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we went to a water park and while we were there there was a accident, they drained the wading pool, cleaned it up, and refilled it. They have their own treatment plant and can probably refill in no time.

You could also make it out of galvanized pipe or even iron pipe if you paint it. It would be heavier than PVC and a stronger than aluminum.

What is a good product to use for bromine then? Do you have to get the pool store one, or is there an alternative?\ And, as far as that goes, his TA is around 280, is that a big deal for a spa? His Ph was around 7.5 also, if the Ph remains stable, is the TA really an issue? I can see the...

My brother in law has inherited a house with a spa, and from the looks of it, it is bromine based. Is this good for sanitation? Also, there are some oxy type chems and some anti foaming chemicals he got, are these really necessary? Can I just get him going on BBB for the spa? Is it ok to...

You want to get a fitting off of a pipe? Take a hacksaw, and cut a groove in the bell of the fitting, then use a screwdriver or something similar to twist in the slot and split it.

You are just not making enough bubbles. Maybe get a puddle pump, make a Tee out of pvc, and hard pipe it to the pump in the pool so that the water will disturb a large surface of the pool. The way I understand it, the more air put into the water the better. Looking at what you got going, it...

What is it with Canada? Why can you not ship the test kits there? Is it that they won't allow chemicals in the mail or something? Just curious is all, I have seen alot of things now where nothing can be shipped to Canada, and not one explanation. That sucks, and I find it insane that...

Just to kick it out there, there are more professional presentation programs out there other than PowerPoint. You can have motion looping backgrounds with text overlays, you can seamlessly link video, play dvd's, sound effects, music, about anything that you would want or could think of can be...

Underground romex right out of the side of the switchbox, directly into the ground, ran to an outlet that is almost set on the ground. Any rain will trip it. I would put a post in and mount it to it, along with a switch to be able to turn it on and off. I put mine through the pad that I...

Being out of level no more than 2" is fine, if you are only a quarter then I say that is awesome. My first pool was out of level a bit, the second time I tore it down and put it back up at my new house I used a rotating laser level and it was perfect. Having survived a few winters, and with...

Simply put, it is one ingredient to a vicious cycle devised by the pool industry. A method of removing cash out of your wallet. Ingenious isn't it?

I just let mine do it's thing, it does not matter at all. Once it is done raining, if the water is too high, who cares? Check your chems, add chlorine if needed, maybe a bit more than normal to account for the rain. The extra water will either evaporate, or you can vacuum and use it to...

That is a good test, we use that method to test underground plumbing all the time. There is another way that involves air too, you use test balls to block the ends, and they make test balls that will accept iron pipe threads through them, you would put a nipple, valve, and air hose adapter on...

I don't know about sizing, but if I am remembering correctly, having one main drain is illegal, there needs to be two of them so that a child cannot get stuck in the suction and drown.

I think that they are going to have to bring in a bigger digger just to drag them out of the ground in one piece. Or if you get a hoe ram and bust them up you could just get rid of them. Either way it is probably now time and material and I am sure it won't be cheap.

94 degrees, we have had about 3 good days of swimming here. I love my pool heater.

How about this, if you shove a rag in the other ports, can you get water to come out of that one? Maybe it is just a matter of too many ports on one leg.

Ok, I have made several of these before, and I am just too lazy to do it again. I found one on another forum and copied it here, the instructions are the same if not similar. Good luck.

Really you probably don't need to be using the tablets. You should spend some time reading through The Stickies. I use Liquid Shock, it is essentially bleach, the pucks have other things in them that creates a need for yet more things. Eliminate the pool store conspiracy before it happens and...

Using two 45 degree bends you can do anything. Just roll them. Plumbers do this all the time, it is called a rolling offset. 11's are sort of hard to come by, I know they make them in watermain fittings, and in cast iron fittings, can't say that I have ever come across one in PVC though, and...

If I had to fix it up for you and it is in that bad of condition, I would probably charge $500 or more. If you could get it without draining and refilling it, you would essentially need to be there all day to keep bringing it back to shock level for a day or two. Every half hour at first, then...

I am going to try the shooting them down method personally. Starting right................................NOW! PULL!!!

It is hard to make someone understand something when their salary requires that they not understand it. I will on occasion take my water in for analysis, don't ask why, maybe I just want to see what they want to sell me. Anyhow, the last time I was in there, the girl told me that my Ph was...

I can't post it either. Here is a test. Mine works Here is yours, if I right clicked on the image and got a properties of it, then selected the image location... Still nothing. When I deleted the ?v=0 from the end it worked. There should be an easier way for you to get a direct link...

Take it into a horse and tack shop and have them make one up for ya.

a tip for the sleeve. I usually would cut about a three foot length of 6" or even 8" pvc, and slip a whole bunch of the sock on it. Then lay out the drain tile, and slip the 6" sleeve over an end, tie a knot in the end of the sock, and just pull it along. This is way easier than any other...

Hydroseed is what it is I think. I saw grass growing on the side of a mailbox before from that stuff.

No speech? :P

Mine is actually natural gas, not sure on the propane one. When I don't want to use mine, all I have to do is turn the rheostat down to nothing, this produces no heat. It has an electronic ignition, so it does not burn gas when not in use. In the winter I simply turn a butterfly valve off...

I got my pool heater off of Ebay for around $600 shipped if memory serves me correctly. It is 100,000BTU, and serves me just fine. It is a Hayward, and I got it for about half the price as from a store.