Recent content by fornax

My 4 year old nephew will sit there with teeth chattering and blue lips and will tell me he's not cold. I've used a liquid cover starting last year. From what I've seen, it's not even close to a regular solar cover, even in mild temperatures. It does seem to help during the early spring and...

Just something I've noticed for my pool...the skimmers barely work. If there is even a constant slight breeze the surface starts to get cluttered. For this reason I chose a single speed pump at the same (pool designed) HP and I find I only need to run it for about 4 - 6 hours to get my 1...

I like frogabog's mention of using bleach (chlorine) shock. I would never trust those non-chlorine versions in a case like this. And the 6% chlorox is the cheapest way I have seen of getting that accomplished.

I'm confused as to why (with many issues) the answer is to immediately shock the pool. This takes a bit of cost. If the pool still passes the OCLT, then it is sanitized and there are no organics to be consumed. Shocking in this condition is just dumping product into the pool and waiting days...

The cleaning can be a pain during startup. When I bought new cartridges, I kept the old ones just for the startup period. If I don't have time to clean them immediately on removal, I toss them in my 96gal trash can with water (don't forget about them!). I too was considering a sand filter...