Recent content by klanel

We are looking at getting a stand alone cleaner for our pool. It's a free form, 5 foot max depth, sun shelf, and up to now has been manually cleaned. I have been considering a Dolphin, like the M400 (or equivalent) but don't want to spend that much unless it's money well spent. We do have a...

So far no big issues. I will say that the screw caps can be a bit sticky to get out by hand, but other than that, OK. I don't recall exactly what they looked like but the ones posted above seem to look about the same from my memory.

Thanks, I didn't do my homework. Found an easy going old builder that I thought would take his time (not that much time) and make sure it was done right. What I got was someone who never came, unless it was payday and he was always on time, and it was left up to me to be the project manager...

It's been about 30 months since this started and I am worn out, so I will only do what I have to for now. For much of it, it's a trade off of cosmetics versus function. And I care more about how it looks than how it functions. To fix the deck, or the spa, or the coping would require major...

I first posted here after becoming frustrated with my builder and for anyone who may have been following and wondered how things turned out, here is an update. After 18 months of a quoted 12 week build, I filed a claim in magistrates against the builder for breach of contract and negligence and...

I was told that kool deck can be applied to cured concrete by using a layer of mortar as a binder. But someone else may have other information.

Here are a couple of photos. One from Feb 2021 taken during application and another from today. Most stains seem temporary and eventually disappear. I haven’t washed the deck since it was done. The contractor did say that plastic sheeting will discolor the kool deck if left in contact before it...

I just saw this. I will dig up a photo and post later but it was applied by the contractors when the concrete was still wet. If I remember, I could gently walk on it the next day but stayed off it for a few days. Get some leaf and bug stains but for the most part it looks good with no...

My FC has been consistent lately at 4ppm with the SWG set at 18%. Yesterday, I added 15# of calcium chloride to raise the CH and this morning, the FC was at 2ppm. I ran across this thread while looking to see if the FC could drop rapidly with the addition of Calcium Chloride. And from the few...

Got the whale and still don't know how I fell about the spoiler. It definitely makes it stay in contact with the walls but in the spa, the spoiler does hit some in close quarters. I could always remove the spoiler if I decide to. As for brushing, it's much harder to push as the bristles...

I was getting into it as well and didn't realize either until you pointed it out.

Not where we live. Pump does run 24/7 but we are in the middle of the woods and if there is any wind at all, there will be debris in the pool. We also don't have a working robot at the moment, so I have to manually vacuum. On the hooks. I'd want something that can connect to an aluminum...