Recent content by Anemone

Hi rjg202! :wave: We must be "neighbors" - we are in Cecil County too. We will close at the end of October or in early November. Since we don't cover, we scoop leaves off the surface and the bottom until it gets cold, then deal with the rest of them in the spring.

I can't tell you how it would work for you but it has worked well for us. We have been hit by several blizzards and nor'easters over the years, dumping huge amounts of snow on us. Not covering the pool has never caused a problem. We started doing it when our old liner was getting old and we...

This will be the 16th or 17th year that we have closed our inground vinyl pool but not covered it. I really love looking at the water/ice all winter instead of a cover. We live in northern Maryland so our winters are not as harsh as Maine but the last few years we have gotten quite a bit of...

We have a split rail fence with wire mesh on the outside and it meets our code, but as they say, it all depends on your code/inspector. We really like the looks of it and it is definitely not easy to climb for most people. My teenage son, on the other hand, leaps it in a single bound, but then...

Thankfully, things were better last night -2 live frogs. Nothing this morning. fsteve65 - NOT crazy at all. Love, love that!!! I ordered 3! I had seen the skamper ramp but I wasn't sure about using it on a vinyl pool and I wasn't convinced that the real little guys could figure out to go...

Thanks, I really appreciate the suggestions, please keep them coming. Oh and Frogabog - I love your name! I will try to answer a few questions. The chlorine levels have been good until the big rain. I got "swamped" with other things, didn't get chlorine in and it went to 0. I have...

Thanks for the reply Dave. I really appreciate any thoughts. It could possibly be the pH but it was up to 8.2 and I have slowly been bringing it down. It is now 7.7 :-D CCs have been running about 0.5, so I am thinking that might not be the problem. I am really feeling bad for the...

Does anyone have any idea why frogs are dying in my pool? We live near a woods with a pond. Over the years we have taken hundreds of live frogs out of the pool and relocated them to a different pond about a mile away. In the past 2 days we have found 3 dead frogs in the pool. The pump was...

Thanks plucky! Hey, I would love to hear what you decide to do. No cover may not work for everyone but it works just fine for me. I'd rather deal with the swamp than the cover and bags, any day. Good luck with whatever you choose.

Sorry, I can't help with the leak issue but can answer the closing part. We have not covered our IG vinyl pool for the past 15 years. We live in northeastern MD where it definitely freezes. We blow out the lines and disassemble the filter, but we don't cover the pool. It is a swamp every...

I would be interested in hearing about the leaf net too. We get lots of leaves and it is a bit of a pain (for DH) :wink: to scoop them out in the spring. It is not bad, but if we could prevent the leaves from getting into the pool in the first place, it would be even better. The past 2...

I live in northern Maryland and haven't covered my vinyl IG for the past 15 years. We used to use a regular cover with water bags and it was horrible to clean the cover and bags every spring. Most of the time the surface debris got dumped into the pool as we were trying to remove the cover...

Well, I have had time to catch my breath so not quite so panicked now. Talked to insurance company, pool builder, multiple tree trimming services (who are swarming our neighborhood like bees to honey :mrgreen: ), neighbors, etc. Feeling better than last night. Waiting on quotes from several...

We had a terrible storm roar through here early this evening. :shock: Looks like it was straight line wind but it packed a wallop. My pool took a hit. Lots of trees down. The top of one tree snapped and landed in our IG vinyl pool. I can't see any rips in the liner but most of the area...

Sonic, I have never converted a pool so afraid I'm not going to be much help. You might want to read the conversion thread by pitguy3. He was testing and topping up his chlorine almost hourly and he had a relatively fast and smooth conversion. Good luck! Oops - also meant to say Hi and...