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    Need new hot tub cover!

    Need a new hot tub cover and lift for a 2006 Sundance Optima in Ontario, Canada. Any reccomendations? Good brands to use? Sites to visit? I can have it shipped to the UPS store in the States and pick up if pricing is better. Thanks Styx
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    Installing Solar Blanket

    Purchased a Feherguard Solar Guard and blanket. Have cut to size, however can't figure out how to install blanket to reel. Specifically, when straps are on reel, they just spin and don't begin rolling. Does anyone have advise or pictures they could share? thanks
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    Different Types of Manual Vacuum Heads?

    Hi, just opening my pool for the first time. I have just under 20K of water, Vinyl liner. Used the manual suction vacuum head that came with the pool and worked great. Not looking for anything automatic, however are there other manual suction vacuum heads I can get for vinyl liner pools? Thanks
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    New pool, equipment not run - do I need to close

    In ground pool currently being installed, and the temperature has already dropped to end the swimming season. Can I fill the pool to just below the skimmer, not throw in any chemicals, not run the heater or salt chlorinator - and thus not have to close the pool? Essentially, once the water is...
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    Do I need to fill before winter?

    Hello, pool is almost complete (36 foot, kidney shaped). Live in Ontario Canada and we get a lot of snow. Fence install is 3 weeks away and by that time, it will be too late to use the pool this summer. My question is: Is it better to not fill the pool at all this year and have the first fill...
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    Best depth for shallow and deep ends?

    Hi, looking at a 35 foot pool (12 feet width for half, 16 feet width for half). Given comments here, was planning on doing half shallow half deep. Have kids that are 7 and 4. I'm planning on doing an 8 foot deep end, however not sure what a good shallow end would be? Thinking of 4 feet? Thoughts?
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    Looking for pool shape ideas

    Hi, first post to this forum...been reading a while to get some ideas. My backyard is narrow at one end and opens up at the other. Narrow end, keeping in mind concrete and space to the fence and deck, will allow me to get 12 feet of pool in width (for about 15 feet of length) and then I can...