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My husband (who is a web programmer and development manager for a large internet company) has a reseller account and can offer some pretty great hosting services at ridiculously cheap prices. I'll try to get details from him to pass it along, but he does his own personal accounts along with the...

Not my pool of course, but came across this (and other moose-in-pool pictures); was just too hilarious not to share. Trying to imagine the post that would accompany this: "Hi ive got a problem with my 50 gal rubber inflatable kiddie pool. i ordered a test kit but until it gets here, all i know...

Hi TexasDude, welcome to TFP! Anything that promotes evaporation should help cool off the water, so the waterfall at night should help as well. You can always try a fountain too... I got a good cheap 3-tier one off ebay for $20. Plus it looks nifty! I've also seen some large sun shades (aka...

Dunno what kind of pole I have (came with the house) but I've never had problems with it despite leaving it outside all the time and it being who knows how old. I find that mind tend to bow a bit when extended so I just try to keep it halfway-extended at a maximum and maneuver around the edge...

Welcome to TFP! I'm sure one of the pro's will be along shortly to ask for more details, but your chlorine should dissipate on its own over time. How high is "high" right now? Are you still adding chlorine via a SWG, pucks or liquid chlorine? Depending on your CYA level, 5+ ppm might be what...

Yup, Chesapeake it is!

Sooo, yesterday DH and I hopped in the pool despite some lingering cloudiness -- we could see the bottom of the pool though which was the most progress this year! Brushed the sides while I was in there, picked up a handful of leaves that had been eluding my leaf net salvos and installed a...

Welcome & congrats on new house, pool and liner! I'm sure one of the pros will get to you soon, but I can tell you that with an AGP you don't have to worry about the CH so much, so it sounds like you're fine on that aspect. Always nice to have one less thing to worry about adding I find. :)

I'll definitely have to check for those speakers at my local Circuit City, Likesspace! Thanks for the review! I don't need high fidelity and $25 sounds like my kind of price!!!!! :P I have a pretty small back yard and the pool takes up most of it. Maybe if I had more entertainment space out...

Read a lot about using foam padding under the liner on other forums. People successfully reported using pink or blue sheets of foam insulation 1.5" to 2" from Home Depot/Lowes at much lower cost than the pool-specific stuff. Dunno if you can fabricate the sloped coving though, or if you'd be...

I've been just using a boombox to play radio and CD's, but since I just bought my husband an iPod Touch and have it streaming music anywhere from our big ol' music library, I'm definitely thinking I should invest in some outdoor speakers. I wish wireless speakers would improve, as running cable...

My pool store's price for the filter was 2x what I could find online, but I ponied up for it anyway because I was trying to figure out if I had grossly undersized my filter, thus leading to water issues. It was something I was planning on doing anyway but at the time I was wandering aimlessly...

Also Hayward owns Goldline... when I contacted Goldline customer support for some info on a return jet fitting for my Aquatrol, they sent me over to Hayward.

Drained off about a foot of water, now refilling so I can retest and see if I got the CYA down enough or if I need to drain more. Unfortunately it's extra hot and humid today so my yard is still soggy from draining and I'm gonna want to be IN the pool, not working on it. :( Pretty heinous when...

Yup, it was the black dot test. Partial drain it is! Hopefully it'll help dilute the TA a little bit too.