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Because this was the one and only place that helped me when the pool store kept "pool storing" me. I lived in Illinois (have since moved to Indiana) so I was "seasonally active". I tried to learn all I could via here and my own experimentation and share what I could when I was here more. The...

Do you have a wood chipper?? If so put the pucks in it and spray over Lake Michigan! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That is really cool. My kids would love it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did you have a lot of rain that cooled you off? We had a few inches the last few days, but with my autocover it all gets pumped off into the barrel. Helps keep the temps up!! Stay safe down there in Texas. Been a volatile spring thus far. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bumped the heater for a while to get the water to swim temp for the kiddos as a "last day of school" treat. Was at 71 and my SWG finally started producing chlorine. Tested water. All was spot on except for my FC which was still waaaaay high from closing. 17.5 when I need 6 or so. 85 degrees...

73 right now. Will be an artificial 80 in the morning for the kiddos to swim. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Glad you found the forum and will get off of "their" program and on "your" program. Where you will know exactly what is going on and why. Looks like a nice setup. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks great and I agree 1000% with Richard!!! Welcome to the forum and on a serious note it is so liberating to know the chemistry behind what happens with a very large investment like an IG pool and the effects chemicals have. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wow, that is one heck of a flood. Glad you are back up and running. Neat setup you have. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Opened the pool for the year today. Threw in the Dolphin to suck up about a trillion worms. Water is 64 and too cold for the swg to operate. First thing I did was test the salt with my Taylor salt test kit, 3400. Cell says "low salt", likely due to the cold water. Forgot to order fas/dpd...

That's funny. It was on the cover of the paper here in central Illinois today, some guy got caught with a 5 1/2 ' gator in his house. Said he was planning on returning it to the wild, in the Illinois river. Guess I should have borrowed it for the pool!? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rolled the cover back about two feet, took a nice palmfull of water and took a big old whiff. Still smells clean and fresh and chlorinated from the fall!! Tomorrow or Sunday I get the pump running and the LC flowing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I stared out the window longingly at the autocover praying like heck that the last few weeks of warmer weather have not turned my clean pool into a swamp. I am getting on it this weekend and it was in the 50's a few weeks ago when I peeked any it was crystal clear. Since I have to manually...

I have the Bose outdoor speakers that you bury halfway in the ground out on the far corners of the pool patio and a pair of regular Bose up on the pergola by the hot tub. Like them both. I use a 2 channel Sony receiver with an A channel and a B channel so that I can turn on one pair or the...

Have never incorporated one into outdoor kitchen but have used one. I suggest the electric as it seems to be more even heat and smoke. I don't see why you could not incorporate though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This exactly. CYA of 0 would seem to point to another issue. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

130 lbs spread out over 6 studs is fine. When I hung my barn beam on the wall I used 1/2" threaded rod and 2 part epoxy that came out of a large caulking type tube. One in every stud and oversize you holes by 1/4" to make room for epoxy. After you do that it is not going anywhere, likely even...

We have a 8x10 covered pergola type structure and ran rope lights around the inside up against the tin roof. My wife was insistent on adding some of those lantern type string lights with the 7w bulbs. Way to bright. And we only added an X pattern (corner to corner) so maybe 32' of them. But our...

I would try to lure them away from the house. Use a sweet liquid (sugar water) in a bowl. Start closer to the house and move it away over the course of a few days. We get them as well and this works. But know this..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mid 60's. Turned the SWG up to 100% and am dumping in some liquid chlorine to get to SLAM level. Will let drift down to close this weekend. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

We are down to about 70-71. Temp today was 61. Was almost too cold to splashed getting the dolphin out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I like cars but watches and firearms have been my vice the last couple years. My wife daily drives an Acura RDX. Fun little SUV. Her summer car. Has 19,000 miles on a 2003. 330 convertible. My daily driver. Bad picture. 2014 Z71 LTZ Silverado. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There are a couple skimmer opening plugs that are available. Most are a plastic face plate with a high density foam rectangle on the back that fits tight in the opening. I used the same one 2 years in a row and last year it failed. My cover, APC, from Carmel, IN, had enough extra fabric that it...

It will do no harm if done properly. We have a similar setup in central Illinois. Balance your water, close the cover. We put water tubes on the "open end" to keep as much junk out was we can. My pump is below my water level so we plug the skimmer, blow out the line towards the pump (with the...

[QUO TE=sbn56;723397]I rinse them, fill 3/4 full of water and keep them in the chest freezer to make it run just a little less. With no kids remaining at home, it just isn't as full as it formerly was! Genius. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Lots of beans this year. Prices are up. Corn prices are down because of the bumper crop we will likely have. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

One day I will live where there are mountains. I have lived my whole life In the Midwest. The very flat and corn covered Midwest. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Same here in central Illinois. Not a day worth swimming in last month +. Too cold, now 95 but raining and lightning. The mice are a 1" hole in my auto over fabric last year in the pit. I kill as many as possible now. Along with ground squirrels and snakes. My wife will get the frogs and...

Usually hand tight. But on mine I need to remove the "inner" part of the return housing. It has 2 slots on the inside of the fitting. For that I have a 1" plastic putty knife that fits in there perfectly to spin them out. I will say this. Be careful. And remember, lefty loosey, righty tighty...

Ph up and down are pool store humor and profit. Or for people that are afraid to use MA. (And baking soda)