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Nice, 1zuggy. Congratulations. :whoot: Our spa surround is cedar. We didn't get a stain on it when we ordered it and have let it go natural and only use Thompson's water protectant that allows the wood to grey. But I still have to scrub it every couple of years which lightens it again to a...

Maybe having one of the kiddos whisper in his ear thanking him for fixing the pool for them might work. :-D Have kiddo do it like a secret whisper so he won't get embarrassed and/or rebel against your wishes/actions. gg=alice

Also, see this discussion on down towards middle of discussion. http://www.troublefreepool.com/do-any-oldies-remember-the-octopus-cleaner-t17900.html Mine was a Jandy Energy sweep. The disc floated on the top with tentacles hanging down into the pool. I especially liked the leaf catcher that...

Is it this one? http://www.mypool.com/Help_files/Parts_Diagrams/PoolsweepI.htm

Just wondering. There is question for number of skimmers but no inquiry as to number of returns. Any reason? gg=alice

Great. Thanks, Jason. In the previous post I was making it too complicated by trying to involve controlling the pump too. I really don't need that. All that would be nice but I have other things to be fixed that need monies directed towards them. Like, part of my retaining wall, at, end of pool...

I've just ordered some Aqua Pearl. Backwashing is just not doing it with my Quad 80, cellulose, and our "cementous" dust. Every 10 days, if I want to get to clean filter psi, I have to take the lid off filter and hose with brass concentrator on end of hose. Day before yesterday I did a series of...

Our current spa is pretty big, 8' X 8' and fairly deep. We can't get any heavy equipment into the back yard. Two guys from the spa co. rolled it (it was well braced and rolled on its side) across gravel drive and narrow sidewalk around two sides of house and through a couple of very narrow...

I certainly agree "cleaners are meant to keep clean pools clean". I have several cleaners. Although, my current robot, is an old Aquabot, its cleaning action/function is more like the 9300 than say a suction or pressure cleaner . When I have even more EXTREME amount of sand/silt/dust, than our...

Welcome to TFP. :wave: Oh, most of us know how much the wonderful people here help because most of use found TFP because of ongoing problems with our pools. Many of us are, also, long time pool owners, who always needed, but never could get the information found here to keep our pools in...

I've been considering which way to go and asking some questions here and there. I have no water features but I have the Pentair Intelliflo VF. Have I mentioned, lately, how much I love the VF? :lol: With this scenario I'm hoping the Pentair Sun Touch would be all that I need. I'm having my...

My pool is 32' with a much smaller shallow end than 12'; actually very little shallow end as it starts slanting down at the shallow end wall, a few feet out from the end and many people are over their heads. I've been a "fish" all my life but I would like more shallow end space and less abrupt...

:shock: 100-102 is our normal spa soaking temp, year round. In summer we like it a little less than 100 during day. So basically you have a big spool. :P gg=alice

Happy for you all. :party: I'll bet those burgers tasted really, really good after an afternoon in the pool. :-D gg=alice

What misters do you have? Thanks, gg=alice

In central Texas, near the coasts, east Texas, probably, and other areas there's usually too much humidity for a non-commercial swamp cooler to give much more than moving air. Central Texas isn't in the "extreme" humidity category like Houston, for instance, but I've only had one swamp cooler...

I'm not familiar with the Pentair LEDs. I have the ColorSplash. There are several functions, including reset, by how many seconds you turn it off and then on again. Do you have the manual? Surely Pentair, a leader in the industry, would build that function into their lights???? :scratch: gg=alice

I just recently bumped up my CYA from 50 to 60. It is working so well that in dumping in my usual every day or two addition, estimating, I'm now overshooting a little more than needed. I like to add enough to take it about 1 level above the top of my range. I've now overshot it a couple of times...

Spend a lot of time researching dark finishes. Ask here on the forum, see if you can see some that have age on them, talk to some owners, etc. Any color is going to mottle. Some people don't like that. Also, dark will require much more lighting, especially for safety. In my pool, when I changed...

In some cases the time to replaster is aesthetic, like you just can't acid wash any more (my pool) and there are some stains (copper, from ionization, my pool) otherwise my 14 year old plaster is going to be good for some more years. I'm using sequestrant and pH under 7.5, to successfully...

Also, water features, filter, amount of time to filter, and types of debris going into pool need to be considered. Using a Pool Skim in my extreme environment is almost as critical as having a pump and filter. The cememtous dust I have clogs everything up very fast. Even with a big 80 sq ft...

Re: Does the IntelliFlo VF put less strain on my pool system I recognized an immediate savings the very first month as I had to run my old pump 24/7 anyway to take care of all the very fine dust in our environment and pool. When the filter is freshly cleaned I can run the pump between 200-300...

Re: Does the IntelliFlo VF put less strain on my pool system I just put in a VF this spring. Yes, it primes up slowly, and can be user set too. The manual mode, though, starts just like a one speed pump. There is a definite difference seeing, hearing, and touching the pipes when the pump primes...

Howdy Ennis, Cedar Hill here. :wave: Stick with the "crew" here and they'll assist you in getting "fixed up" in no time. And it will certainly cost much less than the pool store and actually work. :whoot: Welcome to TFP. :-D I'm heading over to Duncanville in a bit to check on a friends...

Green, black, yellow algae are opportunistic, just as many disease causing agents are. They just hang around waiting for the chance to "invade" when resistance is lowered. For instance, if I have a bad upper respiratory allergy to something, approaching anaphylaxis or anaphylaxis, thank...

A word on Vit C tabs. DH buys the vitamins and puts them in a container so I don't always know what brand they are. He doesn't often look at prices. He had gotten some that seem to be denser and have a more "polished" exterior, like a glazing almost, that takes forever to dissolve in my pool...

That's probably true. I'm a "general handyman" and I hate to see shoddy work or have to call people back to fix anything that should have been done properly the first time. Just about all my handicaps, doing many things now are due to arthritis, and old injuries that are starting to limit my...

Welcome to TFP. :wave: Beautiful yard and soon to be beauiful pool. gg=alice

I use adding bleach as one other thing I can do to strengthen back, tummy, and leg muscles. I go around the pool and kneel down in front of each return, going around pool twice, to set bottle in water (to prevent splashing) to pour some in front of each return. That's for one 182 oz jug. If...

Thanks, and welcome to TFP. :wave: A lot of times I like to use people who have done great work out here and have professional yet friendly attitudes. When I need something done on the pool that I don't want to tackle, which isn't often, I always call my "Favorite Most Trusted" pool guy...