Recent content by mpatrick14

At least once a week under normal conditions, but at the beginning of the season when I did not cover it all winter and it started growing for a minute, probably 3-4 times a week until the water is clear.

Are the connectors different? I only have 1 return and skimmer and 1.5 inch piping.

Do you have any suggestions on brand/model of filter? I am having a hard time finding a filter bigger than 150 sq ft for an AGP - should I be shopping for in ground filters? I do have to open up and rinse off the current filter very regularly to keep the pool clear, so it makes sense that...

Looking for some advice. I have an above ground oval 21 x 41 with a deep end. The pool came with the Hayward Xstream 150 Sq. Ft. Cartridge System with 1.5 HP Matrix Pump. Everything was working fine for the last 4 years up until the middle of last summer. For some reason the "easy lock...

Thank you for the virtual support! The nightmare is still ongoing. the wind has done a number on my pool walls and rails since it was drained in January, the wall is buckled and bent in so many placesand dome of the rails are twisted and disfigured pretty bad. I finally got a friend to some...

OK, so I had to dismantle half of my pool to get the new mason's sand in, since it is not equipment accessable and there was no one willing to shovel 8 tons of sand into wheelbarrows and then over a 52 inch wall. I am finshing it is a living heck getting the pool wall back into place...

UPDATE: I ended up purchasing the Lomart expandable liner online. Expensive, but you get what you pay for hopefully. I amso found a local contractor to come and PROPERLY bring in 3 inches of mason's sand and level and compact it! As a side note, I took the old liner out, and the ground was...

Thanks for the link, I swear i searched on Aquaquik first and didn't find it. Looks like the thing is junk. I would love to do solar panels, but I am not sure I can pull it off without the homeowners association jumping all over me. I think they would have to go on the front slope of the...

http://www.poolproducts.com/SPP/product ... 700&FNM=90 Has anyone purchased or researched this? It sounds too good to be true, that a little dome could do the job of solar panels, but it sure would be nice!

bump - So, nobody has heard of this thing, huh? I guess it can't be that great then.

If you don't get an expandable overlap or true-expandable variable depth liner, you do run the risk of tearing at the seams, or having to place the liner so the seams are not in the right locations. My experience in this space has been if you use a non-expandable liner (any regular overlap or...

http://www.gladon.com/perfectpoolbottom.htm Has anyone researched this or used it? In theory, it sounds like it could really help maintain a smooth bottom, much moreso than something like the thin Gorilla/Elephant pad could. Seems awfully expensive though...

Thanks you guys! I have been looking at the Lomart products sold online, and it looks like Lomart only has ones that go from 6-6.5 ft, although it is only 1 liner, and it seems odd that they would say 6ft in so many places and then throw a 6.5 ft in. I would be scared of overstretching it and...

Thank you guys for the advice. I am going to have to do the work literally all by myself on this. There are very few people in Las Vegas who actually do anything with above ground pools, and most wont give you the time of day unless you are buying the actual pool from them. For example, the...

Anyone? Bueller? I have also heard good things about the Doughboy expandable liners, that they are much different from regular ones in that you actually set them about a foot from the bottom and let the material naturally stretch into the hold, greatly reducing folds and wrinkles. Anyone...