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Yah, now that we are closing on Friday, it's gonna be in the mid-80's here this weekend! Water is kinda cold though. We might be in an area where leaving it open all year is possible - would need a leaf cover I guess.

Thanks WAste! We're good to go then. We have a cute little pump :whoot: that we hook up after every rainfall. Richmond says :handwave: to you too! Summer was way too short this year :cry:

I am about to close my 7600 gallon pool - how much of that Polyquat should I use? I shocked and am balancing and then adding polyquat and then shocking again before Friday morning. Can I just pour in the whole quart of this stuff?? thanks

We found the air pillow in the middle made it so we had to move the pump 3 or 4 times every time it rained. Leaves aren't too bad here. I was thinking one puddle in the middle would be easier to care for, I hear that it might be more pressure on the walls - we'd need to be quick about removing...

We used an air pillow last year, but it was a bit of a pain, everytime it rained we had several puddles to drain off. We wondered this year about forgoing the pillow and just having one middle puddle when it rains, that we can then siphon off quickly as we have a little pump and hose set up for...

We have a Vogue Atrium and find it to be well made. It looks better than some of the other pools I've seen as well.

These are great explanatons and really do help us newer folks......but how do you know if you have algae in the first place. I check my ph and chlorine every few days, I rarely have any CC and I haven't actually had to add anything in a few weeks. funny when I have my water checked at the pool...

Oh my yes, this would be just fine with her. This is the same dog that will sleep only on down pillows, anything else - she sticks her nose under and flips it onto the floor!

Yes, but not by choice. She will go in if she is held or placed in a float. She doesn't mind it so much if she has her float or people ride, but hates to be made to swim. She sure can go from the far end to those stairs and climb out though! We generally only make her go in if it is very...

Here's our little "Slate". Two year old mini-Schnauzer who absolutely hates the pool! Loves to hang out on the edge of the steps and watch us and hope for treats, but no actual contact with water. Her friend, a Westie, jumped into the pool and Slate was so jealous, she forgot herself and...

What a beauty and what great names! Sorry about your Laddie though, that's always a hard loss.

WELL now I need to think this one over........what am I doing wasting precious pool time by running out of the pool into the house every hour or so after quaffing my wine?? :cheers: Or even with no wine, every hour or so seems to be the timing - must be a girl thing. :lol: Maybe we need to...

Above ground here - we use a blower to move all grass clippings away from pool area.

http://troublefreepool.com/viewtopic.ph ... colorq+pro this is a thread on this site that talks about a home based tester that sounds promising.

Well, got the HR 20 hooked up now and the older ones switched to bedrooms. Direct TV tells me I can get another HR 20 in 6 months for their approx. $20 handling fee. It will take a little getting used to the new remote, but overall the picture seems a little clearer and brighter and the...

The web has lots of options, including the floating green light that you just toss in. This one looks good too - it sits on the wall of the pool - http://www.smarthome.com/32429.html Our motion detector lights can be set to stay on and one of them lights up our pool.

We had a grandchild in the pool the other day and once she was finished doing all the cannonballs and jumping around, that big piece of bark I couldn't find after the last storm showed up front and center!

Very dramatic looking - nice job!

oooooooh miss that peameal bacon and old Cheddar cheese - first things we get on every trip back to Canada. That's the good stuff eh, or for the French version "for sure on dat eh?"

:lol: Everytime we get back to Canada it's peameal bacon and old Cheddar cheese time. That's the good stuff eh? Or for the French version "for sure on dat eh?"

OOOOOOOoh I miss backbacon - peameal bacon........... :lol: Every time we get back to Canada we get the peameal bacon and the great old Cheddar cheese. That's the good stuff eh? and for the french twist "for sure on dat eh?" :party:

What is the stuff pool stores sell you then that is liquid and you pour it slowly into the skimmer to "clean" the filter? Adding the solar salt has made a remarkable difference to the sparkling of our pool water. It has always been very clear, but slightly dull this year. The salt made the...

I did this quite easily a few weeks ago. I put the vacuum head on its side at the bottom of the pool and set it on waster. Had the hose set up to add water at the top of the first step to the pool. It took about 3 hours to drain and refill, cya went from 90 to 60.

Very much looking forward to reading it and seeing the latest movie. I am a voracious reader and I LOVE that this series has kids and adults reading again. Wonderful and fun.

Looks great, it is such a help, thanks so much!

Our pool is a Vogue Atrium. Seems like a good quality with resin. It is only in it's second year. No issues with quality thus far. You can see a fair bit of it under Waterbug's pool in the show off your pool section. It has English instructions too! I think it's quite hilarious that we...

okay, i guess I see that, but how does one know how pink is pink enough then? Just add one dipper full and if it pink start testing?

Sorry i'm not understanding that. If I put in more of the stuff that makes it turn pink, does it not then take more of the drops to make it clear again and so your readings are off? If i put in less, then I have less drops to add and then my chlorine numbers are very low, put in more...

Yes, but by adding more stuff to make it still pinker don't you need more reagent to turn the water clear again, and thus, affecting your numbers? Or does it only get so pink, so one scoop will do and the test results will equal the same whether you use one scoop or two?

Thanks for all the info. I called Direct TV again last night after reading some of the posts in the other forum, and this time, the person told me that the broadband converter thing would have no bearing on getting the new channels as the older machines don't have the proper software to bring...