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This season it seems like my pool is trending a bit lower on the pH side, I'm not too sure what's up or if it's worth worrying about/reacting to. I think it may have been due to a big downpour we received shortly after I opened my pool, but after my stabilizer was added and CYA was...

I've been maintaining my pool, which is just a 15' round Intex metal frame ABG with a sand filter, for several years exclusively going by knowledge that is promoted on this site and I've had varying degrees of success -- that is, I use liquid (12.5%) bleach to maintain FC @ around 4ppm with...

Well, I'm not quite sure where I went wrong... but I'm pretty sure Intex is lying about the volume of my 15' x 48" metal frame pool ... the manual and online docs say 4,440 gal. but I definitely screwed something up and hopefully someone here can help me figure out what so I can get things...

Hello, I recently took down my AG pool and am in the process of storing everything based on tips found here, but I couldn't find anything that specifically answers this question... this is my first year using a sand filter (14" Intex). I live in SE Michigan where we have very cold winters, and...

So this is the 2nd year I've had an above ground vinyl 15' x 48" Intex pool (4440 Gal.), the first year I was able to maintain decent FC levels from the get-go by starting it with just bleach then occasionally adding some dichlor. This year... different story. After opening it, I struggled a...

This weekend I filled a 15' x 48" Intex above ground pool... It completed filling about 11:30pm Friday night, so I put enough 6% bleach in (55oz) to get my FC to 6ppm per the Beginner's guide @ pool-school/temporary_pool_guide I ran the filter/pump all night, tested numbers late the following...