Recent content by harrenst

Mine is on a concrete slab also. It's a little over an inch off. 4 years ago I put my pool on carpet padding cut to size. I put a second layer underneath the low end to level it up a bit. At the end of that season, I took it down and stored it til this year (I threw out the pad). I forgot all...

Same thing is happening to my pool, only mine is under a solid open air cover. I added about 2 cups of bleach (per pool calculator) 2 oz of algaecide, and 6 oz of muriatic acid. About how long does it take for all that to mix so I can get a pretty good test again? …. moved from another's thread...

I have your exact same pool. After a few months with the size pump you have, I went out and got a slightly bigger one, which handles a standard vacuum just fine. Even so, I don't use it but MAYBE once a season because I suck most dirt out with a 15' clear vinyl 1/2" tube, you know, fill the tube...

Why does my pool feel warmer in the early morning? Also, I believe my chemistry is finally decent. Now I want to go after the "feel." Granted this is a little itty bitty pool compared to you big boys out there, but SO nice to have after work (or before)(or on my lunchbreak), and I want it as...

Yah...somewhere I read about all the btu's required to heat a pool. Sigh. Even so, my mental state is sufficiently convinced to take the plunge! Once I'm in, it's all good.

I hung a $10 swamp cooler pump from the ladder to the inside of the pool and routed $30 worth of black 1/2" hose (150 feet) to do a little solar help. It works great, but then, I have a little 12 footer, and it's AZ, which means solar is never in short supply. Yes, I gotta get in and stir it up...

I put up my little 12 footer up 4 summers ago. That fall I took it down and the liner has been stored in various places--back patio, garage, laundry room...I just put it up 2 days ago and it's fine. Now if I can quickly get reeducated on chemistry I'll be in good shape!

For my first year I put a 12 foot x 36" pool on a concrete slab. I used a piece of carpet padding (that light green stuff with blue and red foam bits in it) under it, trimming it to the shape. It worked fine. The squares will work also. You may see the pattern of the squares through the liner...

This is from another thread in this website: i just put a skimmer in mine yesterday with my pool full and no problems i did not lose a pint of water and it is better to have the pool full because the liner is stretched. when you install it make sure it is level and start at the top corners and...

You'll know when it's time to start modifications, the reasons just sort of manifest themselves. I had no intention of doing ANYTHING with this, my first pool, and already I've cut into it, rigged a vacuum system and upgraded to a larger-than-stock pump. I have no need of a skimmer at this...

Re: 15 x 42 metal frame pool with pinhole leak on side - HEL There's a product out there that's an underwater wet/dry goo for doing small patches. Cheers! I had a leak within the first hour of my pool also but it's been great ever since (goin on 2 months now)

Ah. I'll take it apart then. So maybe I can make a mesh "sock" that'll be fastened at the intake that I can pull out when I take the hose out after vacuuming? And by chance do you know if it's okay to run the filter/pump with the pool cover on.

I picked up a vacuum head, a pole and a pool hose. I unscrewed the intake cover in the pool and found that when the pump is turned on, it suctions the hose very nicely, eliminating the project of modifying a plunger to suction to the wall over the intake cover. It works GREAT except I am...

Well I went ahead and upgraded to the 2500gph, and LOVE it. I followed the guidance by another poster to cut the liner so the supplied fittings would work as designed. I highly recommend doing this procedure.