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16 mil clear and you won't look back, you can build a reel for it or just cut it into three or four pieces so it's easier to handle.

Follow pool school for above ground pools.....it has never failed me. The four night routine is meant to get chlorine in the pool plus build up CYA over four days, not shock it. I follow this then move to just bleach and borax, I only get to keep my pool up for two months being up north but it...

Just finished putting mine away for the season....it is really sad....anyway once empty, which I use a garden hose, then sump pump then shop vac, I turn mine over inside my shed (propped up) to let dry out, I then pick a nice day lay it out on the lawn to get real nice and warm and blow any...

I had great luck with the 16mil diamond clear this year, I live up north so temps are all over the place, it's a little heavy but the pool never fell below 80 even when we had weeks in the 70s and nights in the 50s.

I had my wife go to our local pool store to buy some flex hose and a another lady and her began to talk and the lady was complaining about how much she spent on chems each week, something like $150, she asked my wife "what do you use" my wife stated "bleach" the lady replied "oh, well I have an...

Re: Free Intex saltwater system ( Now $119) the hard part was holding my breath long enough to get the camera to focus :lol:

Re: Free Intex saltwater system ( Now $119) new pump and sand filter couldn't be working better...here is a pic of how clear my pool is.

sometimes ignorance is bliss.....we just got back from vaca and the pool at the hotel left something to be desired..couldn't see the deep end. My 12 yr old son wouldn't go in, of course my 7 yr old didn't much care.

Re: Free Intex saltwater system BBB - it's been a couple of weeks and I'm really happy so far, it moves the whole pool, you can see the light dust on the bottom moving around. I run it about 8 hours or so a day some times more as it's better safe than sorry. I backwashed for the first time...

Re: Free Intex saltwater system Just go in and buy a gift card online for $50 then use the e-gift card number to pay for it.

Re: Free Intex saltwater system The Ultra 16x48 came with the 635 1500 GPH pump, I was surprised at how well the pump actually moved the water except for air locking with the cheapo skimmer, which I usually had disconnected to get better flow. I set the pool up on July 1 and only vaccummed...

Re: Free Intex saltwater system Mine came today.....man what a difference a REAL pump can make....BBB bliss.....BBBeliever thanks for letting us know about this :party:

Re: Free Intex saltwater system Wow..thanks just ordered.....also I think you can buy a store gift card with the e-gift card and then use it in the store :party:

No worries there, we live in Bis ND....no one uses cameras......yet

So my neighbors decided to put up an abg intex pool, last year they just used mine :rant: , thanks to TFP my pool was crystal clear all year but the neighbor lady didn't think much of my chemical process.....so last weekend when they left town for four days I was so darn curious how they were...

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Intersting article http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,597467,00.html

if you follow the seasonal pool guide and you buy a "shock" product make sure it contains trichlor or dichlor (sp?), the HTH shock products sold at walmart do not contain either, you have to read the labels to make sure. You will be well served following the seasonal pool guide. Also...

Is this a seasonal pool?

The other thing to take into account is to clean the filter often, they are pretty worthless but capture a lot of body oils. A minimum of every three days if swimmer load is light and every day if swimmer load is heavy. You can keep the filter looking like new with 5 minutes worth of...

Ditto - there is no comparison between the two, I tried that stupid leaf cover and put it away after two days of frustration and skimmed my pool daily until my solar cover arrived.

Get a solar cover, the leaf cover on these type of pools are useless...as you have found.

We have some form of wind all the time here, make sure its flat on the water and also get a little water on top of it so it weighs it down some, I have had no issues and we have add some storms with 70+ winds here.

Been using bleach, I haven't purchased the TF100 yet, as right b4 I found this site I bought the HTH 6 way from wally world, that just has OTO. Water has been really clear, doesn't mean much I know but I haven't let the chlorine levels drop below recommended levels. Tonite after I adjusted the...

So I'm confused. Ph has been running 7.2 to 7.3, it has been real warm the last few days and the pool has seen a heavy bathing load. Today I tested the pool around noon and the ph was its usual self, this afternoon the kids said their eyes were burning some so I checked and the ph was down to...

Maybe we could add a spousal training manual in Pool School :mrgreen:

Heck I would settle for her picking up the leaf skimmer

My wife made the comment last night as we were in the pool (finally got hot here 97F :party: ) how nice the water looked and felt, and the pool, swimmers and the swim suites didn't stink like chlorine. Now if I could just get her to clean it :whip: Thanks TFP :cheers:

Buy a solar cover, the leaf covers for these pools are junk