Coming soon – a review of the Nirvana FC70 Air Source Heat Pump. Air source heat pumps suck in air and refrigerate it to take the heat out of the air and then use a heat exchanger to put the heat into the water flowing through the unit. To say that I’ve had some problems …
Coming soon – details of the decking build. A big project, that took some time to work out, and a fair bit of timber, but we think the result looks good! From this: Via this: To this:
Two weeks ago, we came back from a half term break to find this. So some chlorine shock, later it was looking like this. Which the eagle-eyed of you will see is still a bit cloudy. Some “floc” and vaccing later and it’s crystal clear again. Picture of that, as proof(!), to follow. It was …
In the summer, the pool seems to lose about 2 or 3 degrees of heat overnight. We tend to run the pool at 28 degrees, so a temperature of 25 or so was typical in the morning. This meant that the air source heat pump would need to run every day, with electricity cost and …
So I started off with a winter cover designed for oval above ground pools. It was basically an oval tarpaulin with a metal cord running around the edges and a ratchet to tighten the cord. This didn’t work brilliantly, even when secured with clips. The first year it was OK because the pool had no …
So time to think about options for pool steps for above ground pools. I wanted something that looked decent and was functional. The plastic ones that came with the pool were neither of those things. They were huge, plastic, looked awful, didn’t stay where they were supposed to be, probably would have damaged the pool …
I thought this Zodiac Baracuda R3 Suction Pool Cleaner was going to be something of a luxury and unnecessary purchase, but it is actually an invaluable tool for keeping the pool clean with minimal effort! It’s a nice bit of kit. Comes in a good storage box (although it’s cardboard so you need to dry …
There are plenty of guides on the internet, particularly YouTube for building these pools. The instructions that came with the pool were OK, but far from perfect. These pools are made in the US and all the dimensions etc are in feet and inches (and fractions of inches!). After being let down by a supposedly …