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Thanks everyone. From what I'm hearing, mesh does not block sunlight 100%; and depending on when you close and open, water might be green - clear, but green. And I'm seeing that a solid cover would most likely have clear water when pool is opened in Spring. Assuming that all the prep work are...

Hi everyone, Deciding between the following: Solid ( with drain in the middle ) - I'm leaning towards this due to all day all sun, even in winter when there is no snow on the ground 12 x 24 ft Rectangle Safety Cover Hyper Light Solid | Pool Supplies Canada or Mesh 12 x 24 ft Rectangle Safety...

Auto-drain - I need to figure this out for my pool. One of the disadvantages of small pools I guess, one torrential rain, and I'm watching the pool level - had to drain it twice yesterday during the rain storm. But no problem to keep warm :)

I've left most of the finishing touches/landscaping for me to play around with - keeps me busy in the yard and out of the house :) Still a long way to go for "our paradise", but I'm enjoying the journey. I want to put a covered area where I have the old bench now - bench is there as a...

U Profile Deluxe Inground Wheel Solar Reel with 16 ft Tube | Pool Supplies Canada Happy with it so far - I have no sag in mine even though I got the 14mm cover. Granted, I've a 12x24 cover - so not much weight to begin with. But also because the tubing is "doubled" in my case, the extension...

Cool pool and drawing. Almost did artificial sod; let me know how it works out, and if you're happy with the supplier. Looking forward to see the rest of the build

As promised - View when exiting the house: At some point, there will be a covered sitting area looking towards the house: Random shot from the softscape area My new solar cover - 14mm clear - pool gets to be 92F - at some point, will be hidden inside a bench/box or something - we'll see...

Quick update. Since we've dropped 5 bags salt, and shock, the morning after, swg registered good salt, flow. Using test strips while getting my testing kit, all is fine. Water looks clearer, slightly cloudy still. Used the pool yesterday, pool gets full sun all day. So in the morning, chlorine...

Okay - so, water is cloudy. I've been running the pump 24 hours at 1750 rpm since June 22nd on good old Richmond Hill tap water. PB dropped by today and dropped 6 ( or was it 5 ) bags of 20KG salt and shock the pool. I suppose he's doing a pool opening. Pool is about 9K Gal (34K litres) if...

My 0.02 - First off - you can check prices at Pool Supplies Canada Keep in mind that PB includes a margin and install cost in their prices - and some equipment sellers will not give full warranty if diy install - pentair comes to mind From what I just went through - please consider the...

Thanks everyone - appreciate the support and the opportunity to share. It felt like TFP was my therapy session - sharing progress made the wait bearable - not sure if I'm explaining this correctly. It got my mind distracted from the build/mess and instead, pool educate myself while I'm...

I looked at both BlackStone and CampChef - from what I can tell, Camp Chef would be a better choice. I'm still deciding if it makes sense for me.

All caught up with footage of pool project Final push - waiting for sod and we should be done - hopefully tomorrow Day 17 - Finishing pavers with Polymeric sand Day 18 - morning rain and mostly cloudy - thank goodness - and the crew pushed on Video - Day 18 - Pea Gravel and Preparing base...

Day 16 - Finish laying all pavers Getting close to the finishing line - problem is there are 9 projects sharing the same crews; so we all get them a few hours a day only - and the whole project drags on - assembly line style.

What seems to be the unnecessary mess is what gets to me; and with a slight case of OCD, it does not help that I have my gopro capturing the build :) I've come to realize that when it comes to outdoors projects - I have to follow the 80%-20% rule - with time, I've seen the 20% slowly goes away...