Here are some Excellent Pool Care Links and Pool Maintenance Advice

General Pool Care

This site has some excellent advice on getting your pool ready for opening: http://www.thefunplace.com/house/home/pool3.html and also basic chemical use- REALLY good for beginner

Instructions for Opening Your Pool http://www.pool-information.com.au/summer.html

Instruction for Closing Your Pool

Excellent advice on closing your pool for the season: http://www.thefunplace.com/house/home/pool2.html Closing and Winterizing Pool: http://www.poolcenter.com/fall.htm

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Paintball is a hugely popular sport where players on different teams eliminate each other by hitting them with paintballs, using a gas powered gun which is called a maker.

The game is played either indoors or indoors. Rules for playing paintball vary widely, with most designed to ensure that participants enjoy the sport in a safe environment. The sport requires a significant amount of equipment and has even developed its own slang.

One of the most populat paintball websites on the web: http://www.warpig.com/ Very cluttered and hard to read, but ots of info on the history of paintball , http://www.ody.ca/~cwells/history.htm

Paintball Museum and Gallery List of Markers, Equipment, Playing Positions, and includes a Game Locator Play Paintball online with miniclips paintball game Paintball Supplies: http://www.xtremez.com/paintball/default.asp Paintball Reviews and Gamefields

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I decided to install laminate flooring in my family room. I was surprised at lack of info on how to install laminate flooring. Most sites about flooring and laminate flooring just say “click into place” . I have amassed information and links about installing floors that I found really helpful over the process. If you have any comments or suggestions- please feel free to comment.

Excellent Laminate Flooring Information: Tons of good info here, one of the few places that really explained the finishing details, like baseboards, how to install quarter roud, etc. - http://www.laminate-flooring.com/index.php? a=installation

Step-by-Step Instructions for installing : http://interiordecorating.suite101.com/article.cfm/installinghardwoodlaminate_floor

This is EXCELLENT- very helpful info on installing laminate floors: http://www.how-to-install-it-yourself.com/how-to-install-laminate-flooring.html

Tools you will need to install laminate flooring:

Note: There is no need to buy most of these tools- you should be able to rent them

Tapping block (should fit the product’s tongue)

Pull bar ( will often come in flooring kit- A MUST)

miter saw

Spacers (If you run out, use scraps of laminate)

Saw (table saw or circular saw)

Pencil

Level

Tape Measure

1 lb. Hammer

rubber mallet ( for tapping)

Jamb Saw or Undercut Saw

Plastic Tape (Duct Tape) for taping pad

Utility Knife or Scissors

Brad Nailer (optional, for trim pieces, quarter round) Masonite or scrap lumber (1/8 in. thickness)

Preparation for Installing Laminate Floor

1. Remove any carpeting and pad if you are installing laminate in that area. You can install laminate flooring right over Linoleum, vinyl, and ceramic tile as long as it is LEVEL.
2. Check sub floor for unevenness by putting a 2X4 diagonally across the room. Lay a level on top. If floor is uneven, purchase a self leveling compound from your local hardware store. It mixes with water and will automatically fill in all low spots.
3. Sweep and vacuum sub floor.
4. Make sure that boxes of flooring have acclimated inside the house for AT least 48 hours- this is also your best bet to avoid warping.

5. Decide which way you would like boards to lie in each room. Most manufacturers recommend having the grain of the wood follow the sunlight from a window OR along the longest wall.

6. Measure your room and divide by the width of the laminate planks to determine how many planks it will take to complete the room. If less than a 2 ½ in. piece must be used at the end, you will need to start out with a partial board across your first row. That way, both the first and the last row will have a large enough piece that it will be stable.

Excellent Laminate Flooring Information:

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