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by KathyG
Sat May 07, 2022 11:34 am
Forum: Spain
Topic: New look Laymyhat
Replies: 5
Views: 917

Re: New look Laymyhat

Yay well overdue Paolo, as is your profile pic! :lol: Haven't been here for ages as I've now sold but will be popping in from time to time. I'll let some of the FB groups know that you've had a facelift. Well the site has anyway..... :wink:
by KathyG
Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:02 am
Forum: Buying/selling your home
Topic: We've sold Estuary House
Replies: 5
Views: 1585

We've sold Estuary House

Looks like we've sold. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: Where's that sobbing emoji gone?? I've just spent the last half an hour emailing all the guests booked in for 2022, most had moved from this year, had moved from 2020 so I've had a lot of communication with all of them for a very long time and I'm...
by KathyG
Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:25 am
Forum: Managing your property
Topic: Roasting tins
Replies: 2
Views: 2284

Sorry I'm a bit late to the party newtimber but 17 years ago I bought several Ikea roasting tins (Koncis) for our holiday home and they're as good as new today. Unbreakable and easy to clean, available in various sizes. Best buy ever!
by KathyG
Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:49 pm
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: Urgent pool help!
Replies: 21
Views: 3987

Thanks Teapot, I'm in the UK at the moment but will do so once I'm back in France.
by KathyG
Sun Sep 13, 2020 12:31 pm
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: Urgent pool help!
Replies: 21
Views: 3987

We've got a decent test kit, can measure everything yet still getting green patches. :evil:
by KathyG
Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:21 pm
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: How much to reduce our rent for each day our pool's green?
Replies: 22
Views: 3825

LotBoy47 wrote:Give the algae patches a good brushing before treating the water as some algae type form a crust on their surface which can stop the chemicals reaching the parts you need to kill.
Yep, gets brushed every time. :(
by KathyG
Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:35 am
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: How much to reduce our rent for each day our pool's green?
Replies: 22
Views: 3825

LotBoy47 wrote:Give the algae patches a good brushing before treating the water as some algae type form a crust on their surface which can stop the chemicals reaching the parts you need to kill.
Yep, gets brushed every time. :(
by KathyG
Sat Aug 08, 2020 6:16 am
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: How much to reduce our rent for each day our pool's green?
Replies: 22
Views: 3825

Your water must be nutrient rich in algae terms. Worth checking phosphate levels and whether the filtration is good enough, maybe add some seaKlear or jolly gel. I think that might be our problem too Teapot, levels of chlorine, CYA, pH etc all good but we're still getting patches of algae on a week...
by KathyG
Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:07 pm
Forum: UK & Ireland
Topic: Social distancing and bed linen change mid booking
Replies: 4
Views: 3107

Re: Social distancing and bed linen change mid booking

Under normal circumstances, I would normally wander down and ask if they wanted the beds changed, towels, bins emptied etc. If they did I would offer to do it or give them the linen so they could change it themselves, asking them to leave the dirty linen in the porch in a bag. However, I'm not at a...
by KathyG
Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:21 am
Forum: Just starting out
Topic: superking beds... does size matter?
Replies: 6
Views: 1617

Many people won’t book a property with a standard double, or maybe even a king (5ft wide). It’s the width that’s the key factor. Additional length is a bonus, but not at the expense of not being able to move around the bed easily. Before we had a kingsize bed for ourselves and knew better, we bough...
by KathyG
Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:51 am
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: Urgent pool help!
Replies: 21
Views: 3987

All seems pretty good, I take it the pH is without any chlorine present? yes, just our tap water that's going into the pool. My foremost question is, what caused the green swamp issue? I say that as my pool has been untouched for almost 16 months with the winter cover on and apart from the usual fi...
by KathyG
Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:32 am
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: Urgent pool help!
Replies: 21
Views: 3987

Update..... TA is actually 100
by KathyG
Sun Jul 05, 2020 5:03 am
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: Urgent pool help!
Replies: 21
Views: 3987

Thank you so much Teapot! Have never heard that we shouldn't be using the pH pump before...! So the pool is almost full, has taken almost 24 hrs to fill, so we're starting off with brand new water - how much CYA should we put in there? The pool is 43,000 L. We were aiming for 25-30 ppm, and are goin...
by KathyG
Sat Jul 04, 2020 4:52 am
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: Urgent pool help!
Replies: 21
Views: 3987

Thanks Richard, we eventually discovered that the whole of the bottom of the pool was a thick layer of algae so I think the problem was dead algae. We put the pool robot in to suck it up but the filter wasn't coping and had to be backwashed every few minutes. Eventually we decided the condition of t...
by KathyG
Fri Jul 03, 2020 12:07 pm
Forum: Managing your garden and pool
Topic: Urgent pool help!
Replies: 21
Views: 3987

Urgent pool help!

I'm hoping against hope that there's a pool expert here today! We're in Brittany, arrived on Tuesday to get the place ready for Dutch family arriving July 6th...... So, the pool is cloudy, greenish-blue although no visible algae. It's fed via an automatic dosing system and it seems that the pH pump ...