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    Swimming pools / chloro

    I am curious on how would you save a lot of money by using bleach instead of granular/pucks ? Specially, where I can buy a full 250 pucks container for less than 8,000 nowadays
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    Private Schools

    Thanks @bob saunders, looking for perhaps personal experiences given my position and information
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    Private Schools

    I was about to post a new thread regarding this, but I will try first: I am looking for a school for my almost 4 year old son, he has attended a "estancia" where only Spanish has been spoken so far since her mother works there. I want to get him to a bilingual school. We are around the Arroyo...
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    Pool maintenance questions.... yes!

    Oh and while we are on the subject of pucks: do you guys use a floater or just throw them in the skimmer ? I have read mixed opinions on the subject
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    Pool maintenance questions.... yes!

    I surely believe I have read in online forums that they are all manufactured the same
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    Pool maintenance questions.... yes!

    It is Limar Brand, manufactured by these people https://ardilcomercial.com/
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    Pool maintenance questions.... yes!

    Yeah, I was going to tell the same - I got lucky (I am in Santo Domingo) that I picked up some pucks the other day at the innovacion that they have some 50-pucks buckets and it cost me less than 7,000 for around 150, which should last me the whole 2022 season. But is not just the price, it is...
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    Pool maintenance questions.... yes!

    I believe one of the symptoms of a broken lateral is if you have sand in your pool. So, do you see or catch any sand from your pool ?
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    Pool maintenance questions.... yes!

    I envy you. If i run my pump for just one hour daily, I rather call it a swamp than a pool, lol
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    Pool maintenance questions.... yes!

    @cavok this was my understanding as well, reason I could not understand how people on this thread say they are running theirs for just a couple of hours a day.
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    Pool maintenance questions.... yes!

    Guys, just wanted to chime in seeing this has got some attention. I see some of you say you only run your pump a couple hours a day, just how is that ?? I find that if i run my pump less than 8-10 hours a day it starts to turn green, I only use pucks btw and rarely add acid. Also, my pump is a...
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    Pool owners: how much water do you need to add daily/weekly ?

    Hello all. Just wondering how much often do you have to hose your pool to keep the water top ? I am wondering as I need to add water every 5-7 days to it and I am hesitant to think this is due to evaporation and/or wind. I am currently living in the Arroyo Hondo area in Santo Domingo. Have not...
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    Money transfer from UK (EUR) to DR (USD)

    greetings everyone! What is everyone using to transfer money from the UK in EUR to a USD bank account in the DR (Banco Santa Cruz in this case). So I have been using Azimo for transfers but they have turned into crap recently and I was looking for other alternatives. When I transfer from...
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    Dollars investment

    Hiya, So does anyone know of a good way to invest some dollars and get some decent returns while living here? I am not looking for super-duper-mega return rates, but something decent. For example, the highest rate I have been quoted from a local bank over here for a 100K investment in a CD is...