Recent content by Larry Lizard

I'm having a similar problem with Snow Joe In June I got a 50 pound bag of Snow Joe Melt (model MELT50CC) by ordering online from Home Depot and picking it up in the store. The bag said "Enhanced with extenders." I don't have it anymore but I'm pretty sure the ingredients were just sodium...

Was finally able to get back to the job this morning. A 3:1 MA mix still didn't work, so I tried a window scraper that holds a single-edge razor blade. It worked surprising well but our tile isn't flat: so it wouldn't get the low areas. I tried some 320 grit wet/dry sandpaper and that...

Was your home unoccupied before you bought it or moved in? Maybe the listing agent saw algae and called for somebody to treat it before a showing or final inspection (or both). No telling what they might have used in an "emergency."

. Converted to TFPC a month ago and yesterday tried removing calcium deposits around the spa spillways. Using diluted (4:1) MA and a plastic scrub brush it all came off except for the lines you see on both sides of each spillway. Repeated applications of the acid did nothing to remove it -...

Last year we put up some homemade bird baths that are just terracotta saucers on concrete blocks and pillars (for every bird that dies of starvation there are two that die of thirst). Since putting in this one our dead critter count has dropped off considerably. And if you change the water...

Last spring we put up homemade bird feeders and baths, one of which is almost at ground level and just a couple of steps from the pool. It's a terracotta saucer, the kind you put under a flower pot: Our house is two blocks from open farm land so we've had all sorts of critters in the yard...

Thanks. When the padded envelope it was in arrived I was sure they had sent the wrong thing, like maybe a hunk of 2" PVC.:)

Yikes - the picture shows the things on the laminate counter in the kitchen. The wife would not be pleased. The refill would cost you a cold beverage or two.

Thanks to everyone on this site who put in so much time and effort to save us time and effort. Like most people we experienced years of work and frustration trying to get the pool store voodoo potions, lotions and notions to work. After finding TFP last month there'll be no more of that. A...