours yesterday messing with the water and trying to get them flowing again. No water leaks, fortunately. I completely drained the pool equipment in advance and I have been running a little...

You amateurs are completely over thinking this freezing water issue. You can completely avoid any freeze issues by simply building a bonfire in the middle of your pool and just thrown on a couple logs every few hours. The rusty wheelbarrow or steel drum may give you some iron staining later but...

Believe it or not, scooping the foam off with the plate actually worked as I had zero foam this morning. It was tedious so not practical but if I occasionally get a lot of foam, I am going to get out the ShopVac to remove a lot of it. Good point about rinsing the filters. That is easy to just...

Any tips on reducing the foaming once the lotions and detergents are already in the water? I can start wearing the same suit without washing it but my wife and 2 boys have eczema so they have to put on a lot of lotions, especially in winter. I don't see it practical to keep this stuff from...

As a UT grad, it was difficult to listen to my 9yo son root for Alabama. In his defense, Georgia has been the more dominant team in his limited time as a football fan. When he asked me, "well which team are you rooting for then?", I replied "I am rooting for the stadium to have a catastrophic...

So this is my new setup on the back porch. What is cooler than watching football on a 100" screen? Watching it while sitting in 103* water. The inflatable hot tub was obviously a lot cheaper than a real one but one of the big factors for me was portability. I will move it out by the pool for it...

I was able to get the temp down to 57 with the cold front. Still not cold enough for recovery for my legs but that will certainly help with reducing the FC demand.

I also do a lot of running and fall is normally a time when I am training for a lot for races. Cold pool water serves really well for convenient ice baths for recovery by just standing in the shallow end for 5-10 minutes. It is not really fun in January when the pool water gets down into the...