Recent content by gerber

If anyone can find that thread, I'd really appreciate it! We're on natural gas, not propane but I wouldn't think there would be much cost difference...? I found the salt water chlorinator. Does this mean it's pretty much self-sufficient and runs itself? Do we maybe not need a pool company to...

Thanks! Yes, when we looked at the house originally, we had a concrete company come in and do a quote to fill in the pool because we really didn't want it. We wanted a yard. The estimate was about $14K. We walked away from the deal. Too much. A couple weeks later the other real estate agent...

Thanks for the welcome! Sand filter, eh? Wow, I really know nothing. Thanks for the FYI on it, too! I noticed the skimmer, too. Currently I'm spending my time with the shop vac cleaning all the evergreen needles that have fallen over the last 8 months so they don't all blow into the pool...

Hi! Brand new here and hoping for some help. We moved into a new (to us) house last fall that has a pool. Being up in Canada, pool season is very short and it wasn't really a selling feature for us. Having said that, with the pool already here, we've decided to keep it for a year and enjoy...