Recent content by Wiggledog

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Is anyone having trouble getting bleach. My water is clear but I use a gallon a day once the weather starts to warm and getting belach, at a reasonable price, is not easy. Where are you getting it?

I don't know but will try it. Otherwise I all that mess dumps into the pool whose water is currently clear.

We are trying the first two but 30 feet means the majority of the gunk is 12 feet or more into the pool. We have thought about trying to pull the cover tauter a little at a time to try to get it our of the water and then get in and lift it off. but it is still so wet out back (never ending...

We have a 30 foot round pool that we use a mesh winter cover on. Usually I am good about taking it off before algae and debris build up but not this year. How do I keep the debris that is on top from dumping into the pool when I open it? Siphoning only keeps pulling water from below on to the top.

Bees are needed to pollinate the food YOU want to eat. Call in a bee keeper. They will get rid of all the bees for you and start new colonies away from your pool. Bees are a pain to deal with but are very necessary and we are losing way too many to chemicals!

Just closed up for the season today. Storms are coming and I just don't want to deal with leaves blown into the pool. We solar heat and out water is still around 80. Hard to do but... That means I just finished wrestling the pool cover over this giant 6 foot long, four foot wide, several feet...

I love using my solar panels at night. Last year our pool was hitting 100 and no one wanted to get in but my hubby. I ran the solar panels all night and it dropped it 8 to 10 degrees and, like you said, you can use the same panels in the winter to warm your pool and extend your swimming season.

Just to answer some of your other questions. We love our 30 foot round. It is BIG. It gives you 30 feet in length for lap swimming. It can easily swallow up a large party and still leave plenty of room. It is wide in every direction so we rarely shoot the ball out of the pool while playing...

My husband talked me into buying locally and it cost us about $2500 more. I would have been happy to pay the extra if I had a good experience with the local pool company. I did not. They were all smiles when I bought the pool but I could not get their installer to come out and look at my land...

We have a round pool with the center at about 6 feet deep. There is roughly a 3 foot rim around the pool at regular pool depth and then it slopes down from there. This works great for us because we can do water resistance exercises all the way around the outside edge of the pool and then still...

It changes every year but I would give it several weeks. The oaks are just about ready to start dropping their catkins and they are a mess in the pool. We may start the filter in the next couple of days so we can pour in bleach to keep the algae at bay but if your pool is near any trees that...

Be careful opening too early. I did the same thing when my pool was new and regretted it. I live in Souderton, PA. That is in southeastern PA. All of the spring blooming trees, oak, maple, cottonwood, etc. dumped unbelievable amounts of seeds, flower bits, pollen, etc. into our pool and out...

We have had our above ground for almost 5 years. Most everyone around us has an inground but we have college age kids as well and did not want the hassle of having to sell a home with an inground pool as many see pools as a liability and a lot of work. I can't imagine living without mine! We...

Our pool is 82 right now. I am going to get in and clean and swim in it for a bit. We have had temps in the low 90's (water temps) for most of the summer. 82 seems cold. It is supposed to be mid to upper 80's in air temp the rest of the week but nights are getting too cool to hold the...