Recent content by neiltg

I appreciate the discussion this caused - i've been reading all the links this morning. About to go spray my talstar / acephate mix, i'll update in a few days!

Thanks! So you spray all around the yard, planting & mulch areas? lawns too? Do you add the powder to the talstar mix and spray them together? How much per gallon of mixed?

Hey everyone. Searched a few threads and the only bugs I can see in older posts are much smaller than these. these are more like gnats, but kind of long. Been having some nice weather and wanting to turn the pool heater on and get in it, but every day when I go to chck on the pool, it's got a...

Sorry for the late reply! It's a hayward sand filter. I thought I already had a picture, but i cant find it and it's too dark now. The pool does not have an overflow drain. Can i add one? I dont know how i'm going to fix the wall yet - i've had 3 landscaping/retaining wall specialists come out...

That doesnt sound like a DIY job. Should we just leave it like this until after the landscaping is done in a few months?

Hey everyone, Still in my first year of owning a pool. honestly might not do it again. A few weeks ago in Georgia we had insanely heavy rain, and in the morning our pool looked like this: We called leslie's and sent a guy there some pictures, he said to just keep the filter running 24/7...

Hey everyone. i'm in north atlanta where we're dropping to 14 tonight, have a high of 19 tomorrow, low of 9, and it looks like it'll be monday before the high gets above freezing temperatures again. I was looking into how to winterize, but i've never done it before. I have a hayward sand filter...

Hey everyone! This place has been very helpful for me over the last year. I live in north Georgia - Woodstock area. I called a couple of local pool maintenance places a few months ago and asked them about closing our pool, and both said that fully closing and covering a pool in georgia is...

If it is the one on the left, where does the water come out? everything there seems attached to something important and i'm not sure what to unscrew or if i'm supposed to unscrew anything. I switched it to backwash today and let it run for 3 full minutes. I cannot find any water coming out...

OK, so it's probably pretty safe to just switch it to backwash, turn it on and then look for the water? Does it usually take a minute to start flowing? I was worried I had to take something apart to be able to do this and letting it run without doing something else would damage something. Thank...

Been in the house with my first pool for a month and figure it's time to do this. I've watched a bunch of videos about backwashing and understand the process and various stages, however every single video I see, they already have a pvc pipe sticking out which the water comes from. I don't? I...