Recent content by jschapansky

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    Test kits in BC?

    As much as I DIDNT want to pay what i refer to as the Canada Tax... I also bought a Taylor 2006 from apolo. Thats about the best place you will find it.
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    Cheap Ebay Cleaner

    I tried using my vacuum hose and it worked really well... until it spun around so many times it actually flopped the cleaner on its back. The sectional hose works really well. It doesnt seem to coil up no matter how many time the cleaner goes around.
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    Hockey Season is upon us

    Go Canucks 5 down 11 to go!
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    Cheap Ebay Cleaner

    Well, Mine works pretty good so far. It got hung up on the shallow end ladder a couple times, but I adjusted the hose weight so the bumper is even with the step, now no problems. Only other thing it has done is drive up into the corner in the deep end and get hung up there. One remedy I thought...
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    WalMart Ultra Bleach - $2.54 now

    here we get 5 L .. approx the 174 oz size for 1.97 CAD .. thats like i dunno 50 cents US these days :goodjob:
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    I remember the day !

    Well I just opened my first pool for the first time by myself, all without stepping foot in a pool store. And without using a single "pool" chemical. Its all balanced out and ready to rock. I happened to be cruising around town and decide to check on the price of an automatic cleaner since I was...
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    Cheap Ebay Cleaner

    Well, I spammed a few people which bought one from the same ebay seller. Out of 6 reviews I got from it, only one was negative, the dude complained about it having weak suction. Everyone else said great bang for the buck. I have sinced ordered one and its on the way. I guess Ill see once I get it.
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    Hockey Season is upon us

    Go Canucks Go!!! 4 down already!! 12 to go! There is a first for everything.. right??
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    Cheap Ebay Cleaner

    Well Now that the Canucks Swept the series in 4 I should celebrate by buying a cleaner.. good excuse I guess. Ill post up a review once I use it.
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    Cheap Ebay Cleaner

    Cheap Ebay Cleaner Same Cleaner but From an online store Free shipping for the US Edit: I origianlly thought it was free for Canada too, but after a quick email to them I found out its not. anyone tried these? are they any good? My pool isnt too dirty, so I dont wanna spend a million...
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    Empty Chlorine Jugs - Trash to Treasure

    Dry Ice and a little bit or water and we have a nice noise maker!
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    Boil Water Advisory and high CYA results

    I put pool water in the test tube and it is clear. Should I wait a day after filling to do a cya test? I think I read somewhere I should. I tested before filling and im sure that i got little to no cya then.
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    Boil Water Advisory and high CYA results

    Hey all, Im new to the whole pool thing and have been cleaning up my new pool this week. The previous owner never covered the pool this winter so i have taken almost a whole wheelbarrow of leaves out of it. I am now filling it, it is almost full. I did a test and found that the cya was really...
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    How do you figure out square footage of a hexagon?

    hmm... his formula looks like it would work. but id just cut it into 6 different triangle and figure it out that way
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    Just wanna say...

    hmm... last night it was about 4 or 5 degrees below freezing here... so no getting pool ready for a while yet!! come to think of it.. i just looked outside.. and its snowing... AGAIN.. stupid snow. go away.. thats stereotypical Canada for you.