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I bought the Intex foot bath on Amazon when I got the ladder. Works good, surprisingly solidly built considering the price and the plastic molding. Much smaller than a hardware store kiddie pool, but that means it's easier to empty and clean. Pool water still looks great, but its sagging even...

Added 4 dry oz. (of ~20 eventual) of dichlor tonight after 3 kids swam in the cold water (and probably peed). Patrick, you're right: It's only ~$20 or so in water to completely drain and refill this pool. I might do that if the low end sags more, but for now the clay is holding up OK...we'll see...

That's the guide I was looking for! All I could find this year was the version at the Poolforum. My Google-fu must be getting weak. Thanks for the tips on running a slightly higher CYA with our level of sun (stabilizer was less important the last two years since the pool sat on a covered...

I misread the bottle. I thought I was adding 1 quart of 8.25%, and stupidly thinking "1 quart of bleach in a 2000 gal pool isn't possibly enough" I gave it a couple more glugs and sure enough: there went about a half a gallon. Only then did I see it was 10%. I tested today with my kit after a...

Hi all - Been reading this forum as a guest for the last two years to maintain a 8 ft round Intex pool. This year, we got a bigger pool to match our bigger kids. I spent last weekend leveling our hard Arizona clay as best I could (ended up about 2 inches too low on the low end, but it seems OK...