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82 for me. But the kids will get in sooner in the spring than me.

What a lovely poolside paradise :)

I know it's been posted and mentioned elsewhere today but this thread is a great reminder to consider donating to TFP. This site is run entirely by volunteers and on only donations, no advertisers.

I actually did get someone on this side. A friend at work bought a house with an AG pool that quickly turned green on him. I know what kind of person he is and immediately thought he'd appreciate knowing about this site. Within a couple of days he asked about borrowing my TF-100. Pretty sure he...

We have this on the pool deck in a corner pushed up against the fence...

Probably not nearly as good as duck a l'orange :)

Have always had a hook (tent stake actually). But.....also know someone here that got surprised by a snake curled up on the underside of the lid when she lifted it. We hooks for that too :)

OH yeah :) And I've had friends make comments the they've never seen a cleaner pool than mine to. It is sparklypoolitis. And it makes ya want to test water everywhere and not swim in public or resort pools.

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Ugh. Looking at 91

I don't discount that it could help but the redneckish image was very entertaining. Maybe I'll turn off my AC and do an experiment

We've been dancing near triple digits all week here and heat indexes in the 107-110 range. A coworker of mine told me that while driving home in a more rural area she passed a trailer home where the owner had placed a sprinkler attached to his garden hose (I'm assuming well water) on his...

That would have to be like a TF-1,000,000 or something Then there would probably be a nationwide shortage of reagents.

https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/greeen.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 Eeeks

I'm posting this in the coffee bar for a reason. We replaced our pump motor three weeks ago. We could not have done it without the help that their (inyo pools ) youtube videos from inyo pools provided. The fact that a week or two later I saw they were willing to offer discounts to TFP...

Because over my few years here I've gone from complete ignorance about pool chemistry to feeling like I can off answers to people who felt like I did 4 years ago. I understand the chemistry and somewhat infamously the results of improper deck bonding. I offer advice only when I'm fairly...

Wow. I'm pretty boring with knitting, embroidering and canning food. And unfortunately.......an analytical type. So all the canned food is bar coded and inventoried and the embroidery floss is labeled with numbers and sorted by shades of color.

I'll chime in here. We are in eastover. Our pool got spared from overflowing as we set the pump to waste and left it off. But.......... We had.....until Sunday morning a 2acre pond. No more. 350 foot dam looks like someone blew up two sections with dynamite. It is such a sad sight right now but...

This thread interests me as something I had NEVER given thought to. As a rural resident I'm actually miles from a hydrant so I may look into this as an option. Especially since the pump is currently leaking and we may soon be needing to service it. It also just so happens that our well and pool...

Build a sprinkler/chiller out of PVC that you can screw into a return. I'm lowering from about 90 degrees to 86-88 overnight. I don't have a picture of mine but I made a "T" with PVC that comes up from a 1 1/2 threaded return with an elbow with lots of 1/16th inch holes drilled. You'll lose...

I had a HUGE one of those in my skimmer this week. It looks like there is a dead one today at the bottom of the 8ft deep end. Had a live one yesterday too that we fished out with the net. They are indeed unsightly. I guess better than the rodents we've had in the past.

So I'm waiting to hear what the OP actually decided to do?......:eek:

This thread made me laugh out loud. I'm the wife in this pool ownership scenario and my husband doesn't have much more that the slightest clue about water testing. He doesn't know how for sure how to hook up the vacuum hose to vacuum the pool. I'll give him credit for finally helping me with...

:(That test looks like it's organized all wrong :D

Pulled a fat dead rat out of pool. Decided to add a gallon of bleach after that. Hasty maybe?

We have a pond as well and no shortage of frogs in the pool but ours always end up in the skimmers.

I can't comment on the quality of lessons. My pool was installed 3years ago and at that time my children were 6 and 8. At the time, my six year old was not such a good swimmer. This year he has come in first at swim meets in his age group for at least two strokes (butterfly and free) time and...

I'm surprised at the low 80's of a pool in FL. I'm in SC and two weeks ago my water temp was 90. It didn't feel refreshing to me and I was wanting my cooler running. A few cloudy cooler days brought us back to the sweet spot of about 86.

Voles, moles, a rat, skinks, snakes (two in the same skimmer last weekend), mole crickets, mice and turtles. And once there was indeed a small frog in the basket at the pump. The window view distorted the view making it look much bigger than it was.

Ooh ooh ooh what better reason to play with PVC. It is after all tinker toys for grown ups. See this thread. http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/64070-PVC-towel-racks