Recent content by kj5kb

My best results with holding a pool cover down on a round AGP in Cleveland OH was jugs filled with water and then fastened to the cover eyelets either with solid cord or bungee cords. If it gets a lot of snow load, bungees will stretch, and if solid cord is used, jugs will lift off ground. I...

I had an 18' AGP in Cleveland OH for about 8 years. Always used one of the cheap-ish solid woven tarp-type covers with various ways to keep it on; having to pump water off/clean ice off, and worried about critters (2 or 4 legged) getting either underneath or clawing thru, tho it never...

Roger Thanks...been doing pools for 10+ years BBB but still get frustrated on opening/closing. And yes, I rarely have CC with only two of us in a 20K G pool....

My pool temp is still in the 70's so will wait awhile before closing. Thanks for the feedback. This isn't my first pool, I had an 18' AGP for 6 years before this one. I primarily have Scotch Pine Needles in mine....pretty much all season, but of course worse after a storm. Some...

The more I think about that, the more work it seems! End of September may be a bit warm still, might wait till well in October. But yes I think end of April would be the plan for opening and taking my time to SLAM before it's even close to warm enough to swim in. Never had a problem...

Should have mentioned that I have over 24 gallons of pool bleach and about 40lbs of 3" pucks on hand...

Going to be closing my 15x30 liner IGP soon, I have a woven pool cover; the pool fills back up over winter from rain/snow anyway, I also lose a lot of CYA over the winter due to degradation and draining. This was my 3rd year of opening this pool, it's a typical green mess in the Spring, this...

If he read the WebMD article on that, it is so "over the top" it aint funny....and points to "indoor pools" as the main problem. I was fortunate enough to have an indoor pool as a kid, so it didn't click right away that this meant indoor community pools...

Hayward S244T (24") is a very common filter and cheap-ish....less than $300 online. Plus new sand of course! Would certainly not be overkill for your pool. Just installed a new one to replace a 20 year old one that was working but had several issues...money well spent.

No luck removing them here. 2 ponds on the property and many ponds in neighborhood. Mostly Green frogs in the pool. Surprising they don't mind shock levels either. Fortunately ours tend to stay away from the humans.

Yep, all depends....My previous pool was an 18' round x 54" deep above ground. Too deep for some but we loved it, as did our 10-yr old neighbor kid...who ALWAYS swam with an adult present. Current pool is about the size UR planning...~ 3.5' shallow end, ~ 7' deep end. Yes, it is a LOT of...

The weir flap actually works the opposite of what you'd think it would do. My neighbor's pool (which I am helping maintain) does not have one and it does not skim well.

I guess we shall see...

But will you be paying for 1.5HP of electricity or closer to 4 HP worth, even tho it's 1.5 HP output...?,