We have a pretty new pool (startup August 2022) and have been using a pool service to maintain it. In the interest of shaving down our budget, I decided to do the weekly maintenance myself. I don’t want to spend a lot of money buying equipment as that defeats the purpose of improving our pool maintenance budget.
I have the cleaning pole, brush, net, and vacuum that the pool company gave us at startup. The pole sucked so I bought a new one from the local Pinch-a-Penny, which is a lot better. But I think the net and vacuum leave a lot to be desired. The mesh on the net seems to be too big so it doesn’t catch everything. And the vacuum is just one that goes into the skimmer and clips on to the pole. The whole setup is a pain.
Any recommendations on a good net that will catch all the little bits floating on the surface?
Any recommendation for a non-robot vacuum? We have a cleaner port across the pool from the skimmer and the hose that was part of the pool builder’s package is too large to fit into that port. But I assume using the cleaner port would be easier than the skimmer.
We have a screen enclosure so the pool doesn’t get too dirty. But it does sometimes gets a little layer of dust on the bottom or the occasional leaf from the couple of veggie plants we have in the enclosure. The pool is about 10k gallons and is something like 14x25’ with a spa (working off of memory so the dimensions might be off).
I have the cleaning pole, brush, net, and vacuum that the pool company gave us at startup. The pole sucked so I bought a new one from the local Pinch-a-Penny, which is a lot better. But I think the net and vacuum leave a lot to be desired. The mesh on the net seems to be too big so it doesn’t catch everything. And the vacuum is just one that goes into the skimmer and clips on to the pole. The whole setup is a pain.
Any recommendations on a good net that will catch all the little bits floating on the surface?
Any recommendation for a non-robot vacuum? We have a cleaner port across the pool from the skimmer and the hose that was part of the pool builder’s package is too large to fit into that port. But I assume using the cleaner port would be easier than the skimmer.
We have a screen enclosure so the pool doesn’t get too dirty. But it does sometimes gets a little layer of dust on the bottom or the occasional leaf from the couple of veggie plants we have in the enclosure. The pool is about 10k gallons and is something like 14x25’ with a spa (working off of memory so the dimensions might be off).
