just reeived my hair-nets for skimmers

[tstex]

Hello to all,

I installed my skimmer hair-nets today and all seems to be working well.

We do not have any major trees nearby and most of our debris is blown in from palm trees. I was wondering how long you can leave the hair nets in the skimmers before pulling them? this is w the assumption that not a lot of large debris has accumulated in the skimmers. Also, since I bought 200 of them, I'm not going to try reusing. mainly looking for any historical practices w the h-nets that helps to determine how long to keep.

If anyone has any questions, pls let me know.

Thank you, tstex

 

[svenpup]

I leave mine in for up to a week if there isn't a lot of debris. You will find that they will clog with fine debris over time, even if they aren't filling up with leaves. I only reuse one very rarely.

 

[FLPoolDIY]

I change mine every couple of days. If it looks dirty it gets changed. The hairnets are cheap...

 

[YippeeSkippy]

I'm slightly embarrassed to be saying this, as I have really avoided the use of hairnets for long time worried about the environmental aspect. I needed new skimmer socks and Skippy said lets try them. He loves them!

He changes it as needed, but its about a week between changes at this point. I'm sure in the spring it will be every other day or so when the pollen is falling.

Maddie

 

[svenpup]

You made me curious about how many I use so I just looked up my amazon order: 100 pack on September 5, 2014 for $6.95. I am sure I still have about 60% left.

 

[appstategrad]

I wish I had known about these before I ordered the hose type skimmer socks a few years ago. I ordered the hairnets a few weeks ago and LOVE them!! Much easier than skimmer socks.

 

[richierich]

yeah I change them when they look dirty roughly once every 3-4 days. maybe every other day in the late spring when the pollen is very high

 

[tstex]

Thank you very much guys - perfect responses...just what I was looking to discern.

WOW ! ordered in 9/14 and still have 60% left...and for 7 buck$. I would say that is pretty good value...I also read the prior posts on hair-nets vs skimmer socks and took your advice...

Finally, since it's Father's Day this weekend and I am grilling outside, if I ever grow out my hair, I can just reach down inside the cabinet and pull out a hair-net and "bingo", I'm set w the net - :fro: LOL

Happy Father's Day to all - tstex

 

[Minority]

I wanted to add... I purchased mine from Gordons food for 6.99 per 100. They work excellent and no more tearing apart my pump to take a tiny wad of something stuck in the impeller.

 

[pookiesunshine]

I wanted to add... I purchased mine from Gordons food for 6.99 per 100. They work excellent and no more tearing apart my pump to take a tiny wad of something stuck in the impeller.

Hadn't looked for them at GFS, i'll try to remember to do that. thanks.

 

[Aubie99]

Newbie here. Are there any other tips like this around the forum? I've used the pool $kimmer $ock$ before but never gave a thought about using a hairnet . Been on site for a few days and keep learning new ways to save money and time. I need more, whatcha got?

My wife called laughing at me for ordering 100pk of hairnets when she saw Amazon charge

 

[pabeader]

There is a Tips and tricks list somewhere

Found it!

Tips and Tricks