Recent content by Packman04

Thanks for the quick response. If I should use the basket is there any harm in not vacuuming to waste and just save on water? I don't want to refill a bunch of water if I still need to deal with emptying baskets.

Opening my in-ground pool today and there are a lot of worms on the bottom. If I vacuum to waste can I remove the basket in the pump so it doesn't just fill up and clog with the worms? I'd rather not have to stop and empty it every few minutes. Thanks!

The main reason, right or wrong, is because that is what the previous owner did each year. I had thought it was to reduce the chance of them freeaing and cracking... I live in Wisconsin and I drain the pool below the return jets which would also be about the height that the lights are.

Last year was the first year I owned my pool and I closed it myself using this site and some information from the previous homeowner. This past weekend I semi-opened the pool. I did everything except for getting the water circulating because I am having a new sand filter put in later this...

I am having a new sand filter installed next week and on the quote from the pool service he's included the Rainbow Automatic Chorinator #300 ($90.00 installed). My first thought since I do use the TFP method was to say no as I do know what the consequences are of using pucks and adding approx...

The first thing you need to do is get yourself a proper test kit... :-D

Greetings everyone. Within the past week I've purchased and moved into a home with a pool. It seems that the previous owner took very good care of it and had already opened it up for me. I am looking forward to using this great forum to keep my pool sparkling clean! As soon as I knew I was...