Recent content by IsThisWhereIPutMyName?

Thanks - that’s what I was thinking. I’ll try leaving them out.

I don’t have an Intex, so I can speak specifically to how well they would hold up. But you should realize that unless the water is well below that point to start it is going to leak out. Even during winter when the pool has a big block of ice on the top there will be water below which will leak...

A mesh cover will let water through and will filter off the big stuff. With a mess cover you need to make sure you have a place for the water to escape. This can be done by leaving the return open for the rain and snow melt to drain. With a solid cover you want to pump water off the top so it...

Hi, I have a ground mounted rack for my solar heaters (2 4x20 Fafco Solar Bear). Every year I go through the ritual of taking them off the rack, rolling them up and placing them under a covered deck. This keeps the snow and ice off of them but they are still exposed to the cold temperatures...

I have an above ground Kayak pool with a mini 5.5’ deep end. I add RV antifreeze to the main drain line and tie off the line at the top of the pool wall. I use 1 gallon for about 12’ of 1.5” flexible PVC. Antifreeze sinks so it is stays at the bottom of the pool in the drain and the diluted...

No it’s right in the middle of the pool so it’s pretty inaccessible. My only bet (other than draining the pool) is through the irrigation line. Best case is that the 1 inch supply pipe is severed / detached from the other end of the pipe. When I cut it from outside the pool I could in theory...

Thanks - yeah I think this is a job too small for anyone to come out and do. It’s not terrible, just a little annoying. I may just stomp as best I can around the edges to level it off a bit. I mean it would only need about 1 cubic foot of sand to smooth it out again.

So unbeknownst to me I had a main supply for our lawn irrigation run under our above ground pool. This week the line busted. Luckily I caught it quickly but there is now a decent size divot where the water disturbed the sand under the liner. Maybe 18 inches wide by 4 inches deep. So it...

Try this: https://www.kayakkatalogue.com/liners/25-mil-kayak-liners.html

I have a semi in ground pool with a main drain and the pad below the water line. I lift the drain line above the water line, pour in RV antifreeze and keep the line tied off until spring. Your situation is a little more complicated. Since most of your lines are well below ground and I doubt...

I try to limit dumping pool water as much as possible but no bad impacts on the lawn whenever I have drained down. The salt level in pool water is significantly less than you get from run off from roads and walkways where salt is generously thrown on the surface and concentrated nearby.

I detach and tie my bottom drain to the deck and then dump a gallon of antifreeze in. It stays thawed all winter in MA hard winters. It’s cheap and harmless so I would recommend it.

I realized that whichever way I went my old skimmer plate would be useless. So I decided to experiment. I put a hole in the plate and then put in a rain barrel hose attachment. If I block off the return, any water reaching this point will be carried past the skimmer and away from the pool wall...

Thanks. At this point I think I’m leaning towards leaving the lower return jet open. The only downside I see is I’ll lose some of the salt and CYA in the water which I can replenish easy enough in the spring. I can plug it up in early spring after the great melt and have a decent water level...