Recent content by maria_in_tx

Hi, everyone... I'm going to be closing the pool for the first time and I'm a bit confused. I'm in South Texas, but the weather has cooled enough that it's too cold to get in during the evening and our schedules don't allow any day time swimming. It seems silly to mess with daily upkeep when...

With a fair amount of experience as an interviewer and on interview panels, I would have to go with tphaggerty on this one. If you are concerned about wearing the exact same thing again, do you have a different shirt/tie combination you can wear to "mix up" the look a bit?

Thanks for the info! I will look into the solar blanket... I really appreciate the help!

I'm in need of some direction regarding the type of cover that would work best for my situation... I have 2 goals for the cover... First, to keep out the desert that blows in daily (South Texas Brush Country... there is A LOT!); and Second, to try to reduce evaporation. Due to our extreme...

Thanks... will give it a try... hadn't realized I could add that much at once. Thank you for the help!

Excited to say I rec'd my TF100 test kit and tested last night. Must say... some of the results were pretty different from some of the test strips I was using. Here's what I have: FC 5 (have SWG, but it is not working... keeping chlorine levels by adding bleach while waiting on new SWG to...

Hi, all- Seriously wishing I had found this site BEFORE we got the pool! But glad I finally found it... We are in Sunny South Texas (100 degree days are the norm and the closest thing to rain we have is lawn sprinklers) and bought an Intex 18' metal frame pool. Our friends with a similar pool...