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    Stressed New Pool Owner in Cardinals Nation!!!

    If I may interject on my first day here, I just set up that same pool. The vacuum that came in the 'care kit' is of the venturi variety with a net bag to catch the big stuff, if I'm not mistaken. Skimming: long pole with a net on the end will do the trick for starters. This may have come with...
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    Tmonster here, ya'll!

    That is just the kind of size and scale I had in mind. Looks great! I'm hoping to incorporate a very stable ladder or stairs that will accomodate our aging parents as well. They really want to swim with the grandkids.
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    Tmonster here, ya'll!

    Hey thanks for this awesome resource. I'm in Texas and a three-year veteran of Intex above-ground pools. Started with a 15'x48" metal frame that we used for two years. The bottom liner just wasn't going to make it a third, so this year we upgraded to a 22' x 52" ultra-frame pool. I learned...