Swimming Pool Maintenance Considerations

gettingridofson
Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:11:54 +0000

OP, your joint looks to be a mortar joint and in good condition. As for the maintenance, if you have the line in place for it, get a Polaris. I don’t vacuum my pool anymore the machine does it. I use a solar cover which keeps most debris out of the water. As for the filter, I have a DE with a salt system which I highly recommend, but make sure you have brass ladder cups as the cast ones will rot due to the salt. With the salt my chemical costs are virtually nil. I run the filter twice a day for 3 hours each cycle. Lastly, if you’re paying someone 10k to close it, I’ll fly out to do it.