Too Much floating debris overloading skimmer.

[NWMNMom]

We have a huge problem with flying ants, bees, wasps and hornets of late because there is a drought so the pool is the only water around. I could easily empty that FULL skimmer out once every 2 hrs if we did not do something about it. We have decided to keep the solar blanket on until use each time. We still get a LOT, but much less when there is not a big swath of open water.

[gwrace1]

I've noticed several questions regarding the pool skim. I have not been on the forum much lately as we have been enjoying the pool. We are currently in somewhat of a drought here in south Texas and the leaves are beginning a premature falling from the trees. The basket on the pooskim is a very fine mesh and I have found it does an excellent job of picking up the smallest silt and debris. I'm guessing the bag is about two feet long and 6-8 inches wide. At our current rate of dying leaves I have to empty it about every couple of days because it is packed full. When we are getting our normal amount of rain fall it only needs to be emptied about once per week. It's a very simple precedure to empty the bag and takes all of about 1 minute.

It's amazing to watch how fast it can clear and clean the pool surface water. Because of the intense heat here this year we have been primarly using the pool in the evenings and at night. I usually fire up the pump on high speed about 1 hour ahead of when we plan to swim and let the pool skim go to work.

One of the best investments I've made.

[Pam and Jim]

This looks like something I may purchase.
I was wondering- do you have any other type pool cleaner on your pool?

THANKS

[RavenNS]

Skimmer socks ( as mentioned before)
& Pool Devil pro
http://www.pooldevil.com/
works awesome for leaves & bugs & algae ( & it's cheap!)