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  1. Nick

    A challenge - Solar heating for free?

    Well it's OK for many of you good people, you are lucky enough to live in a climate where your pools warm nicely throughout the day :) But for me, being stuck in Blighty our pool is further north than all the US states except Alaska so the amount of solar benefit (even with a solar cover) is not...
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    Bestway Sand Filter

    Hi All, Has anyone tried using Bestway Sand Filters and pumps? I have been trying to come up with a sensible cost effective solution to replace our Intex paper filter for next season so I started searching for different options and I came across This One As we have an Intex 16 x 48 AGP I...
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    CYA in stabilized granules

    Hi chums, I would like to ask for some help from the chemical gurus on the forum. Unfortunately I cannot afford a proper testing kit at the moment but I would love to be able to work out what CYA level I have at the. My pool is about 7,000 US Gallons and so far has only been given one kilo of...
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    Pool cover tips

    Hi guys, Can I pick your brains please? I have just invested in a solar pool cover (expensive bubble wrap) for our 16 foot round AGP. As you can imagine, living in the UK we can never rely on the weather but I'm going to try and make the most of solar to keep the pool warm. My question...
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    Conversion rates

    I thought I should share a problem I stumbled upon when I first started maintaining my pool. I have a 16 foot round pool which I calculated to be 6,000 UK gallons or 27,276 litres However, 6,000 US gallons are only 22,712 litres I visited websites offering to calculate chlorine grams required...
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    No avatar

    Not that i'm much to look at :lol: But I can't seem to find any way of loading my avatar in my profile settings. Can anyone point me in the right direction please? I can see where the php is calling the file but I'm assuming the path is either invalid or the file is corrupt and needs to...
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    YATP

    This should test a few things :? including colour
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    One from the UK says Hi

    Hello there, I just wanted to drop a quick line to say thanks for the site as it's very informative and friendly. I've learned quite a lot just by reading stickies and some odd posts. I'm in Bristol in the UK and until this year we had messed around with small inflatables for the kids to...