Recent content by mikergibson

My kreepy krawly does a GREAT job on 1/2 of the pool, the deep end. The shallow end appears to never be touched. Anyone have any ideas or little hints that will make it clean the entire pool? Without doing the shallow end it is pointless to use the thing at all. if not, I have a kreepy krawly...

opening for the first time does it matter if the filter is empty of water? (de filter) would it help if I filled it up with water? Thanks for all the replies!

My pump is up a hill from my pool approx 20 feet away, 6 feet higher than the pool itself. I have only had the pool 2 yrs and the first year I had it opened by someone else. Is there a secret to getting a pump primed in this configuration? When opening the pool, should I attempt to fill the...

Still here, trying to figure out why I wanted to move back to the midwest :cry: Pool is closed up, I think about it daily because I closed it myself for the first time this year I hope everything stays tight!

My whole pool surface turns yellowish brown except for a checkerboard pattern where I assume there is some type of fiberglass seaming or taping

Our water contains a ton of iron so I am constantly adding sequestrant to prevent and ascorbic acid to remove stains. My question is this, the metal sequestrant wraps the iron and keeps the iron disolved. I continue to add iron to my pool every time that I add water.. How do I get this iron...

I had that happen to me and I took the battery and sim card out and put the phone in the oven at 150 degrees for about 1 1/2 hours.. the phone worked great after that!

I really like the looks of it but on mine, the styrofoam forms slipped in a few places and once that happens, theres not much you can do so mine taks a dip of a few inches in a couple of places. It really stands out like a sore thumb to me.

What exactly is polyquat and what other names does this go under? Is there a non pool store version? Thanks

very elegant setting. I like the addition of the street lamp style lighting!

Anyone ever have one of these air filled domes over their pool? http://rontimco.com/poolpg.htm Is it easy / cheap to heat in the winter time? Are they difficult to keep installed? Good / Bad / indifferent? Thanks!! Mike

Poolio, maybe you should switch to decaf Often those with money are constantly being frugal, those without money spend like there's no tomorrow wanting to portray something that they are not. You don't always get what you pay for 'nuff said. My simple question was whether or not there was an...

All things being equal, what's everyone's choice for a cheap metal sequestrant? I use it often as our water has a ton of iron in it. It would be great to find a place online to get it on the cheap. There seems to be common household equivalants to just about everything, I guess that's no so...

so not much can be done then? I don't mind watering the area while it is germinating but I can't water the whole yard after the grass takes off. I had hoped that there would be a drought resistent grass that would look decent

I understand that this is some nasty stuff, I have started using it instead of the dry acid based on folks on this forums recommendations to reduce my ph every 3-4 days. Are there any known problems with long term use?