Recent content by mrjhokie

Got it. Thanks very much, that is very helpful information to me. Back to John's thread with my apologies. BTW John I'm still taking very energizing dips in my pool too!

Thanks for your help. Another question, how are you defining "hard freeze"? Are you talking about circulation during a hard freeze to prevent water in the pool from freezing? I've never seen that when I winterize and use the safety cover. Would that possibly happen without covering...

I have a question about that. Is it necessary to keep circulating the water after the water temperatures drop below 60 degrees? I also live in eastern NC (Greenville area) and also have a similar size pool, except it has a vinyl liner. I've been using a safety cover each year I close the...

With my past experience with hurricanes here 10-15 inches (and ground not saturated before the storm), it hasn't caused the liner to float where we are, and normally I have relied on dropping the water level some. My main concern is if the pool overflows, because if the power goes out I lose my...

I had not heard of the power floc, I will look into it. Thanks for your suggestion!

Yep, right before the hurricane I'm going to lower the water about a foot and add some extra shock. Thx!

Thanks, the consensus is no cover I'll go with the wisdom. The update we got tonight sounded better, predicting up to 75 mph gusts for us. I've had those before over the ~30 years we've been here so with that we will stay, and I can manage the water level that way (expecting 10 to15 inches)...

Thanks for your advice and your opinion the safety cover. We are in the projected high wind area so I am going to take your advice about the cover. We may not even be able to stay here during the storm and will make that call by Wednesday morning.

(Eastern NC in Pamlico Sound area). I am trying to decide if I should put my safety cover on during the storm. Our neighborhood has a construction site along the line of homes in the back of the subdivision which has all been dug up and in process of being graded. Its about 23 acres of loose...

Yes, I had heard to avoid the phosphate removers and other such items were a scam. I honestly didn't know what was in the winterizing kits though - I thought it was anti-freeze. Can you recommend a brand of anti-freeze, how to apply and how much to use, and is it recommended for vinyl liner...

I've thought about that, and it is a little cumbersome but my regular pump is a lot faster for pumping off a foot of water at a time. I think I pumped off close to 30" of water between October and March last year. I've not heard that about winterizing kits being a marketing ploy. I've been...

Thanks for your reply. It sounds like the debris control would be the biggest issue. With respect to FC monitoring, I've never done any water testing between the time I add the winterizing kit and spring opening. There's usually no FC reading when I first take the cover off in the spring so...

This is my first post here although I've been reading these forums for a while when I have questions and usually find a lot of solutions to my pool issues. So, hello all. I've had my pool for 8 years, getting ready to close and thinking about not covering the pool this year when I close. I...