Recent content by Soximus

Wow, your own liner change! That must have been a project. What resource did you use (if any) to learn how to do that? Any particular page you could point me to to learn more about foam cove and wall foam?

That was my thinking exactly. Thank you. If we do stick around, I sure hope I could get a new liner installed for less than $5K... but maybe I'm dreaming.

Ah ha! Amazing. To be crystal clear: you don't think I need a cover pump for my mesh cover. Correct?

That makes sense-- the socks/sand approach is smart. My experience with adding CYA to the pool (via the sock method) should have made me think of this... This is all pointing towards a new liner in the not-too-distant future, wouldn't you say? Particularly if we ever want to sell this house!

This is only my second winter with a pool, so forgive me if I'm missing something there. We've got a mesh cover, which is -- as I understand it -- one of two common types of cover (the other being a solid cover). Mesh covers are water permeable. That being the case... is there any use for a pump...

Yes, I think that's right (based on my experience, at least). I went back and removed the piece of flex seal; it came off sorta easily, I have to say. I applied two patches (one slightly larger than the tear, and one over that which went past the edge of the first patch by about 0.75" on all...

Thanks. So far my take on the flex seal is that it's an OK temporary solution, but definitely not a candidate for a permanent fix. There's definitely still a small leak. Thank you for the tip regarding Boxer brand; I'll get some right now! Will report back after I've put the better patch in...

I got the 8” width, white, “as seen on TV” type (I did zero research on what the best product to use would be… just rushed to the Home Despot and looked for waterproof tape). So far so good, I guess? Felt kind of temporary when I put it down, but the water level didn’t change overnight, sooo…...

Thank you! I will go back to apply a 2nd patch today (I got one piece of flex tape down asap last night, on the advice of a friend who was visiting). Wish I had known about the trick of having someone hold you down... it was definitely a struggle, particularly because the rip is near-ish the...

So I made a stupid mistake and left my (cheapo) vacuum going all night last night, since I wanted to clear the pool thoroughly before closing it this week. I woke up to find that the vacuum had gotten stuck to the bottom and ripped a hole in the liner. There was (and still is) a good deal of...

Totally agree, on all counts!

Hahaha… phew! Thanks for clarifying. For a minute there I thought I had REALLY missed the TFP boat… I can do some googling, but: Earlier you mentioned using a 30% multiplier when doing a FC-loss calculation as related to CYA; I’m wondering if it’s possible to dial that number in a bit more...