Re: pooldv pool thread
This little fella brings up an interesting question. Brushing the pool. Clearly Gilligan brushes the pool, with his flappy rubber rotating brushes. Not being a big fan of brushing myself, I too am keen to absolve myself of that responsibility. First question is what does brushing really do? My FC is always appropriate. Does there need to be agitation of the surface to ensure it stays clean in the absence of algae? I'm certain there are plaster surfaces on my pool that don't get touched very well with my brush, around the lights, in the corners, parts of the steps, around the raised main drain covers, etc. Though after 4 years, I see/feel no difference between brushed and essentially unbrushed surfaces. Logically I can see a benefit of having bristles hitting the surface perhaps to touch the recessed parts of a plaster surface (which Gilligan wouldn't be doing) and provide some agitation, but I just don't know that I get the real world need. I'm thinking I'd be quite happy to delegate that task to my own Gilligan and be willing to call it good enough.
I installed a pressure side cleaner (with booster no less) when we built because I didn't research that aspect as much as other details. AND, Vaccy won't go up our steep slope from the deep end to the shallow end regardless of adjustment - so at his own insistence, he only has to clean maybe half of the pool (I think he may be in cahoots with my kids). I have to brush the other dust/debris to him - which he then happily and proficiently sucks up (sad huh?). Mind you the debris is limited in our particular pool siting.
Just some musings.
