tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-346314862011-12-13T20:00:30.892-08:00Documenting the joys and frustrations of owning a home.nickgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00108289304641879398noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34631486.post-1158623324138828912006-09-18T16:30:00.000-07:002006-09-21T15:42:05.116-07:00<p class="MsoNormal">Well the first thing I jumped into was the 4' deep above ground pool that is part of my home. I recently embarked on closing the pool for the first time this weekend. The job was not that hard but having a few key items was largely attributed to the ease of the close.<br /><br />First off a <a href="http://www.waterwarehouse.com/products/sku-2407.html">cartridge based filter</a> system is the way to go! Hook up a <a href="http://www.waterwarehouse.com/products/sku-2472.html">pump</a>, and a <a href="http://www.waterwarehouse.com/products/sku-3701.html">cartridge</a> and you are on your way to an easily maintainable pool system. It also makes closing a snap. If you have a large amount of leaves and algae in the pool I would probably shock that bad boy before you close. This will prevent you from opening the pool next session to a nice green water situation. In addition, I found these great 'Old man winter' winterizer orbs that you run in your skimmer for 8 - 12 hours. This helps prevent algae build up during the cold session.<br /><br />Another item that really saved me some time and were cheap to boot were cover snaps for the pool cover. This is used instead of using a cable around the whole pool to secure the cover. This enabled me to easily pull the cover over the pool without the constraints of a cable pulling it down into the water. Once the cover was in place snap these on and I was good to go.<br /><br />Now the real test will be whether I open next session to green water or not.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34631486-115862332413882891?l=homeownersmag.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nickgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00108289304641879398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34631486.post-1158603658748990262006-09-18T11:08:00.000-07:002006-09-18T16:27:32.470-07:00Hello and welcome to Home Owners magazine. This is a magazine dedicated to content about owning a home. The topics discussed will cover a wide range of issues and was spawned out of the fact that I recently purchased my first home not too long ago. As a result, I am finding that I am learning many new terms and facing many new problems that others may find helpful or pose interesting solutions to if I document them in fun to read articles within this online magazine.<br /><br />If you are an indivdual who thinks they can contribute to the content in this magazine I would be interested in openning up authorship to fellow home owners.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34631486-115860365874899026?l=homeownersmag.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nickgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00108289304641879398noreply@blogger.com1