That the Weir door is easy to disassemble for cleaning!
During SLAMs, the experts always remind folks to clean the wet niche behind lights (no really, bite the bullet and just do this! You'll be surprised both at how easy it is to actually do, and how much algae has collected back there!) as well as to clean the foam behind the Weir door. My reaction to the latter was "uh, ok..." and then I awkwardly tried to scrub the foam from behind inside the skimmer throat with a little scrub brush.
Well, if it can be assembled, it can (usually) be disassembled! I took pictures to even further reassure the timid. Squeeze just one of those tabs at the bottom and the thing pops right off. What's more, the foam just slides right out so that you can scrub the front AND the back! Brilliant! Not to mention it makes cleaning the skimmer itself so much easier.
No more half measures! Algae, you've been put on notice!
I'm sure there are other tidbits, obvious or not, that folks are constantly just now realizing about their pools... Feel free to share!
During SLAMs, the experts always remind folks to clean the wet niche behind lights (no really, bite the bullet and just do this! You'll be surprised both at how easy it is to actually do, and how much algae has collected back there!) as well as to clean the foam behind the Weir door. My reaction to the latter was "uh, ok..." and then I awkwardly tried to scrub the foam from behind inside the skimmer throat with a little scrub brush.
Well, if it can be assembled, it can (usually) be disassembled! I took pictures to even further reassure the timid. Squeeze just one of those tabs at the bottom and the thing pops right off. What's more, the foam just slides right out so that you can scrub the front AND the back! Brilliant! Not to mention it makes cleaning the skimmer itself so much easier.
No more half measures! Algae, you've been put on notice!
I'm sure there are other tidbits, obvious or not, that folks are constantly just now realizing about their pools... Feel free to share!
