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lets talk pools

MINE 12 ft, lovely when kids nOT in it.
we have a filter, pol hoover chlorine anda sieve thing

oh and the kids get a lot of new friends when its up

10 foot

pump, filter , heater , hoover, chlorine thingie, cover

ooooh yes, we are fully kitted out!

ordered mine yesterday, we have had above ground frame 12ft one for last 5 yrs but itis finally knackered beyond hope so sparkly new one arriving just in time for colder , wetter weather at weekend !!!

oih yes cover
also two lilos from mikes diving ( ebay shop)
one is armchair style!

THIRD year, htis one

DH muttering about bigger pool next year...

has fantasies of giving it all up to be a pool boy...

I have a mahoosive paddling pool, that the kids can swim in, does that count? Currently 6 kids in it as I speak. I can float leisurely in it when they are not around.

OK I need some help here. How do I stop the water going green in our 10 ft pool? We put chemicals in and have a filter already.

I would love a 12 ft semi rigid one. Anyone recommend theirs?

you need to scopp all the grass out, and are oyu using enough chlorine?

Have a brand new 12ft one in packaging. Don't want a big cruddy patch of grass from it

but who cares - by then its Autumn - we resewed ours last year and it was perfect again in about 4 weeks

Also what on earth is a pool hoover

yes, have to get all the bits out of it after use.

our grass grew back , although the lawn was bald for a while

itsa stick with a bag on the end you shove your hose on ti..

oh ill show you

Yes maybe. DS only a baby though - bought the pool when pregnant as visions of resolving swollen legs in it, but it was summer 07 and frankly shit

Can a pool and a 20 month old mix? I mean he is never left alone anyway but am a paranoid type

Stick with a bag... can't wait to see it

cant find one.
its a stick that runs water through it and catches grass in a net bag at the end

we have a 12 foot metal framed one

had it three days

lovely

but I am scared about gecko trying to get into it herself when we aren't watching

Ok is that not a filter?
Academic if I never put the thing up.

Got a birth pool I could use, much smaller

no oyu have to do it
the filter you turn on and leave

A question pool owners - I have one of these 15 foot easy up things with an inflatable ring around the top. Yesterdya when i was trying to fill it I hadn't inflated the ring properly (oops) and hundreds of gallons of water swooshed over the garden and almost flooded the kitchen. Its currently half full and I have inflated the ring properly this time but I realise that it seems to have filled lolling over to one side, rather than with its circular footprint flat on the ground, which means if I refill it, I think the same thing will happen again? Is that correct? Do I have no option but to drain it, make sure the footprint is properly flat this time and start all over again?

yep, you have to get it flat and as wrinkle free on the bottom as you can before you start filling.

yes I think so.
i am entertained at myself giving out al this advice when DH does it all!

ahh
maybe DH could do a webchat

hmm might get it up (POOL) at weekend if dry

LOl
ill ask him