Recent content by krusej23

I have a 13000 gallon pool and use the Pentair 1hp pump that came with it. I was debating on switching to a variable speed pump too because this pump had no problem cleaning the pool but it almost seems like it's pumping too much current to the pool.

Everything was removed from the skimmer so any water that gets into the skimmer should drain out. I started to worry a little bit since it is plastic if any water does get in it an freezes into little cracks or something. Maybe I'm just worrying too much.

I drained my pool to a little below the skimmer line for winter. I went out to add some water filled milk jugs to the winter cover to hold it down in all of the wind we get and noticed the water line was right at the skimmer level. I don't have a skimmer cover so it's essentially open to the...

This is exactly what I needed but a DIY version. I'll look around some more. I think I should be able to go into the dirt or drill into the block and be fine. Thanks!

Any ideas on what kind of fence I could put up to prevent little kids from falling in the pool but still be able to sit on the patio and have good visibility of the pool? I'm not a big fan of the fencing that attaches to the pool wall. I'm thinking something like this picture with a small...

It's possible because I used it to get data into Home Assistant.

Just an update. Still waiting for the retaining wall to be put up but that sounds like it should be done next week. Once that is done, that will allow me to do some more landscaping around the pool to make it look complete. I started putting some mexican beach pebbles down on the far side of the...

I was able to get it off of the toolbox but I will take a wet rag to it today. I was worried about the garbage because I saw somewhere that paper towels could start on fire with the cal hypo on it. Thanks!

I was opening a 1lb bag of shock(73% cal hypo) tonight over my toolbox because that's where my scissors are and I lost control of the bag but caught it. It spilled maybe 50 small granules of shock onto my toolbox so I grabbed some paper towels and wiped them up and threw them in my garbage can...