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My wife is making our annual trip today to buy new floats and toys for the pool. We usually end up dropping a few hundred on these over each summer, and I would like to get away from that and buy some durable stuff that will last more than a season. I am particularly looking for some good...

We have decided to look into getting a retractable awning for our lower deck area this year and have just started the process of looking into them. I decided this would be a good place to start looking for information since you have all been so helpful in the past. We are looking at a 16'x10'...

FC 12 CC 0 TC 12 pH 7.2 TA 50 CYA 40 All in all I am pretty satisfied with the winterizing last year. I had a lot of trouble during opening last year, but this year I think I started early enough to (hopefully) keep it under control. The water was clear when the cover came off but went...

I wonder what I am doing wrong. My pool looks like a green swamp when I open it, and it is filled with frog eggs. It is covered all winter long but this has happened both years. I created a thread for you. Please don't threadjack. It is hard to help when we have to sort out who has what...

I had the pool store open the pool this year (I know now, but didn't then) just so I wouldn't have to mess with the cover, and because this was our first open, and I wasn't 100% sure about how to attach all the hoses. Well, that is pretty much all they did. They didn't even add water to it...

It has been a difficult month in my pool. I have kept up with BBB for the most part, but with almost 60 days of 100+ degrees, my pool has been eating chlorine like candy. I have been using at least 1 of the big jugs every day, sometimes more. Anyway, I kept up with it. Then we got some...

I am ready to add some lights to my pool, and need some advice on which ones are best. I have been considering the Intex magnetic lights like this one: http://www.amazon.com/Intex-LED-Pool-Wa ... 619&sr=8-3 My only concern is whether it would work on a non-intex pool with metal sides. Any...

I have my first test numbers, but I need help knowing what I need to do now, what to add, etc. FC 1.5 CC 1 TC 2.5 pH 7 T/A 70 CH 60 CYA 65

The ladder that came with our Doughboy pool is inadequate. It only attaches to the sides with 2 nylon straps that go under the rails and that scares me a lot. I used the ladder last night and it was wabbling and buckling all over the place. I have attached a poor pic of it (I can take more...

They finally started the digging 3 days late.

We are still waiting for our pool to be installed. Some rain caused some delays this weekend, so I've had time to think about some things. How do you all handle liability issues with regard to kids in the pool? My understanding is that if someone gets hurt on your property, you are liable for...

I have spent the past week reading over this site and my head is spinning with all the information. We are having an 18'X38' doughboy above ground installed on saturday. Initially, I got pool stored into a frog system, but I am going to cancel that. My big question is, what method would work...

We are having an above round pool installed in a little over a week and we are having an issue with skimmer/pump location. The people at the pool store tell us that the skimmer really needs to be in the northeast or northwest corner so the wind can assist with the skimming process. How much...