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measuring

by shigawire » Wed 12 Apr, 2006 17:07

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How do I mesure amounts of dry chemicals for the pool- like if I want to add one ounce and the bottle is two pounds- how do I know how much to add?

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I have found the easiest way is to use an old cup, glass or I cut a plastic water bottle in half. I use a kitchen scale to see the capacity of each...

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Thu 13 Apr, 2006 04:09
switching from synergy

by edhoff » Tue 11 Apr, 2006 19:29

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I had an inground pool installed last fall. The pool company set it up on the synergy program. I have decided not to use this system or purchase...

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Synergy is chlorine. I think they use boron in the startup but the "program" is to lock you into their chlorine range.

Just switch over...

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Wed 12 Apr, 2006 15:33
Robotic pool cleaners

by drmofjeannie » Sun 26 Mar, 2006 20:29

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I am getting a 20x40 inground vinyl liner pool. I am thinking of getting a robotic cleaner because they clean every area of the pool including...

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I personally use an Aquabot Turbo for cleaning our home pool. We picked it up through Aquabot Pool Cleaners 4 Less . They were very accommodating and...

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Thu 28 Jun, 2007 14:02
Need some info please

by annde41 » Mon 03 Apr, 2006 12:58

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Hi all

Moved in to our new house that has a above ground pool. This probably a silly question but I need to know. There is about 7 inches of ice on...

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You should try to remove the ice or the water as it melts. The stress caused by the weight can cause the cover to stretch and reduce its lifespan,...

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Mon 03 Apr, 2006 15:38
New Owner - Vacuum stops sucking

by Stuckart » Sun 02 Apr, 2006 22:48

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HELP!!!

We are new pool owners a few months back. We live in Arizona and just had our pool acid washed and refilled a couple weeks ago.

I have...

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when you are putting the hose in the skimmer basket i assume it is full of air when this happens the pump will lose it's prime and you will have to...

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Mon 25 Jun, 2012 19:15
new pool owner

by Guest » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 11:34

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My DH and I are buying a house with a newer (1year old) above ground pool. I've never owned a pool in my life so I have NO IDEA where to start!...

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I prefer the tablet test kits. The strips are OK but only have an accuracy of around 75%.

The liquid kits are fine for pH but are way off with the...

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Wed 22 Feb, 2006 13:27
New Pool Skimmer Pproblems

by STGCMTED » Fri 17 Jun, 2005 17:23

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I have a new in ground pool that the Admiral Skimmer Equalizer Assy is always seating and shutting off the water flow. I remove the assembly and...

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Could the skimmer be off vertical and the float is getting stuck due to yawing of the float.

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Thu 19 Jan, 2006 08:05
New pool owner.......please help!!!

by steq184 » Wed 07 Sep, 2005 15:12

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Hello

Have nearly finished putting our new 15 foot wooded pool together, we'll be using a sand filter, 9kw heater and in line auto sanitizer.

Once...

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Could you give some more info about the inline auto-sanitizer . Is it a chlorinator, cartridge or some kind of electrical device?

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Thu 19 Jan, 2006 07:56
new to pool ownership...help!

by [email protected] » Wed 04 Jan, 2006 22:30

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Hi All!

I purchased a new home in July, and I maily bought the home for the inground pool. Got to keep the kids busy in the summer! Anyhow this home...

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Hi Heather

Sounds like you've got yourself a real job to undertake. Firstly you should check/ test the piping to make sure it's in good order....

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Thu 05 Jan, 2006 03:49
We have anew pool, and live in the country

by PoolInTheCountry » Thu 22 Dec, 2005 12:10

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We are having problems with rodents in the pool...I'm so grossed out! Anyone else have this issue? I'm hoping it will be better in summer...right now...

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get a few cats.

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Wed 28 Dec, 2005 16:04
New Owner

by sdpsd02 » Sun 16 Oct, 2005 00:39

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Apologies for a hopefully simple question from a 1st time pool owner.!...

At the bottom of the pool there is an outlet pipe which joins the outlet...

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It's called the main drain. If there's a valve you can use it to suck the gunk off the floor by directing the suction to it and brushing the crap...

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Last post by Guest
Sun 06 Nov, 2005 22:03
Filling the pool for the first time

by steq184 » Thu 29 Sep, 2005 14:50

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Hello

We are filling the pool for the first time, do we need to do anything other than just hosing the water in? We are using a sand filter and an...

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Make sure you add water stablizer(follow directions on container)BEFORE you add any other chemicals. Take it from me, It'll make your pool life a...

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Last post by Cyber36
Fri 30 Sep, 2005 12:36
New pool owner

by New owner » Tue 02 Aug, 2005 12:41

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Hi. My husband an I moved to our first house in December, which has an inground swimming pool. It is the firts time we have a pool. It was already...

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I would definitely get to work on that pool now. I moved into my current house in 1998, and inherited a pool which had been neglected for over two...

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Last post by Guest
Mon 05 Sep, 2005 08:58
average cost of pool

by Guest » Thu 23 Jun, 2005 14:31

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Hello! We are looking at moving into a home with a pool and are wondering what would be an average monthly cost of a small, inground pool? Water,...

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Too hard to tell with the information supplied. However, I have a 22,000 gallon plaster inground. When I open the pool for the season, it costs about...

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Sat 02 Jul, 2005 15:11
Patio Blocks

by David » Mon 13 Jun, 2005 15:23

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hey,

I would relly like to know when a good time to use patio blacks under the pool support post (posts that hol the sideing around).

Its an...

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When you put up the pool.

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Last post by Gov
Tue 14 Jun, 2005 18:49
Dirt around inground pool question?

by Jill » Thu 02 Jun, 2005 10:39

Hi!

My question is they just dug out the ground for my inground pool yesterday. They did make it to 8' on one end just made it. My ground is...

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Last post by Jill
Thu 02 Jun, 2005 10:39
new pool question

by Jill » Thu 19 May, 2005 14:18

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Hi everyon!

We will be having our inground installed next Wednesday.

Our land where the pool will be going is at a slope approx a 3' slope from...

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So how did the dig go? I see it's been a week since your post and they should've started yesterday, right? Personally, I think it's BS that they...

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Thu 26 May, 2005 09:45

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