Thanks Virangos. It does help. We didn't buy a leaf net, but I think we're okay because we don't have too many leaves. We'll just scoop it out as we see them. You're right about the Illinois weather. We've been in the 80's this week. We have not closed our pool yet because of that. We'll probably drain below the skimmer once the warm weather has subsided and then unhook everything and do the usual closing procedure except covering.

I like to be able to add bleach since it won't be covered.

Thanks again!