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I'll have to look at hte solar cover.. we have a mesh cover now that was custom cut to the pool so just not sure the hubby will want to buy yet another cover :)

Well I think we're talking about the off season when it's really in the 60F air temps.. I'm not sure what that does to our water temps. I know right now our water is in the mid 80s. What about a combined system? Solar and then I have the option of kicking on the gas heater for more extreme...

I have approximately 10,000 gallon below ground gunnite pool with 1.5 pentair pump. We're pretty happy with the setup but would like to heat the pool for year round usage. I know nothing about heaters. Where should I start? Gas? Electric? Solar? And how effective are the different types of...

and so what's typically the biggest problem with a pool robot? getting stuck or just stopping working? I'm comfortable doing minor fixes and what not (have a roomba I've kept going for 3 years now just breaking it down and cleaning all the sensors and gears every couple of months).

So complete pool newbie here.. are these automated? Like you can program a cleaning schedule in to them? Or do they run whenever the filter runs like the side suction vacuum does? And do they also have hoses attached to them? I'm asking that last question because if they have hoses attached...

Okay so I was anti pool robot initially because our pool is not that big. But the vacuum that we have gets stuck all the time. The pool has a sun bathing ledge and the hose gets caught over that ledge so the vacuum gets stuck and stops moving because the hose can't go anywhere to drag the...

Will do then!

Okay so I did a partial water change yesterday... I'm gunna guess based on how long I ran new water in while pumping water out that it was about a 15-17% water change? Added two cups of bleach after I finished the water change yesterday afternoon. Let everything run and cycle for 3 more hours...

Okay so I repeated the CYA and it's still just above 80. My calcium Hardness is 540. So I did the pool calculator and did some reading and I really need to drain some of the pool water before doing anything else right?

kk I will go add chlorine in the morning first thing. can I retest tomorrow evening or do I need to wait longer? i want to repeat the cya because i am not sure i did it properly after reading the instructions. also, i didn't do the ch test but will do it when I detest. Thank you for the...

So my kit finally arrived - Yay!!! Below are the results from my first test on the pool. The water is clear and sparkly and blue. I checked the inline chlorinator and there is nothing in it - so that is empty now. Nothing has been put into the pool since Wednesday of last week (so 9 days...

I bought a pool brush and it's okay. the bristles are fine, but I don't feel like it's thick enough (it's wide enough but not thick enough from front to back?). Below is the link to what a bought. Should I try a different brush or are they all about this same size...

Yeah hubby and I were talking about it last night. I do think we'll get some sort of vented storage (even if it's just something I built) that we can lock. We don't have pets, but that doesn't mean there isn't the occasional stray cat or squirrels or whatever in the yard and then there's...

then it sounds like outside by the pool it is. Thanks!

I figure I can store my bleach in the washroom since I have an extra cabinet in there for storage. I just really don't want the muriatic acid in the house if at all possible. An outside storage unit may not be a bad way to go though. I'm pretty sure outside in the shade has got to be cooler...