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We back washed the pool today just as a neighbor stopped by. Husband said he would add the DE while I talked to her, I forgot to tell him to remove the skimmer sock - what should I do now?

Finally got tired of being "attacked" by the pool cleaner and cleaning saltwater off the windows. I checked at the pool store then when I recovered from sticker shock, I ordered the tail sweep from Amazon for less than half the pool store price. First day review - no water spraying out of the...

Fall is right around the corner and I'm already dreading it. We have one oak tree, one pecan, one elm, three crape myrtles and five ornamental pear trees. The squirrels are having a field day with the acorns and pecans at the moment so most of those should be off the trees before the first...

The Lowe's by us had small 2.25 gallon Mexican Fan Palms on sale for $12 today. I bought two. They are supposed to be cold hardy to 10-20 degrees. Let's see if they can take a joke, if not, I'm not out a lot of money!

Just have to say you all were right! We put in the pool over the winter, you may remember what an ongoing challenge it has been and I ordered my test kit. I have to tell you being a newb it was a bit overwhelming but the instructions were detailed and easy even for a greenhorn like me to...

Due to a repair/replacement of the scuppers for sheer descents on Saturday and the horrendous pile of stone and mortar they left in the bottom of the pool we had to leave the pump and SWG off until they came and vacuumed up all the debris today. That left me with an extremely dirty cloudy pool...

For those of you that have concrete decking/patios - do you have cracks? How long did it take before they appeared? Ours was finished earlier this year and we had cracks and flaking within two weeks. Superintendent said it was normal - more and more are showing up. We had a new patio poured...

My lounge chairs are in full Texas sun all day long. Love these chairs but the arms get so hot they will melt your skin in the mid afternoon and it's not all that hot yet. We tried putting towels over the arms and that helped but then you need two towels for each person. One of the members...

We used the spa for the first time tonight - the water level dropped below the tile line and an hour later it's still not coming up, is that normal?

The wind was whipping pretty good while we were by the pool a week or so ago and we had to fish a towel out of the deep end! So I started looking for things other than my behind to hold the towels on the chairs - found these at (of all places) the dollar store! I figured for a buck we'd give...

Now that the pool is in, outdoor kitchen and covered patio finished, landscaping done and palm trees planted - we should be sitting back with margaritas in hand and enjoying it, right? Well, we thought the solar lights were just fine until we put the palm trees in, now we are kicking ourselves...

We had the pool tech out today to look at our scupper problem and also some marks in the pool and spa. We were talking about all the little stuff - leaf fragments etc., that always seems to settle in the bottom of the spa that I can't seem to get out with the brush or net. He told me to turn...

So we put in the pool and are doing the landscaping ourselves. We bought two pindo palms today that will be delivered and installed on 5/22, I'd like to put one on each side of the pool. Here's the debate - should we extend the existing beds or just plant them in the grass? One will be on the...

Pool - check Loungers - check Towels - check Margarita machine - check Tequila - check Cabana boy - taking applications Now we are in need of pool floats - anyone have any recommendations? Any other "pool toys" we need?

So as some of you know we had quite a long wait to start landscaping due to the bad winter and my never ending, still in limbo scupper leak. That being said, I had bought 15 bags of mulch on sale and left it stacked near the beds behind the back wall of the pool. Went out this morning...

So here's another dumb question - we've had some pretty strong winds for a couple of days which has blown a tremendous amount of leaves and stuff into the pool. Right now I'm skimming it and brushing at least twice a day to try to catch as much as I can and the Polaris is running about two...

So the PB set up the waterfall, bubblers and scuppers to run from noon to 5 pm and the cleaner for about two hours during that time. Is there an optimal time/time of day things should be running? Or does it matter? Seems like having the cleaner running during the prime swim time during the day...

So I've ordered my TFT Test kit, hoping it will be here soon but in the mean time I'm using the one Mr. PB gave us. We are completely lost and even more confused after reading pool school - going to keep reading to try to get a clue. Obviously we are feeling like we are not people who should...

So we just invested a lot of money to put this hole in the ground and I have a dumb question. The Polaris 280 seems to be doing the job cleaning the pool, however, it seems to be at a weird angle all the time - the front end is tipped forward and the back never touches the bottom. Is that...

Thanks to all of you I'm learning a lot about building and maintaining pools and we are getting close! Would you mind taking a look to see if we are on the right track? Anything we need to change/add/reconsider? I'll try to add a photo. 21x34 in ground salt water pool Pebble sheen finish 463...