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We live in SE Oklahoma. We maintain our pool until October when it is too cold to swim, and we open it early before the pool is warm enough to swim in. We cover it with a safety cover. Late April or the first two weeks of May, we uncover it, and it is never green. SLAM is very quick. Maybe a day...

My thoughts - more of a convenience factor...but will save fuel. * 30 miles one way to get the maximum limit of 5 gallons of liquid chlorine. * Drive to a different town/store to get an additional 5 gallons. * 110 miles round trip to both stores takes 2 hours. Every 10-14 days. * We only shop...

The $10 upgrade expires today, presumable at midnight.

Following.

Removing, cleaning, drying, and folding up the oversized safety cover by myself is kicking my rear. Usually, part of it falls into the pool while I am trying to remove it. My deck is not as large as the cover so I have to fold it and clean parts of it at a time. Same thing with drying it. Any...

It is a mess, isn't it? Only 1 side of the pool is underground. 3 sides are covered with rock wall. If we can save it, we would be happy. The pool is unique in that there is no problem with it floating up when empty. (according to the only pool company within an hour of our home. They have...

I have same problem. Following your thread.

I noticed that the skimmer/main valve is dripping every second. I uncovered the pool today, and there is only 8 inches of water left in the 3 ft shallow ends. Our pool starts at 3 ft on each end and goes to 6 ft deep in the center. Concrete bottom and metal panels on the walls. Picture was taken...