Is it possible to obtain a nipple infection from swimming in a pool?
Posted January 30th, 2009J P asked: My girlfriend says her nipples are red sensitive and bleeding from swimming in a swimming pool. Is this possible? She says her friend says it has happened to her before and its from pool shock chemicals. Am I stupid for believeing her?Joesph
Swimming pool is leaking around pressure Gage, How do I fix?
Posted January 27th, 2009JAYTM_73 asked: i have a above ground swimming pool with a sand filter. I was getting it ready for the season. When I turned on the pump water began coming out from the gage attached to the filter. It looks like water was going into the gauge and coming out through little holes in the [...]
Does Swimming Pool Depth perception change with the colour of tile used?
Posted January 26th, 2009Lost Angel asked: For example, assume you use light blue tiles as the floor and walls of your swimming pool. Does the swimming pool appear more shallow than if you had used darker-blue tiles instead? If yes, what is the explanation for this phenomenon.Debi
How do I stop my dogs from drinking swimming pool water?
Posted January 25th, 2009iheartbassets3 asked: My three basset hounds keep drinking water out of our swimming pool. They have fresh water, but they seem to like the pool water better. We have tried everything we can think of… we put an extra bowl out by the pool… and everything but they still drink out of the pool… I [...]
How much money, work, and care is needed to maintain a swimming pool?
Posted January 25th, 2009Sabby asked: We are getting a pool, and don’t know what much money it will take for heating/cleaning/maintaining the pool. Does it take long or is it hard to clean outdoor swimming pools, and if we hire someone to clean it how much? Is it a lot of work? Also, do pools attract [...]
I want to convert a large chlorinated swimming pool into a pool for fish. Will ammonia work?
Posted January 25th, 2009Fish Lady asked: I’ve heard that ammonia will neutralize the chlorine, and I think that’s what people use to treat tap water for fishtanks. But are there other chemicals in swimming pool water? Also, how much ammonia (or whatever chemical) do I need to use? The type of fish doesn’t matter–it can [...]
Can anyone tell me how to hook up a swimming pool filtration system, or link some type of diagram?
Posted January 23rd, 2009nipsy3 asked: I bought a house recently with a swimming pool. Theres some various hoses, a motor, filter, etc. in the shed, but having never owned a pool before, I don’t know exactly how to hook everything up. I haven’t tried hooking anything up yet, so maybe everything comes together in an obvious way. It [...]
Can anyone make water spiral threw an automatic swimming pool cleaner’s pipes?
Posted January 23rd, 2009pooltornado.com asked: My question is can you make the water in your automatic swimming pool cleaner’s pipes spiral. Speeding up water flow, greater suction power, faster automatic swimming pool cleaner, a turning force is created on the swimming pool pipes.
The automatic swimming pool cleaner will be able to turn itself out of tight spots.Ardell
Can I use a swimming pool for a heat dump when using a heat pump for air conditioning a house?
Posted January 22nd, 2009Tim asked: Rather than circulating fluid in the ground, I want to use the waste heat from a heat-pump based air conditioning to heat a swimming pool. From experience, what are the possibilities and tradeoffs?Lucretia
How can we open a public swimming pool or is it possible?
Posted January 21st, 2009Natural1 asked: My husband and I want to open and operate a public swimming pool in our area. How can we do so or is this possible? Does it have to been opearted by the city in which we live? Who would I call to find out this information?Frank