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utrecht · 06-06-2009, 08:20 AM

Im surprised at the fact that people are willing to pay good money to have someone maintain their pool (I shouldnt I guess be...people are dumb and lazy for the most part).

I have 2 drain covers and changed them myself by just holding my breath, diving down, unscrewing the olds ones and screwing in the new ones. As you said, it took 10 minutes.

I brush the pool twice a week or so in the swimming season and and never in the fall / winter. I do have a Polaris sweeper thingy and no trees in the backyard.

I have an automatic clorinator attatched to the pool equipment and I supplement it with a gallon of plain old generic liquid bleach about once every 4 days in the summer (needs no bleach at all in the winter) and my pool has been sparkling crystal clear since day 1. Im on my 7th year of owning the pool now. Ive never had a speck of algae, let alone an entire green pool.

The money wasted on unecessary chemicals (pH up..pH down..yellow out...ect) amazes me. Good for you that its all working out for you though.

06-06-2009, 08:20 AM	#27
utrecht Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 353	Im surprised at the fact that people are willing to pay good money to have someone maintain their pool (I shouldnt I guess be...people are dumb and lazy for the most part). I have 2 drain covers and changed them myself by just holding my breath, diving down, unscrewing the olds ones and screwing in the new ones. As you said, it took 10 minutes. I brush the pool twice a week or so in the swimming season and and never in the fall / winter. I do have a Polaris sweeper thingy and no trees in the backyard. I have an automatic clorinator attatched to the pool equipment and I supplement it with a gallon of plain old generic liquid bleach about once every 4 days in the summer (needs no bleach at all in the winter) and my pool has been sparkling crystal clear since day 1. Im on my 7th year of owning the pool now. Ive never had a speck of algae, let alone an entire green pool. The money wasted on unecessary chemicals (pH up..pH down..yellow out...ect) amazes me. Good for you that its all working out for you though.