Recent content by Bonk

I have water sitting behind the liner of our IG pool and wrinkles are starting to form around the lights/jets/skimmer and in the shallow end where the walls and bottom meet. The liner is not floating at the bottom but slightly at the sides - there seems to be about 1 - 2 inches of 'play' all...

Got it. I suppose I wait for any opportunity when the ice is not frozen but mushy.

We've had a lot of snow/snow melt and rain over this winter and I haven't been checking the water level as diligently as I should have. Now the water level is about 1.5 inches below the liner lock. If we have another dumping of snow it may reach the deck. It being winter, the top is frozen. We...

Thanks for the feedback guys. Well alright, given the conditions and no cover, it seems the heater is performing as spec'ed. I'm definitely going to get a solar cover of one form or another. We got some hot days coming down the pipe so that should give us a break on the heating bill. It really...

No, I'm not covering the pool at all. But even taking that into consideration isn't that a low heating rate? There wasn't much wind at all either. I read somewhere that someone used a couple circular above ground pool covers as a cheap solar cover for an IG pool. Maybe I can try that as an...

We inherited a Hayward H250 natural gas heater with our pool and this season is the first time we're attempting to use it (first season with our pool as well). We've got a vinyl in-ground, about 18500 gallons. No solar cover. We ran the pump 24/7 while heating. We live in Toronto, Ontario and...

Thanks for the quick welcome and replies! Yes, it's a vinyl liner pool. There's the potential for more rain in the coming days and of course early winter snow melt topping up the pool even more in the next couple months. So even if the skimmer is covered I shouldn't worry about having to drain...

Hi all, first time posting so forgive me if I ask some potentially dumb questions. I live near Toronto and we've recently (a week ago) moved into a house with an in-ground pool. This is our first pool so everything is a learning process going forward. The previous owner had already closed the...