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It's raining again. Time for another cold front to come through. Glad for the argument against global warming but I'm itching to mow the yard or go outside without seeing my breath!

Payday is Friday...ordering eBay liner and solar cover. Now if only the weather would cooperate. Last year we were opening the pool by now, but because of the polar vortex I have ice outside! In Louisiana that's nuts!

I too love this product. Put it in Saturday morning before the kids are ready to swim and another hour later it's done. My only problem is I need to replace the debris bag. They seem a little expensive. I've seen them for about $40. Has anyone found them cheaper?

I had looked at a few sites but really like the site you mentioned. Not that expensive and will be much better than trying to pump hot water out of my home hot water heater into the pool!

Thank you. Solar cover worth the money? Despite living in Louisiana, my pool spends most of the morning in the shade. Usually it's too cold to swim until 3 or 4 in the afternoon. I just need to raise it a few degrees so the kids are comfortable in it.

I don't want to skimp on it. Just trying to not overspend. I also need a solar cover this year. Combine that with installation of liner and liner price and my pool budget is blown!

I need to replace my 18ft round overlap liner. Local pool store sells these for about 15-20% more than I can get online. I found one liner here > (25 mil boulder swirl...

Congrats! how is sleeping going for you?? So tired over here lol! My new bundle! Sept 6! Daddy's little girl!

Looking for a solution that yall are describing. Greg, if you cant get the pic uploaded let us know and we can get it done for you.

Thanks! It was a fun game! We did some ribs and sausage. I think I had it a little too hot in the beginning but will get the hang of it soon. Problem is that my smoker doesnt have a temp gauge. Thinking of trying to retrofit one in the lid.

Well with our humidity, I may actually gain water lol. But I usually turn the hose on once a week for about 15-20 mins and I'm back to normal. So probably 1/4" loss everyday. Not too bad at all really.

I basically clamped a carpenters square to the pipe. Drew a line down it with a sharpie. Then I used a clamp on the pipe and kind of stabilized it on my table. Then I just started drilling holes along the line. I just spaced them apart how I felt they should be. see this pic below, maybe it...

Re: New Build in Red Stick- **pic heavy** FLOOD PICS So were you able to watch the Tigers have their way with those Ducks last night during your pool craziness?! I got 4" in Shreveport which is more than we've had all year. Glad ya'll got rain, but dang that looks pretty deep!

That makes sense. I was just being nosey but I like your thought process. Why send the kids to other peoples homes when you can keep them at home and out of trouble! Looking really good.

Looks awesome. Curious to see if its normal how they did the hose bib attachment. Looks like a homemade sprinkler system I made here lol. But I'm sure it serves the purpose.

I have a large pump for my size pool so I run mine from 7-7 each day. It also comes on from 2am-3am to circulate for a while. I bought a timer from Amazon and have been very pleased with it. Electric bill went down and my water is still clear.

The top pic was mine so i feel free to comment haha. If you have never worked with pvc before it may be a little more difficult but you can get it done. just buy a few extra pieces of pipe and connectors along with a good hacksaw. there wont be too many step by step threads on how to glue...

What do ya'll think about skinny dipping with kids? My parents never would have had me around for that. I don't plan to for my kids either but I know a lot of people are more open about that kind of thing than I am.

I manage an Insurance Premium Finance Company. My family has owned our commercial insurance wholesaling agency for 51 years. Trying to learn everything so Pops can spend more time on the golf course and less time bothering me at work! Wife works at our church doing mothers day out. But we are...

Out of curiosity, what made you wait til the end of summer to build. Better deal? I didn't buy my pool until July when they had a sale. I was just curious if the pool builders came down in price towards end of season. Ready to see how it turns out!

Re: Need help with AGP hard plumbing Glad to hear it helped some people. I like the advice from above about using a lot of threaded parts. Because once you glue in the valves like I did, you just locked $12 into your system and if you screw something up you have to buy another one :x Holes...

Re: Need help with AGP hard plumbing No they aren't threaded. What I meant by that statement was just to over buy a lot of parts in order to get creative with my plumbing. The only threaded parts I used were for the return jet, output of filter, and the ends of my fountain pipes.

I think he means making relief cuts in the track in order to curve it. But what type of track? Filling this with concrete or stones or another material?

I think it would be more cosmetic than anything. But I'm kind of ocd with that type of thing so I would get it checked too!

I have a tiny drip coming from the bottom of my skimmer basket to my hose. Would pipe dope help seal this better than teflon? Never thought about using it.

Teflon tape would be your best bet. Thats how my pool builder originally put mine together and when I hard plumbed mine i used tape. Works well to help seal but also let you take it apart again if needed.

Don't feel bad! I swear someone throws dirt in mine too! Mostly I think it is dust in the air/wind that gets caught in the water.

Well that was easy. Thanks guys.

First I want to say I love the forum and being a new pool owner it has been invaluable. Another forum I belong to has a similar setup but it has a button called "New Posts." Every time I log in, I can click that button and it shows me all new posts since my last login. Its great because I don't...

Re: Need help with AGP hard plumbing I think you use the same threaded piece on the skimmer side. Reason I didn't do it yet was because I just now got my skimmer to quit leaking around the threads. Thinking about what exactly I want to do with it, and may just wait until the Springtime to deal...