vacation chlorinating

[rbossert]

Ever since I first became educated through this site I've been using bleach in my above ground pool. The problem is that when I leave town for a few weeks I have to find a friend willing to dose the pool weekly or more often in hot weather. I've been thinking about using pucks in a floating dispenser when for two weeks this month. Is there a better strategy and if not are there adjustments to the pool chemistry I should do before I go?

[singingpond]

This thread:

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...t=adding+borax

has some useful vacation tips, particularly the post by PoolDoc (top of page 2).

[singingpond]

Just wondering how long newish users are subject to moderation... makes it hard to be helpful in responding to questions raised by other posters.