Recent content by stevehaigh

i moved here about 4 years ago because i love thailand, met my new wife (thai) after getting burned out with my old job computer programming in silicon valley CA and my old wife! i built my own house here (designed and supervised), and pool, and i wrote a book about it called "how to buy land a...

i have read that the manufacturing of chlorine is pretty bad for the environment but i'm certainly no expert. anyhow, i guess i'll forget about the pool wizard. i use a liquid algeacide every few days anyhow. steve

here is a pool i built last year. we pump seawater directly into the pool, no filter or anything. after a couple of days, we dump the water back in the sea and refill. no problems so far and zero maintenance. steve

hi all, i build houses in the resort island of ko phangan, thailand. most of the houses i build, also have pools so i've become a self taught pool builder and maintainer (not very good at the latter!). here is one i finished a couple of weeks ago. very nice pool. i'll upload more pics of my...

ok, i'll stick with chlorine. i'm just not fond of the stuff for environmental reasons. thanks again, i'm sure i will be asking many more questions as i seem to have unwillingly become a pool maintainer for my customers. i build houses (and pools) in ko phangan, thailand. steve

thanks for the fast advice. i live in thailand and the water temps here are quite high and a lot of sun so its very hard to keep algae under control. the pool wizard thing still uses chlorine as a sanitizer. i think it's main goal is algae control. i wonder if anyone on this forum has ever tried...

hi this thing looks interesting, poolwizard.net. the web site says it uses copper, silver and zinc compounds to sanitze and kill algae and can reduce chlorine use. has anyone tried it? thanks, steve