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OK will try that. Do I get one of those at the pool store?

So I opened the pool about 2 weeks ago to a wonderful toxic waste dump. With the help of all the write ups on here Its now clear as can be, and with my new pump and filter (75 sq quad de and a 4x160), never looked better. Except the skimmer, steps and returns all have gone from a crisp white...

sorry off topic question. But why are the main drains not in the deepest part of the pool?

Im having an auto cover retrofitted to my pool. Only part that is visible are the tracks that get recessed in the concrete.

I thank you all very much for the help with the heater. We got a 116,000 BTU electric heater and it works great. But were ready to replace our ancient 26 year old spa. We went looking yesterday and today and found two spas we really like One brand was Four winds. It retails for about 13k, but...

ok good info guys. Thanks. It would be one heck of a shock to open my gas bill and see I owe 350 bucks. :shock:

Were averaging about 60 degrees at night and 75 in the day right now. I say average as every now and then we get a 50 degree day. But thats rare this time of year. So if I went with an auto cover and just keep the pool open year round and only heat march through october (after october weather...

gas here is around a buck a therm in the summer and a buck fifty in the winter (i guess since people are heating their homes and using it more). Electricty how ever is 9 cents a KW. Peak times in the summer is 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. What I like about gas is no peak time Crud, and its its hotter...

Well, wife and I were talking and we have some extra cash laying around and figure while we got it we should put it towards what we use 7 months out of the year, before we spend it on something else (like maybe a new truck to replace my 192k mile 8 year old pick up :lol: ). We would really like...

lol I re read that and it sounds like I have no care for the safty of my kids. But belive me I do. I just have to have an open mind that no matter how much I protect them, they are going to get in to trouble one way or another. Really the biggest issue here is he lost my trust to let him stay...

ah boys will be boys, If they got injured It would probably have thought them a lesson to not do it again. God knows I did stupid stuff when I was their age. Im sure if one of them got hurt the others would laugh at them, then they could drive who ever to the hospital. I feel its just as much of...

haha they are not getting away with it. He will be paying for the chemicals as well as getting them, on his bike. I get to drive his souped up mustang for the next 2 wheels while he rides the bus to school, and when he is home from school his mom will be taking him shopping, to the nail salon...

So while my wife and I enjoyed a lovely vacation last week. But while we were gone, my son and his buddies got a hold of a 50 pound block of dry ice and decided it would be FUN to put a said 50 pound block of dry ice in the swimming pool. After they put dry ice in 2 liter bottles and threw them...

Its Dang cold here in NC!!!! Tell you what, we got about an inch of snow fall and on my way home from work My truck went in to 4x4 for the first time in its life. Owned since new. Bought it back in 02 as an 03 model. LOL I was amazed it worked. I know an inch of snow aint much, but for somebody...

If you cant find a tear in the liner. Im willing to bet that a line froze and bursted (main drain maybe) and it all leaked out there. I dont know, just throwing out a suggestion.

I have a sunbright 32" model, its an older 1080I but I bought it 3 years ago and it still works great, They have gone down in price, but are still expensive. I love it as I have it hooked up to a directv receiver and the receiver hooked up to the stereo that plays through my rock speakers, so...

thanks for sending her my way, when Im supposed to close my pool this weekend. :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: :rant: :mrgreen:

I ran 12 gauge ul Wall rated speaker wire about 50 feet, I installed 4 out door speakers (2 rocks and 2 under the over hang on my roof) they all sound great. I put them on Zone 2 of my receiver, with a speaker selector. So I can have someone inside watching a movie in surround sound, and play...

im real new at this so I may be wrong. But I have to say thats QUITE a small filter for that big of pool. That may be why its taking so long to clear. I know you said you just installed it, so I was just pointing out maybe Yall ordered to small of filter. I know money is tight and I COMPLETLY...

what I actually do is pour all my bleach in LC things from the pool store. MY GF is non the wiser.

Dang, passing out. Glad you were ok. I would like to do this too, But I think I may try and paint it inside the pool to keep my cool, also to be at my level a little better.

what would be my best way to lower CYA. After yesterdays shock there was very little dead algae and there was none living when I shocked. Im doing the overnight FC test tonight. Water is sort of clear. Looks good from a distance, but once up close its kinda milky and underwater with a mask its...

thanks for the reccommendation. I decided to go to leslies just so they could test the water, they tried to sell me 400 dollars worth of chemicals but I kindly declined. Anyway I got home about 1 p.m. and first thing the GF says is " theres lots of sand in the pool today" MY first responce was...

I would love to get you a full test result. But here in cali its kinda hard. I get back tomorrow though, I dont have a test kit so hopefully the local Leslie's is open late enough to get a test kit.

haha, I thought 200 was quite cheap actually, before i had another company charging me 500 a month, that didnt last long. But im going to see if I can teach her anything about it when I get back from cali. :shock: But can somebody tell me what a phosphate is (sp). I got a call from them this...

my pool is a bit smaller than yours and 1 skimmer works but 2 would have been so much better. My only suggestion as yours already has so much more than mine has.

The pool guys come out once a week and just do the routine. Clean skimmers, vacuum, backwash etc. And they add bleach as needed. For 200 bucks a month their a life saver since my GF is not really as good as keeping the pool clean as she is using it. lol.

oh ok. I was told by my girlfriends dad to shock weekly. To just kill everything. So I guess I will just get more bleach for the pool guys, and say use it when needed. Hopefully If I get the new position at work I wont have to travel weekly and can take care of my own pool. :)

OK, when I opened the pool this season I decided to switch to BBB for normal upkeep. Working Great. But I still shock with the powder cause from what I thought bleach was only an upkeep and to shock you used every week or when needed. Pool guys say bleach is great, use it all the time, Is this...

Doing anything to the spa(or kiddy pool) in the corner?