Recent content by BowserWowser

I know. I literally do not own anything that can reach them. I'm working on it! I sent my robot vac in knowing it wouldn't get everything, but I'd run it 20 times if needed. It ran around, and when I picked it up after it stopped, the top part came off, and the base (that actually has the...

Funny - I'd already read your thread the other day! I don't think I could go without at least the leaf net. My neighbors have tall pine trees that drop a lot of pine needles and pinecones in our yard. My pups love the pinecones, but my skimmer doesn't love the needles :) Check 'er out today...

I read soooo many people having trouble with winter covers - wind blowing them off, pillow or no pillow, how to get the stuff off the top without dropping it into the water when you remove the cover...I liked the leaf net, just need to open at the right time next year by checking my water temp...

Right, but I wasn't monitoring the water temps, hence why I didn't know when I should open 'er up! Local friends are much less happy about the water today :LOL:

Well, our pool survived its first winter! I used just a leaf net, not a solid cover. I did have to drain some water out of the pool once because a snow dump brought our water level up above the return, so water was pouring out. I'll either lower the water even more next time we close, or I'll...

Thank you for sharing! I am so relieved/excited to not have to get a winter cover. I feel like this pool has been nickel and diming me for almost a year, and the thought of dealing with another heavy/bulky object with my lack of storage was stressing me out! I'm thinking maybe a mesh cover just...

I'm thinking we may try to go topless 🤭 It took 3 adults to get our solar cover on. Without a deck, just hoisting that bad boy up to get it on the pool was ridiculously challenging...I had read about people putting the solar cover on every night, but there is NO. WAY. I'm also concerned about...

I read the Pool School AGP winterizing article, and it has a bullet in the process for "if" you're using a winter cover. As a first-timer, how do I decide? We typically get a week or two of below-freezing temps in January/February. Sometimes, we get no snow at all (at least never more than a...

My pool has been perfectly clear since the SWCG finally started working correctly! Still tinkering with it to get the chlorine levels right, as it's been too high, but not enough to hurt anything. Put the solar cover on today for the first time since it's been cooler at night, and the water was...

I'm pretty sure I just Googled it, 27' round 54"

We got the SWCG correctly wired, and now it says we have to clean the cell (probably since it's been running with unbalanced water for, oh, as long as our pump has been running). So I added a couple gallons of chlorine last night and some stabilizer. I want to keep the pump running to keep...