Recent content by beartoothweb

Lowes and Home Depot sell their playground stuff in kits and components, so I'm sure you can get them there.

I use nylon rope tied to tarp tie-downs (alligator clips). You can buy kits especially made for that purpose though.

2" pvc without anything in it won't work. Take a 10' section and put a bunch of weight (even like 20lb in a back pack) and see how much it bows. Take that to 18' and it'll be like a noodle. That's why I went emt originally. My latest design is 20' of iron (black pipe) connected together at the...

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks! I'll save the $8 and spend it on cheap pool toys. ;->

I have a worn out 8mil cover now, and it's pretty effective at keeping the heat in over night (we can see 40's even in the summer.) I need to replace it, and have read that because of longevity, buy the cheapest one you can, which would be 5mil. The 8mil is about $8 more for my 15x30, and the...

It's been a while since I've posted an update. My 3 summer saga continues. Doing all of the work on my own, so it's taking a long time. My solar panels have been an adventure in themselves, thanks to some wind issues, I've reinstalled them like 5 times, but also thanks to epoxy, they are all...

Thanks Jason, that's what I was hoping to learn about. Easy enough to make that happen. You know, one more follow up question. Given the pool has a liner, and there is NO metal attachment to the actual pool water (no ladders, plastic skimmer, etc.) How do you actually bond the water itself...

I was doing some research into bonding pools. I have an above ground pool that is currently installed below grade, with a 4-5' overdig, so not backfilled. The pool is effectively sitting on the ground as if it were at grade. I didn't want the pool equipment close to the pool, so I put it about...

I am building an outdoor kitchen to finish up my huge outdoor renovation. The kitchen will have a 4' retaining wall as the back in an L shape. I'll have one side that's 7' and one that's 8' (plus the corner.) I'm trying to save money and I'm going to use my pedestal mounted bbq grill (big...

Interestingly enough, as I was walking out of my office (home) I noticed I had this little basket in here. It's just a small basket with tons of holes in it, but i thought it might be worth a try, and so far...it's working very well. I don't have a TON of leaves on the cover, but I suspect it...

I'm not sure if this is the place for this, but I don't have one of those pool cover pump covers, so I thought I'd see if anyone had any good ideas. I have a sump pump that's a bottom intake (I use this for my hot tub, and it moves a lot of water. I don't want to suck up the pool cover or all...

You're probably right, not enough air to worry about it. I was able to keep the temp near 90, even with overnight lows 30 degrees below that, so it's definitely working well, just being anal about efficiency. Now, I need to figure out how to divert some of the water to my hot tub. ;-> Thanks for...

Yep, those are the release valves. I ended up with clear portions of the system next to the left release valve, before the valve. What can happen is if I let it run for a while, then open that valve, I can get some additional air that comes through at that point, which would indicate to me that...

I was thinking it should, but maybe I have something else wrong. There is about an 8" grade from the input to the output, so I would think that the air would purge itself. However, it seems if I let it run for an hour or so on it's own, and then open the valves, there is still air in the system...

I do have IP cameras that I can check on the overall status, but being in an area where everyone is like "why do you have a pool in Montana," it's a little hard to find people that know what they're looking at, or how to address it. It's unlikely I'd have a complete failure, so if the SWG...