Leaves on bottom of pool

[Mom2Czars]

Mike, a 'leaf rake' will help. ...
The 'slip stream' of the net passing across the bottom will stir up adjacent leaves - you can either wait for them to settle out (by going to another area of the pool for a few minutes) or you can 'herd' the leaves to the shallow end for easier removal or you can start by pushing the rake out, when you get to ~max reach, quickly flip the net 180 deg and pull it back into the stirred up leaves - whem you get to the wall, flip it again and push into the entrained leaves...

This technique works great. I've had way too much opportunity to perfect it though. I'll be shopping for one of those leaf bagger dealies this year.

[CarlD]

It's a simple gadget--they make pool vacuums that work the same way, like the Black Magic. The garden hose creates a pressure spray that blows debris into the collection bag. It's very powerful but fine stuff passes through the bag. But for bigger stuff, it just sucks it up! The leaf-baggers work exactly the same way.

This is all a Black Magic vacuum is. There are other brands, too. The bag clips on the top. I think Biogard makes one, too.


Here's what a typical leaf-bagger looks like:



Pretty similar in concept, but geared for leaves.

Hope this helps.