Recent content by mrspock

Ah, I see the problem now. I only have one Aqua Genie skimmer. If it had another one or two, it would probably be all right. My opinion is that my pool / surrounding area was done cheaply. Common, when you get out of the ladder and go to the slide, you have to walk on grass! Yuck, grass...

Why did you want an Aqua Genie skimmer? Why did you choose no main drain? Did you talk to someone or someone recommended it to you? I have an Aqua Genie and have wondered why the previous owner had it installed instead of main drain and regular skimmer. I have 36,000 gal inground pool with...

Have you tried a mesh cover? I tried last year with a solid cover and was badlly disappointed. This year I order a mesh cover for 20 x 40 pool for abour 140. Ask me next spring how well this did. I leave pump running in winter to keep pipes from breaking.

My vacum hose for Hayward navigator keeps getting wound up into itself. I straighten out the line, then 5 minutes later back ago to where it was. Any help or suggestions is appreciated.

Interesting What kind of stuff are you getting out? What size? I am curious. I am well pleased using knee-highs. I think it matters what kind of stuff is around your pool. Grass is bad, leaves are bed, bugs are bad. My knee high catch little black ants. You would have to catch really...

INHO there are just as good as the pool socks. I used skimmer socks 5 for $7 last year, now I am using 2 knee hight for 33 cents. They don't last as long, about 5 days vs 7 days, but they catch almost everything that the socks did. White is the best color to use because they do not have any...

Howdy Neighbours Glad to see some fellow Arkies. I live in Benton.

I was wondering if you can just by CYA reagent? I had my water tested to day by Leslie's, to the right of it says to use R-0013 per instructions. I realize that there are lots of smarter people and this is first year testing my water with my own kit (when I bought it, Ben's wasn't available...

I have a slide that has a few rough spots on it from wear and tear. The blue coating is gone in a few places. What do you to repair the slide? Is there a paint you buy or a wax?

I have a hayward navigator that quits working after 30 minutes. I have left it in overnight and when I look at in the morning it is the same place where it was the night before. The wings aren't moving. If I unplug the vacuum hose and them plug it back it, it will move again for a while...

You need to match the the rate of filter to the the rate of the pump. The pump should list what it is rated out. Too big of a pump will hurt the performance of your filter. I replaced my pump this year. The old was 1 hp 220-volt. I replaced with a Hayward on sale from Leslie that 63 gpm...

I used skimmer socks last years and switched to knee highs this year. These seem to do as good as job as the skimmer socks if not better. The 'holes' you have you in knee highs are about the size of a pencil lead. The holes are small enough that stabilizer does not pass through them. I...

I use knee hight from Wal-Mart - a pair is 33 cents. They seems to last about 5 days before they get runners. They are in gum-ball bubble.

Vacuming The way I vacuum: Turn pump off. Clean skimmer basket. Clean pump basket. I keep first section of hose attached to vacuum, so drop vacuum in at shallow end. I 'thread' other sections of hoses in water. Then I connect hoses to adapter and wait about 5 minutes to make sure no air...

You need to get leaves out of your pool. I used leaf rake and pretend I am searching for treasture. In my pool, I had probably about 5 galloons (or so it seem) of leaves. I could not see the deep end of pool. Once it started barely being able to see bottom, vaccum that Crud out to waste...