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We just bought 8 gallons at $4.99 ea. It adds up but the price of stamps is going up too. Uhg

I have not seen liquid pool chlorine at Costco. They do carry Clorox laundry bleach but I think it has additives and not high concentration.

Well that explains my problem too. Hard pipe with faster water flow.

The pic with the item circled shows the bolt heads from the inside of the pool. They were covered with duct tape. It's held up very well over the years.

We had a rusted wall at the skimmer and return openings. Cut out the rusted section, bolted a stainless steel panel to that section of the pool, cut out openings for the skimmer and return outlet and then made sure we covered the bolts with duct tape before installing a new liner and reattaching...

Hoses kept splitting and causing gigantic geysers at our pool. Changed out to solid pipe and never looked back.

Oooo. Gotta show a picture :geek:

The "dead" birds are working well for us. We just have to make sure we move them to a new location every day or two. We have 4 of them to place strategically. They sit out 24/7 and are now looking like they are decomposing. :LOL:

We are DIYers, did it ourselves and it took us 8 months. Long story about why this happened but that's for another thread. We started in late July, continued through Oct. Put it on hold for the winter and restarted April the following spring. We finished August of that year. We did not bury it...

Welcome to the forum and AGP ownership. There are a few of us here. ;) Will you be installing the pool or paying an installation company? My 2 cents (coming out of a firehose): 1) We have a similar ladder and like it a lot. Our issue is having to move it to vacuum when debris gets behind it...

We purchased a non-brand "venturi" leaf cleaner and have used it several times this winter. The pool water never froze solid for longer than a few weeks, making it easier to remove leaves as they fell from the nearby tree - which doesn't drop leaves till December. Using the 5-gallon bucket and...

We have a 1 1/2 HP single speed Doughboy pump. DIY setup with 1 1/2" pvc pipe. We might be able to add a hose bib. This could work well in the spring when we have to add water to open the pool. We have to lower the water level before a hard freeze when closing the pool, so using the hose bib...

Thanks Mayorb. We only get small piles of leaves so it worked well. In the spring we'll need to add water anyway so using the garden hose will probably work well for us.

OOPs :eek: Sorry @Zwrickers

What ajw22 said. (y) Also dumb post of mine removed by me. :oops::rolleyes:

Our vacuum hose through the wall port does not drain water fast enough to keep up with the suction of the skimmer going dry. Air gets in every time. It's a 1 1/2 HP single speed pump and 1 1/2" pipe. We use a submersible pump to take the water level down once it gets to the port openings.

Great. Thanks!

Thanks for the input! Question: Were you able to control the submersible pump's output so as not too strong a stream of water? We do have a submersible pump but thought the output might be too strong for the Venturi.

I'm updating this post to let you all know we ordered the leaf cleaner. Shipment was canceled by Amazon (don't know why) and then reshipped just in time for the temperature drop and hard freeze. We were getting ready to return it when the weather changed and we had a thaw, which then made it...

Thanks for your reply. We have an above ground pool and, sad to say, have already lowered the water level and blown out the lines, preparing for the hard freeze. So, we'll have to remember this in the spring and summer when we need to add more water and when we need to remove leaves without...

I'm looking to purchase this leaf vacuum system for use without a pump. This one requires the use of a garden hose and adds water as it vacuums the leaves. The battery-operated ones are at least $150, and we're not interested in spending that much. We live in Metro Detroit and want to use it...

Yep. Heard the same thing.

OOps! For all you Michiganders reading: Menards liquid chlorine is 12.5%.

That's because everything out there does not look at fc to cya ratio levels. What is your cya? If you wait too long ie. for fc to drop to 9, depending on your cya, you could allow the algae to get a foothold again. And you don't want that again. Please post your numbers: FC CC CYA pH TA CH (not...

Looking Good! FYI: You can swim when the FC drops below SLAM levels.