Thread: pool cleaners

We had a huge pine tree over the pool in our last place and installed an inline leaf filter, shee ite, we had no idea how many needles that thing dropped.
KK never missed a beat for 7 years.

our pine tree suufered from chainsawitise after 1 year and died we never had a needle in the pool after that

$100 cash back is a special offer until 17th of Dec i think , and only on the Genie 4 ..... We sell at least 1 a day at the momment and have never had a complaint ... Parts are avail plus you get a pro-rata warranty ... Much better than a Kreepy!!!! .... As for the leaks , 90% of the time they are where the skimmer and pipes meet . Try there first , if you have concrete this will be hard . Pool tech on site is about $65 an hr .

Originally Posted by seanr

$100 cash back is a special offer until 17th of Dec i think , and only on the Genie 4 ..... We sell at least 1 a day at the momment and have never had a complaint ... Parts are avail plus you get a pro-rata warranty ... Much better than a Kreepy!!!! .... As for the leaks , 90% of the time they are where the skimmer and pipes meet . Try there first , if you have concrete this will be hard . Pool tech on site is about $65 an hr .

i never run the crawley for more than an hour at a time as it might just start to repeat the pattern, unless I shift the pipe.

Then I do a manual vaccum once every 2 weeks.

Ours has cracked completely across the thread the pipe fits in to the head but it still works.

How expensive are KK parts? can you buy pipe sections?

Auto pool cleaners work well. They get blocked occasionally. Get one that suits the design of your pool. Pool shop can advise.

RB

Have a Genie 3000 Barra - works great - pool has been in now 15 years - wore out a KK and replaced it with the Barra approx 5 years ago - Barra is superior to KK IMHO. Sectioned hoses for the Barra are a better idea than 1 complete hose. Lots of gum trees around so the diaphrams do only last about 3 years - but at about $28.00-$30.00 - I think I can afford $10.00 a year. As for hoses tangling or tracking in the one area etc - every once in a while [summer] take the hose out and let it lay out straight in the sun - overcomes any "memory" issues.
Wouldn't be without one.
Bob

Hi everyone,

I have a pool situation that has become a problem, and I would sure appreciate some advice.

Last year, my parents had a fiberglass pool liner installed in their in-ground pool. The pool is about 50 years old and had developed some serious cracks. The pool liner looks just like the old pool walls, seems to have solved the cracked/leaking pool problem, but...


We have a NEW PROBLEM


My parents had always used a "octopus" type auto pool cleaner, for years, and it worked great. It floated on the surface with a rotating wheel on the top that would propel it forward whenever it came into contact with the side of the pool or the pool ladder. It had several tentacles that dropped down from the surface unit to the bottom of the pool with small holes at the tips of the tentacles that water was pumped through in order to make the tentacles move back-and-forth, stirring up any dirt on the bottom of the pool. I can't remember the name of the product, and a Google search has not turned up anything.

The people who installed the fiberglass pool liner told us we cannot use that type of auto pool cleaner anymore, or at least not that particular model, because something about the tentacles will scratch the bottom of the pool, if I understand correctly.

My Dad always handled all of the pool maintenance issues, but my Dad passed away very early this year. My Mom is 62 years old, and I need to find something that is as "hands-off"/simple to use as possible. We tried one of the Barracuda products (or something very similar, the pictures of the Barracuda G3 on the Internet look very similar to the product we tried), but we couldn't get the think to work right. The pool pump is old, it works but it ought to be replaced, but it's not going to get replaced anytime soon, way too many other things to do, but my Mom would like for the grandkids to be able to use the pool when they come over.

The suction didn't seem to be strong enough to make the Barracuda (or similar product) work properly. I know that might not be the Barracuda's fault from reading all of the other replies in this Thread, but I'm not "on-site", and I don't have the ability to figure out if there are air leaks in the plumbing, etc. So a system that works like the old "octopus" system would be ideal, something that worked off of the water that was being pumped INTO the pool, because it worked great, stirring up any dirt on the floor of the pool so it would get filtered out by the "regular" pool filter.

The pool has become a (my) nightmare, and it won't go away until I figure out some way to teach my Mom how to maintain the proper chemical balance (which I don't even know how to do yet), and make it as easy as possible to sweep the pool with some kind of auto-cleaner.

I can learn about the chemical situation, and make her a chart, but I need help with this pool-sweeper situation. The pool is rectangular, probably about 35-40 feet by 20 feet. The old pool-sweeper (the one that worked great) would attach to the in-flow vent on the pool (is that what is meant by the term "pressure side" washer???), pushing water through the "octopus" thing, as opposed to attaching to a suction pump.

It worked perfectly for their purposes for 20+ years, and I would really like to find something similar that would work with a fiberglass-lined pool, both for familiarity reasons and because it worked.


Can anybody help me, or point me in the right direction?!?

Sorry about the book-length post, and thanks very much for any comments!


Scott