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  1. SGPlayer

    Lifespan of Hayward Blue Essence salt cell

    Hi everyone. It's been over a year (16 months) since we had our pool redone and now I have a question about my chlorine generator. What is the service lifespan of these units? It's a Hayward Blue Essence salt cell for pools up to 20k gallons. Ours has been cleaned regularly following the...
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    Nesting owls in backyard

    This is so cool. We've noticed a pair of barred owls hanging around a lot, but as wooded as we are, it wasn't out of the ordinary. We get all kinds of critters passin' thru. Foxes, coyotes, possums, armidillos, deer, hogs, all kinds of birds and hawks, stray local cows and one alligator so...
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    Does any one have a gazebo?

    Lets see some gazebos. We've had one for a couple of years now. We love it. We have a 12 footer, completely screened, floor included. Our electrician friend is hooking it up to power for us this weekend. Along with an outdoor ceiling fan and dimable LED lighting. Right now it has a...
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    Cleaning and restoring a bronze pool cage

    Hi everyone, We just had a complete remodel done to our pool and deck and now the pool & deck sparkle but the pool cage is dingy from 25 years of age, constant Florida sun and all the construction dust, grout and debris that have settled on it. It's not the screens that are the problem, its...
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    25 year old Florida pool gets facelift

    Hi everyone. I have a project underway that some of you may be interested in. We had this pool built shortly after buying our house. That was over 25 years ago. A concrete in ground pool with hot tub, aprox 18,000 gal. Since then the pool has worked as needed to a point. It still held water and...
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    25 year old central Florida pool gets a facelift

    Hi everyone. I just joined so I could keep up with the proper care & feeding of my pool remodel. We built this pool over 25 years ago, right after we bought this house. All was well until recently, well actually a couple of years ago when our skimmer started sucking air. We took the usual...