Recent content by davmar77

we were away for the weekend so i haven't had a chance to check things out yet. hopefully they are just at the bottom now and ready to be vacuumed out. i still need to spread the amdro. thanks for all the advice folks.

i picked up some amdro so we will see how that goes. thanks for the tips. here's a shot of the buggers.

no, this has nothing to do with dave matthews. i just called home and my wife said the pool is being swarmed with ants. they are jumping in by groups. a couple of summers back we had this on a much smaller scale. while i was in the pool, i would see an ant come to the edge, stop, and jump in. it...

we have a gas powered heater and a de filter with an inline chrlorinator.

i was talking recently about this with someone. we have the filter/heater on a timer and set to come on late morning and shut off around 9 pm or so. our property has too many trees so direct sun on the pool is really only from about noon to 5 pm. we use a solar fish, not a cover. the other...

interesting. i was wondering only because this was mentioned by the heater service guy.

our heater is on the way out but a replacement is not in this year's budget. the unit is probably 15 years old with a metal housing and it appears some critters have gotten in there off season and love to chew on the wires. we had service done and were told that it would be quite expensive for...

my wife and i don't eat meat although she eats poultry. needless to say we do lots of seafood. this time of year we grill tuna, swordfish, mako, salmon, steel head trout (imagine greater salmon), soft shell crabs when we can get/afford them, shrimp and more. if you've never had grilled soft...

hi all, i'm new here and just wanted to say hi. we live in upstate ny, about half way between albany and saratoga springs. it's a beautiful area. we've been here about 2-1/2 years after a move from long island. honestly we were not looking for a house with a pool but since it's there, we...