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The last time I went to the pool store, Great Escape, I was in line while another guy was in line I spent $21 something on 8 gallons of 12%Cl and an end to fix the part of my vacuum that connects to the pole. He spent $75 on a bunch of bags of powdered shock and who knows what else. I would...

They sell what you are looking for in a hunting camera. It even has night vision, motion activation, can record video or takes stills. Look for it at Gander Mountain or Cabelas.

Whenever I use cheap burger on the grill, I end up with flames 2 feet tall... :rant:

I know that Chlorine Gas is deadly. After we put in a watermain system, and before the copper lines got ran to the houses, we would fill them with water, close the valves and have someone come out and put chlorine gas in the mains. Then two days later, blow it out the hydrants and whips, and...

I live in Morris, behind Dairy Queen. Have fun.

Ditto. Gotta know how to drive a tractor. Oh, and if your Utilities come through the back yard, like alot of new subdivision do nowadays, better call for locates, and find them with a shovel first. New gas lines are plastic, and I have ripped several out with machines, and a few with hand...

I have a transit and grade pole, but I doubt it is anything that the majority of people have. If something is going to be rented, may I recommend a rotary laser and receiver? I do agree with building up with dirt though, don't do it, it will wash. Dig it in, probably dig a couple inches down...

I remember a post by a kid, who had an intex, he actually put a deep end in it by digging out the center, he also added a water slide. Seems like as long as the perimeter is flat, the center doesn't matter. Now with that, would it be possible to use foam to level the base? Just a thought...

If it is where the connector connects to the hose, you need a new one.

Take some of the dirt from the high side and put it around the sand on the low side. I don't mean a little 6" berm either, put some serious dirt there and compact it the best you can.

I cut a TEE in my return line, installed a Male Pipe Thread adapter (Glue-In), and put a hose spigot in it. My pool is an above ground, so not sure about yours. I can control the pressure to the hose by throttling back the valve on my return, thus more pressure goes through the hose. I...

The camera I use would not fit in a pipe smaller than 3 inches, certainly would not go through a bend in anything less than that. The probe idea is a good one, although not through concrete, and hitting a small pipe and knowing you hit it is another story.

That is where I buy my Chlorine. Don't much care about pennies, it is cheap, and I was sick of tossing 8 gallon jugs or more of Chlorox in the recycling all the time.

I test for TA alot, and I would swear that it goes to blue, at least blue-ish, before it goes to red. Usually it is within two or three drops of red at that point.

Looking at all the whirlygigs on my cover, I was considering trying to use the leaf blower. I like the garden hose thing too though, will try it.

Should be able to test the switch with a multimeter.

The best thing to do is read the writing on the pipe, if it is black, it is probably ABS. read the writing and go to a plumbing supply store and see about either a slip glue coupling or a stainless repair clamp you could wrap around it. It does require glue and primer for that type of pipe...

You could also wrap electrical tape around the pvc to get it to wedge into the return hole.

We used this too, it does work, but not always. I have dug and found nothing, but I have also had it be quite accurate. Really any sort of pipe too, plastic, cast iron, clay, doesn't matter. Some people swore by using copper wires, but anything works. I always used either the metal from the...

Using these, if you could pressurize the pipe, you would definately hear the leak. I have seen them used by leak detection companies to find watermain breaks for us. Our method was usually to dig a hole, find the pipe and see which way the water was coming from. Which is easy with watermain...

WD40 is a water displacer, not a lubricant. I use plumbers grease to lube O-Rings, it comes in a tube at any hardware store.

This is what I do, I add about half again as much, maybe double the chlorine after a storm. The only time I really shock per say is after a heavy party weekend with alot of people in the pool. But I don't really test shock levels, I just basically triple the normal dose. Being exact is really...

I haven't compared electric bills yet this year, only opened 3 weeks ago, but two weeks ago I installed a intermatic timer so the pool only runs for 8 hours a day. Last year it was 24 hours a day usually, my bill should go down I hope...

I get a 4 gallon case for $9 and change at Great Escape.

That is how I do it too. You can use several hoses if you want to like this. I am under the impression that having water on top of the cover helps keep the wind from whipping it around. I just leave it there until spring. Although I am tempted to drain it now and clean the leaves off of it...

I use the pallet wrap as well, it stinks putting it on, but it keeps the wind from getting under the cover. Use a pillow too, tie it three different ways, if not four to keep it in the center, it helps with keeping minimal water on the cover. This year I am going to get a leaf net too, so I...

Internet browsers SHOULD default to the last state when you closed them. So if you closed them full screen, they should open again full screen.

I would suggest one or a few retaining walls. Depending on how much material we are talking, digging it out all the way to your property line and retaining the dirt back there is probably ideal. you could then slop it more to the sides and swail it out to the front, or even dig in some drain...

Over fill the pool and let it wash out onto the ground.

It is a long post, but definitely worth the read. I have always been suspicious of public pools, and even if I go to a pool party, if there are alot of people in the pool, I generally don't get in. Something about soaking in a bunch of human filth bothers me. Not sure why really, but it does.