Wonder if used in case it ices up the empty container will deform and take the stress of the ice. We have floating blocks on our pool in SW France....although we did have -14 back 10 years or so ago in the last few winters they have not had much of a job to do
He throws the empty bottles in there because there is some residue in them, and throwing them in allows the residue to be diluted into the pool, i’d imagine he removes the bottled after the residue has been absorbed into the pool.
@@CampbellsDiaryVA that doesn’t make sense to me, the most efficient way to get residue out of the bottle is to submerge the bottle to fill it with water, and then dump the bottle out a few times. The floating bottles won’t necessarily fill with water, and if they don’t, there is no way any residue would come out of the bottle.
Man, that leave collection device is the job, right there. Defo going to get one of those for my setup, always dealing with pine needles blowing in, saves on work emptying the skimmer and pump baskets, cool job boys!
I forget you have to winterize in areas where you live, cool video! My winter prep is make sure the chlorinator is working and vacuum every couple weeks. Doesn’t freeze here so kinda like normal maintenance
Hello mate, nice to see you’ve got a decent there👌 I’ve been using a similar one for years called a Red Baron purchased whilst on holiday in the States. Did you get your’s out there or is there a distributor in the UK?
I wish we had your type of winter climate here in the USA. We have to blow out all the lines and plug them… very wet and cold this time of year. And our covers are heavier solid safety covers with spring loaded hooks. Bad backs around here after so long lol
I understand my husband and I have pool and spa service and we still getting calls to close pools. Which is good but sure cold when blowing and plugging returns lol.
yer its not really necessary where I am to blow out the lines. yer these winter covers are quite light and most do have the spring loaded hooks but not this one for some reason
Im assuming the one shut valve is the main drain, but how do you get away with not blowing out the lines to the pool? Obviously depending on your areas frost grade would dictate a lot of that. But if your closing the pool im going to say its due to cold weather. While yes the pipes should be down deep enough, i would never rely on good faith from an installer/ previous service techs.
Here in the Netherlands we blow through the pipes of the skimmers and blowers with air from a compressor so that there is no longer any water in the pipes. Why don't you do that?
What is that weird white slat cover thing? It doesnt stop things from goin in, obv. Its not a solar cover, right? Can you walk on it? What is the point of it? We dont have them in my country
Usually it's supposed to keep the pool from losing temperature to the environment and to keep dirt like leaves from getting in. Doesn't seem to be working that well in this case though
At the company I work for, we have 2 "Hammerhead" pool cleaners. Not sure on the exact differences between the "Hammerhead", "Wow vac pro" and the "Riptide" pool cleaners, but they all seem to do the same job. I'd say the Hammerhead is one of the best bits of kit on my van. It makes servicing pools so much quicker and easier during the season. Unfortunately, the bags we have aren't great with fine debris and get clogged on the muckier pools. They're great for the larger stuff though.
the only down side for my hammerhead is dirt and dust, ive cleaned sand with it before and it worked but thats about the smallest it will go, and really thick piles of leaves will stop the motor if you dont go slow enough
yer to be honest I only got the wowvac pro this year but defo one of the best bits of equipment in the van. I find that I'm using it way more at the end of the season though with all the leaves compared to summer
I used my Hammerhead at a few specific pools right through the season. There was very little dust on the floor of these pools, but a decent amount of leaves and twigs. The hammerhead got the muck out in roughly half the time it would have taken to manually vac the pool. Plus, at the end of the season, one of my regular clients gets a load of acorns falling in the pool. These tend to clog the suction lines when manually vacuuming, so I use the hammerhead on that pool at the end of the season too.
@@Shaynewarner1 I manage a small crew and I give myself majority of the shit pools just to keep their spirits high lol, if I didn’t use my riptide it adds at least an hour to my day. Now during closings riptide with the leaf bag 👌 best thing ever
Do you chuck the empty bottles in the pool to let people know what you added to the water, or is there another reason?
Wonder if used in case it ices up the empty container will deform and take the stress of the ice. We have floating blocks on our pool in SW France....although we did have -14 back 10 years or so ago in the last few winters they have not had much of a job to do
@@colinshearring3934 great theory! That makes sense too!
He throws the empty bottles in there because there is some residue in them, and throwing them in allows the residue to be diluted into the pool, i’d imagine he removes the bottled after the residue has been absorbed into the pool.
@@CampbellsDiaryVA that doesn’t make sense to me, the most efficient way to get residue out of the bottle is to submerge the bottle to fill it with water, and then dump the bottle out a few times. The floating bottles won’t necessarily fill with water, and if they don’t, there is no way any residue would come out of the bottle.
Helps the winter cover float maybe
Man, that leave collection device is the job, right there. Defo going to get one of those for my setup, always dealing with pine needles blowing in, saves on work emptying the skimmer and pump baskets, cool job boys!
I wish I had a vac like that when I was doing pool service. We had to hike to a few of them and carrying the pump was a chore to say the least.
I forget you have to winterize in areas where you live, cool video! My winter prep is make sure the chlorinator is working and vacuum every couple weeks. Doesn’t freeze here so kinda like normal maintenance
looks like the pool is going to have a looong sleep
Seriously love the content this year, so many different vids, appricate how long the content takes for you to upload for the followers. 😊
Do you ever blow out the skimmer and return lines or do you not think that is necessary?
Could you talk about your work tools? Greetings from Mexico
Why leave the bottles?
Its currently 130 am in aus and I am very confused
Same here
yeah that seems odd. maybe its to tell whoever is using/servicing the pool after the winter which exact chemicals were used?
Ngl
I had not thought of that at all
However after about three/ 6 months I would expect the labels to have worn off
It’s to help prevent damage to the pool if it freezes.
so that there was no frost heaving, and the ice squeezed the bottles, not the walls of the pool. you don't have negative temperatures in Australia.
Hello mate, nice to see you’ve got a decent there👌 I’ve been using a similar one for years called a Red Baron purchased whilst on holiday in the States. Did you get your’s out there or is there a distributor in the UK?
Why do you chuck empty bottles in the water?
In winter if the water freezes up and expands, it will crush the bottles instead of putting stress on the walls.
Do you do any inside pools?
I wish we had your type of winter climate here in the USA. We have to blow out all the lines and plug them… very wet and cold this time of year. And our covers are heavier solid safety covers with spring loaded hooks. Bad backs around here after so long lol
I understand my husband and I have pool and spa service and we still getting calls to close pools. Which is good but sure cold when blowing and plugging returns lol.
yer its not really necessary where I am to blow out the lines. yer these winter covers are quite light and most do have the spring loaded hooks but not this one for some reason
Nice video. here's a ramdonish question lol have you ever been pushed into a pool by your work mates...
😂 I have not. I did push Aaron in though during the summer
@thepoolguyml Haha, I love your videos on Facebook and UA-cam. Keep up the good work. Maybe 1 day you will push him in again and film it, lol 😆 😂
Yayyy!!! New video!!!🥳🎉
This person lives near an airport or a high speed railway, sounds verry relaxing
Cool video
You added various chemicals after lowering the water level - how can you ensure the chemicals are all mixed / dissolved properly ?
Time
I leave the pump running with just the low suction points on
Why do you throw containers into the pool?
Im assuming the one shut valve is the main drain, but how do you get away with not blowing out the lines to the pool? Obviously depending on your areas frost grade would dictate a lot of that. But if your closing the pool im going to say its due to cold weather. While yes the pipes should be down deep enough, i would never rely on good faith from an installer/ previous service techs.
Can genuinely hear the upset when he tells us the pool is to be closed down
I am glad to see a new video. I was worried about you 😊
Didn't get a "holla at ya boi for the pool work" at the end of the video. I'm devastated.
We did get "holla at ya boi," so i think he might have accidentally cut it a second or two short when he edited it.
Here in the Netherlands we blow through the pipes of the skimmers and blowers with air from a compressor so that there is no longer any water in the pipes. Why don't you do that?
Have you ever put on a cover with springs and studs
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I wounder how all these pools have coped with all the rain we have had in last few days?
It would be nice to explain why you do the things you do. The water draining in get because of freezing but everything els you do
Does the chemical from the pool when your draining it not kill the grass? Thought it on a couple of your vids now just never asked
It's dilute enough not to be an issue, I've pumped to waste many times onto grass without problem.
What is that weird white slat cover thing? It doesnt stop things from goin in, obv. Its not a solar cover, right? Can you walk on it? What is the point of it? We dont have them in my country
Usually it's supposed to keep the pool from losing temperature to the environment and to keep dirt like leaves from getting in. Doesn't seem to be working that well in this case though
Why not use the pool pump to lower the water level?
I’m curious if those vacuums suck up pine straw
At the company I work for, we have 2 "Hammerhead" pool cleaners. Not sure on the exact differences between the "Hammerhead", "Wow vac pro" and the "Riptide" pool cleaners, but they all seem to do the same job. I'd say the Hammerhead is one of the best bits of kit on my van. It makes servicing pools so much quicker and easier during the season. Unfortunately, the bags we have aren't great with fine debris and get clogged on the muckier pools. They're great for the larger stuff though.
We use riptides and they are great!
the only down side for my hammerhead is dirt and dust, ive cleaned sand with it before and it worked but thats about the smallest it will go, and really thick piles of leaves will stop the motor if you dont go slow enough
yer to be honest I only got the wowvac pro this year but defo one of the best bits of equipment in the van. I find that I'm using it way more at the end of the season though with all the leaves compared to summer
I used my Hammerhead at a few specific pools right through the season. There was very little dust on the floor of these pools, but a decent amount of leaves and twigs. The hammerhead got the muck out in roughly half the time it would have taken to manually vac the pool. Plus, at the end of the season, one of my regular clients gets a load of acorns falling in the pool. These tend to clog the suction lines when manually vacuuming, so I use the hammerhead on that pool at the end of the season too.
@@Shaynewarner1 I manage a small crew and I give myself majority of the shit pools just to keep their spirits high lol, if I didn’t use my riptide it adds at least an hour to my day. Now during closings riptide with the leaf bag 👌 best thing ever
pool closed? due to what? :)
Winter
What he says on the final of the videos i never understand can someone write for me please
The hdr is killing me, even on lowest brightness 😣
Closing my last 2 this weekend!
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pools closed due to aids
First! Nvm I’m 2nd lol
Literally who tf cares?
@@say_what_again no one cares but it’s just fun to say
Just wasting chemicals