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Thanks - that’s what I was thinking. I’ll try leaving them out.

I don’t have an Intex, so I can speak specifically to how well they would hold up. But you should realize that unless the water is well below that point to start it is going to leak out. Even during winter when the pool has a big block of ice on the top there will be water below which will leak...

A mesh cover will let water through and will filter off the big stuff. With a mess cover you need to make sure you have a place for the water to escape. This can be done by leaving the return open for the rain and snow melt to drain. With a solid cover you want to pump water off the top so it...

Hi, I have a ground mounted rack for my solar heaters (2 4x20 Fafco Solar Bear). Every year I go through the ritual of taking them off the rack, rolling them up and placing them under a covered deck. This keeps the snow and ice off of them but they are still exposed to the cold temperatures...

I have an above ground Kayak pool with a mini 5.5’ deep end. I add RV antifreeze to the main drain line and tie off the line at the top of the pool wall. I use 1 gallon for about 12’ of 1.5” flexible PVC. Antifreeze sinks so it is stays at the bottom of the pool in the drain and the diluted...

No it’s right in the middle of the pool so it’s pretty inaccessible. My only bet (other than draining the pool) is through the irrigation line. Best case is that the 1 inch supply pipe is severed / detached from the other end of the pipe. When I cut it from outside the pool I could in theory...

Thanks - yeah I think this is a job too small for anyone to come out and do. It’s not terrible, just a little annoying. I may just stomp as best I can around the edges to level it off a bit. I mean it would only need about 1 cubic foot of sand to smooth it out again.

So unbeknownst to me I had a main supply for our lawn irrigation run under our above ground pool. This week the line busted. Luckily I caught it quickly but there is now a decent size divot where the water disturbed the sand under the liner. Maybe 18 inches wide by 4 inches deep. So it...

Try this: https://www.kayakkatalogue.com/liners/25-mil-kayak-liners.html

I have a semi in ground pool with a main drain and the pad below the water line. I lift the drain line above the water line, pour in RV antifreeze and keep the line tied off until spring. Your situation is a little more complicated. Since most of your lines are well below ground and I doubt...

I try to limit dumping pool water as much as possible but no bad impacts on the lawn whenever I have drained down. The salt level in pool water is significantly less than you get from run off from roads and walkways where salt is generously thrown on the surface and concentrated nearby.

I detach and tie my bottom drain to the deck and then dump a gallon of antifreeze in. It stays thawed all winter in MA hard winters. It’s cheap and harmless so I would recommend it.

I realized that whichever way I went my old skimmer plate would be useless. So I decided to experiment. I put a hole in the plate and then put in a rain barrel hose attachment. If I block off the return, any water reaching this point will be carried past the skimmer and away from the pool wall...

Thanks. At this point I think I’m leaning towards leaving the lower return jet open. The only downside I see is I’ll lose some of the salt and CYA in the water which I can replenish easy enough in the spring. I can plug it up in early spring after the great melt and have a decent water level...

Hi. I have a Kayak above ground pool with wrap around deck like this. I’ve always used a solid tarp style winter cover. For a while I would drain down to the return jet which is a few inches below the bottom of the skimmer. I didn’t like how the lower level caused the cover to fall into the...

If you are getting solar power from the roof and don’t want to waste yard space, you can use the green power to run an electric heat pump. Even a moderate sized heat pump will give more BTUs than solar thermal panels considering how much size you have to work with.

You know, before I posted this I did update my profile, but apparently not my signature. I think I did it now. My current solar automation is looking at the weather forecast and if it’s sunny I turn the valve to on and if not I turn it to off.:) Everything is always absorbing heat from...

Like many others I’m contemplating an earlier opening due to our stay at home orders. I’m wondering if there is some calculation for determining how warm the water can be given a certain water temp and air temp and assuming that the panels are only used while it sunny. On a recent 50 F degree...

Start adding the bleach right after the drain down. You will get a higher concentration for the remaining dirty water using the same amount of bleach. Presumably the fill water is clean and doesn’t need the high level.

This is probably a stupid question... I've read a lot of posts about testing CYA and to make sure that you do it in a bright area with your back to the sun holding the kit at waist level. Unless you are testing around noon time this would normally cast a shadow over the test which was I...

Yes - you generally need more pumping / filtration time than chlorine production time. So if you need to / want to keep the pump running 24 hours you need less % of that time to keep up with the chlorine loss.

Thanks to everyone. This was all really helpful. When I first read jblizzle's response about exploding water I thought it was a joke... Unfortunately the PB has already installed the SWG. There isn't much available pipe between the filter and the SWG to do a simple cut in to route the solar...

We have a new 11500 gallon above ground pool. This will be the first year with a SWG (Aquacal Autopilot). In the old pool I just used bleach as recommended by TFP and followed the recommended FC and CYA levels and was very happy with the results. I have two questions where the mfr or builder...

Ok - that makes sense now. They behave differently when there is active pressure from weight of the water that I didn't have when elevated. This certainly simplifies my plumbing plan. Thanks everyone.

Yes - that's what I was thinking about. They did not leak much if at all when the pump was running but once I turned the pump off the water would drain out as expected / designed. I'm worried about that end of cycle leak being continuous when below level. I don't see how I could stop that valve...

I used a pair of 20x4 Fafco solar panels last year. They were mounted on the pool deck above the water line. This year we have a new pool and deck which is too small for the panels. Was wondering if they are below the water line they will leak continuously when the pump is not running. I think...

Thanks. I went to the hardware store known for having everything (even though its 1/50 the size of the box stores). I expected at best to find a salesman to help build a cord. Found this little guy for $12 with a male conventional outlet and a female twist lock. Worth it just to prevent the...

We just replaced our AGP this week. Right now we are in the limbo period between having the pool built and having the electrician come. The current outlet for the old pool is about 35 feet away from the old one. Both the new and the old pump run on the 3 prong twist lock outlet. I can't seem...

Thanks. I think I worded my question poorly. I'm definitely not giving up on having a good test kit. My thought was, my reagents are pretty much all in need of replacement due to age and I need to get a salt test. Is now a good time to think whether I should switch from the k-2006 to the TF100...