Recent content by RhettABrown

You all crack me up. I think I’ll keep reading here just for the entertainment value.

Kim, My daughter is ten years old. She's something else.

There isn't much point in trying to talk them lower. They don't have the best reputation. Any subcontractor I talk to that use to work for them doesn't want any more to do with them. They don't seem to want to pay anybody. And they make it really inconvenient to pay rent. If you want easy, it...

It looks like I'm going to have zero issues with my pool now n the near future. My landlords is raising my rent by $150. Just got notice today. We simply can't afford to stay here paying that much ch more with a summertime power bill of $400. Our next move will most likely be to a townhouse or...

Thanks, Matt. My daughter's started out much the same way two years ago. Just an out of it look in her eyes and speaking gibberish. This one was the worst. Took tons of meds to stop it. They are putting her on Keppra to control them. She had been on Troliptol. Just weaned her off it about two...

She is sitting up and doing quite well. Just went in for a CT scan on her neck to see if we can take off the neck brace. Should go home today.

Doing much better. Attitude is back. Will post more later.

Thanks. Much appreciated.

My daughter has been seizure free for two years. That is, until tonight. This was by far the scariest one yet. I was out scooping leaves out of the green goopy pool when I heard "Go get daddy!Now!" I ran into the house to find my wife dragging my daughter into the living room. She had rolled...

Sorry. Phone won't post the pic.

I have a summer waves pool, which is almost identical to an Intek in most respects. Mine came with an attachment that fits over the skimmer basket and creates a port with suction to which you attach a hose for vacuuming. Nothing fancy, but does the job. The adapter Ter looks like this.

I will second this. Knowing CYA levels let's you get the right chlorine levels for a slam, and sanitation in general. Mine was 90. Had no idea. At that level, I needed a chlorine level of about 10-12 in order to just maintain. Slamming was way higher. I'm down to 40 now. Chlorine level can be...

Okay. Good news is that the algae seems to be clearing up. Better news is that my CYA is down to 45. So I need less and less chlorine to keep my pool clean. Changing the filter daily is helping tons. I will definitely have to check the ladder before putting it back in. Hadn't thought of all...

My apologies for starting a firestorm of a thread. Hopefully this will save some people some time and money so it isn't time wasted on anyone else's part.