Skimmer/cleaner for lots of leaves

[Newz54]

Have an old pool approximately 19 x 40 that gets tons of leaves much of the year. They come from my neighbors tall hedges so not much I can do there but trim them to the property line. I want to replaster this year but am wondering before I do that what the best solution is to deal with the leaves. What about a dragonfly with an inline lead canister? Can this work just plugging into the skimmer? I don't have a cleaner port. I probably should add a port at the same time as I replace the old copper lines. The pool is at least 40 years old.

Is the poolskim a better solution for lots of leaves? If I can catch 80 percent of the leaves before they sink I would be happy. Any suggestions?

 

[JasonLion]

The pool skim is highly recommended for just this kind of situation, though you will need to clean it out frequently when the leaves are falling.

 

[Newz54]

Thanks. That is my issue. I don't want to fuss with it before my poolman comes every week. Is there something that has the capacity for a weeks worth of leaves. I have pulled out of my skimmer half a 5 gallon bucket of leaves.

 

[jblizzle]

Welcome to TFP!!!

There is nothing that can go a week with a high leaf load. You should be emptying your skimmer every day ... while you are outside testing your water

There was some contraption I saw that has a convertor belt that lifted the leafs out of the pool and into a basket ... it was ridiculously expensive, an eyesore, and likely did not actually work very well.

 

[Kiss4aFrog]

Depending on how you juggle low maintenance, cost, ease .... you could also consider using some black netting on your side of the hedge to keep the leaves from blowing into your yard. I have it attached to the wrought iron fence around my pool for privacy but it also helps to keep the leaves out from the two maples in my yard.

Something like: http://thediyoutlet.com/products/4-...fencing-mesh?gclid=CJT03qPv38MCFYRFaQodg30Afg