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We don't have a landscape forum or one even subtitled landscaping, and this can make pool maintenance easier, more difficult, or an outright nightmare. We had a professional design the landscaping for our home. He also installed the larger items--ornamental trees: Eagleston Holly...

When we have visitors using the pool, I never get into the pool or spa. I'm in shorts, tennis shoes, and a shirt, and I have my phone with me. When asked why I don't come in, I just say, "I'm the waiter. What can I get you?" Someone has to be not having fun. Our small city has swimming pool...

First, it was really late in my life before I lived in a house with a pool. Ours was built in 2018 for our new home bought in 2017. There is no way in heck (not the word I was thinking) I would consider turning my private, clean, bacteria and virus free pool into a public pee pool. Is that...

First. Listened to my wife instead of the pool builder on depth of the deep end of the pool. PB recommended 5 ft; my wife wanted 6. So the deep end is six feet. I wanted to be able to stand on the bottom to rescue a little kid (we don't have any, and even our grandchildren are teens and can...

I'm not familiar with dekatherm as a unit of measure, but Mr. Internet says that 1 dekatherm is equivalent to 1,000 cubic feet of gas. My gas bill is per 100 cubic feet of gas (abbreviated CCF). My bill for last month, after adding up all eight lines of charges, fees, taxes and adjustments...

Typo in their description. It's supposed to be 1.21 Gigawatts, not 121 gigawatts.

A couple of the AquaClimb products look interesting, although they look to be engineered to industrial strength and durability, and almost certainly very expensive. At one point, I actually considered a zip line, though. Just needed a way to be sure it stopped long before reaching the other...

M500 remote bluetooth app is close to useless. I have mine set and never change it: bottom and sides 3.5 hours. The really good thing about the M500 is the three brushes, with the third brush between the two vacuum slots. Mine absolutely gets everything in the pool, however the leaves that...

Yeah, me too. Sounds like a great idea. Add some floating barstools and you're all set! I see it at Amazon but for $229, which diluted my enthusiasm a bit.

See my inquiry about A/C condensate being routed to a pool. What do you think? Here, 45 miles from the Gulf of Mexico an an altitude of 60ft above sea level, humidity is a way of life. When I went out to clean the skimmer socks at 7:30am, it was 83 degrees and 80% RH. Even now almost noon...

Wow! What a move! Seattle to North Carolina? Big inground to above ground? How's the culture shock?

Last year, we were in the 93-94 temps in mid August. This year with more clouds and relatively frequent afternoon showers, the highest we've hit is 91. Like drsipe, above, my wife would prefer 93 as minimum temp. Here's a question--probably most applicable to people in the gulf south, but...

Can you post a picture of the tub and space?

SBC, the answer is simple. People. People are ignorant, panicky, and greedy. I think Pink Floyd's "Money" says it all. It's what caused the toilet paper and disinfectant shortages. These same attributes of people are what makes economic downturns deeper and inflation worse. I don't...

AS of noon Wednesday the 12th. On two aisles. I just bought ten gallons, but there is still 120 gallons or more left. Don't know about later or tomorrow. They've got a sign on the shelf: One gallon equal to two tabs.

Mdragger, you have just demonstrated the psychology of inflation. I lived through it in the 1970's. You bought the house you couldn't afford, because inflation in your wages would make the payments affordable next year. You bought major items today, because they would cost more tomorrow. The...

OK. Now it's real. Week before last, I bought five gallons of Walmart pool chlorine. The shelves were full as far as the eye could see. Today, I thought I made a wrong turn and was at the toilet paper aisle last June. Empty. Called Leslie's. None in stock. We have trouble, my friend...

I've noticed a few things here over time. One is that for some reason, liquid chlorine seems to be a LOT cheaper in the north and even the northeast, than in the south--at least metro Houston where I live. Two things have affected price and availability everywhere, though. People all over...

In 2017 I had a landscape plan done with a future pool in mind. Eagleston Holly trees are perfect. Hardly ever drop leaves. Evergreen. Slow growing and can be near the pool. OTOH another "evergreen" put in was Wax Myrtle. Four of them, including two within about 8 feet of the pool. That...

Temp is 55 at noon. Running the robot for the second session today. First time filled up in an hour. Standby generator kept the VSP running throughout the so-called rolling blackouts, which were on "guard duty" schedule (2 hours on, 4 off). Every time the power went off, the generator came...

Want a real laugh? Look up chlorine and bleach on Amazon. $16 for one gallon of 6%!!! "Commercial Grade 12.5% sodium hypochlorite: $25 a gallon.

Wow! Glad it worked out for you, Dirk. A couple of questions (since your original post had no comments in the margins). Was the $1,800 a quote from an insulation contractor, or did you actually get the work done. I guess I'm wondering how long you lived in the house in that condition before...

Caveat Emptor is as valid a philosophy at Amazon as it is at Ebay or any other marketplace. Any time you see an item at Amazon, and Amazon is not the seller, you should be on the alert. You should see some prices I've seen for Isopropyl Alcohol or other short supply products. I think there is...

We normally have hair nets in the skimmers. When the African dust clouds hit a couple months back, I switched to actual skimmer socks. They're thicker and stop finer particles. Also last longer. Also, our robot collected more dirt than I've seen before or since.

Our Eagleston Hollies almost never drop anything. We have 9 along the side of a corner lot fence and two right next to the pool. A landscape architect drew our plan with a future pool in mind. He advised against Japanese Blueberry, but I can't remember for sure why although disease comes to...

Lawns are such a regional specialty, a national forum seems problematic. Would caring for a St. Augustine lawn have a lot of interest in New York or Montana? Even a lot of lawn products are regional Have you tried local? Houston has a guy with a weekend call in show, and he also keeps up a...

That's not Amazon but rather an Amazon Marketplace seller. You'll often see products priced cheaply but with a high shipping charge. That is to discourage returning a bad or defective product (the price is really built into the shipping charge.) Any time I see a product like that I move on...

Your relatives must be from up north. You know how pushy those yankees are. Oh, you're in Michigan too, so you know what I mean.

You can install the Alexa app on your iPhone or Android. Then any Bluetooth speaker will work with your phone providing the source material. That's what we've done.

Most places deliver these days. Just budget $100 a year for deliveries and you don't have to destroy your sedan or live with a pickup truck 365 days a year. Oh, and "lane splitting" is not legal in Texas (re the theoretical motorcycle rider between the lanes.) OTOH, I've carried a lot of...