Recent content by S-Merry

We have a 28ft, because our neighbors said their 30-something was hard to buy stuff for. The 28 is great, but if we had it to do again, we'd go bigger. If he walks the rail, my husband can reach the center (and in to the deep section) to vac when we're opening without any trouble. If we went...

It will also stain white quartz countertops, and take several hours of soaking with "softscrub with bleach" to remove. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I put a plastic placemat down now when I test in the kitchen.

Oops, just saw this, sorry! No, no suggestions, we opted for a regular above ground before I started researching options. Hopefully someone else here can suggest something?

We left one up through the winter in MN. Following suggestions here, we drained a few inches below the hoses, and then covered it with the included Intex cover. The cover didn't manage to stay on all winter, but the pool was fine. Because we were using the original pump and tiny filter, we did...

Exactly! I didn't have those lessons and got in to credit card trouble my first couple years of college. It took a while to dig myself out, and while I figured it out and didn't have to ask for help, it would've been nice not to land myself in that mess in the first place. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Ours just...

So far, so good here too. We just make sure to talk to her about it - what's good, what's bad, what's acceptable behavior, what's not. Someday she'll be out of our bubble, off on her own and needing to interact with all sorts of people and make judgement calls about all sorts of things. Our...

I just grabbed a handful of small river rock out of the landscaping.

We have the Dolphin S50 and the optional fine filter basket (we only use that when we're getting a lot of dust/pollen). It's not supposed to climb the walls, but every once in a while it makes it up to the waterline.

We had a young crow fall in ours last week and its parents were freaking out. My husband jumped in with all his clothes on, scooped up the crow with a net, carried it out to a shady spot in the yard, and then brought it some dog food and water (all while the parents kept going nuts). The parents...

Replaced a faulty board in the heater, tested water, added CYA, and tossed the robot in. Tonight we swim. 🎉

70 right now, but the new board just went in to the heater and now it's on its way to 85. 🎉 Tonight we swim! 🍾🥂

Maybe wait for someone here to weigh in before using the bleach on your coping? While it worked on the quartz (mfr recommended for most stains on our type of counter), I don't know how it works on stone/cement or if there might be a reason not to use it with silver nitrate. It never occurred to...

I spilled silver nitrate on our white quartz kitchen counters last year. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I poured soft scrub with bleach on it, covered it with a paper towel and let it sit all day (wiped off to check periodically, then poured and covered again), and it finally faded out. Is Hydrogen Peroxide the better...

We cut our 28 ft cover in to four wedge shaped pieces. Sometimes we neatly roll them and place them in the shade, others, we grab an edge and just drag them through the ladder and leave them in a messy pile next to the pool. They're easier to handle, and to put back on, when rolled, but rolling...

I would love to have an in-ground rather than our AGP, but with all the drainage issues we have on our heavy clay lot (so many issues!), being in MN with a short pool season, and already having a 12 yr old when we put it in, the AGP was the better choice for us. This will be our fourth summer...