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Hopefully someone can help me out with a situation I am in. This was our first winter with our AGP that we installed last summer. I have a heavy duty winter cover on the pool.......We had a very very bad winter with tremendous snow. A week or so ago, I looked out the window and the snow and...

First year with our 21 foot round AGP. We live in Northern Ontario Canada......Winter is quickly approaching, so I want to learn what tod do with our pool. I have bought a heavy duty winter pool cover and a 4 x 8 foot air bag. Do you use the water bags to hold the winter cover on or ????? I...

Just wondering what everyone suggests doing with their AGP when you are going away for a period of 4 or 5 days? Do you bring your pool up to a shock level based on your cya and leave the solar cover on and cross your fingers? Thanks PS; I imagine you need to hire or recruit someone to...

Just wondering what typically you expect to lose from evaporation or ??? normally? I have a 21 foot AGP and have not set up my solar cover/reel yet.

Hi All: Finally installed and got our new 21 foot AGP up and running.......quite a project and learning experience. We bought a really awesome security ladder that has a lockable roll-up safety sheild,,,,,,,which is great BUT....they want me to drill 2 holes into the top rails (metal) to...

OK: For: 21 foot AGP (Cornelius). I rented sod cutter and got rid of sod in area and 18" past where pool will go. Got ground as level as possible. Brought in a bunch of crusher fines (had to use 3-4" on one side of site to level). Rented plate compactor and spend hours compacting the...

My vendor suggested these 12 x 12 cement pads......I would say they are 2 1/2" to 3" thick. This is what they use under the pools they install. My previous pool////i used 8x8 pads. I saw a few posts here about 4x8 pads??? What size do you all suggest for the cement pads for support under...

I have posted, and perhaps not worded it correctly? I really would apreciate it if someone could share there expertise here. I have a new to be installed 21 foot round AGP. I have a carvin shark 1.5 hp 2 speed pump and a carvin 160sqft cartridge filter. I just ordered a 4 foot flex hose for...

Hi All: I am prepping our site for 21 foot round AGP. I rented sod cutter and took the sod off the site. I cleared 18" extra so that we can use plastic and then top with rocks/gravel around pool. I have about a 4 inch height difference side to side on the sight. I took away material from...

Hi All: We bought a 21 foot round AGP. It is our first real AGP. I have ordered pretty much everything I can think of needing. It is in our garage waiting for site prep and warm weather (in Canada). Any way: I bought a 2 speed 1.5hp Carvin shark pump and I bought a 160sqft Carvin...

We are new to this. Will be installing a 21 foot round AGP shortly. Buying supplies now, as they are selling out. Was tossing and turning all night about what vacuum to buy.....I ended up buying this: Zodiac Kontiki Automatic Pool Cleaner | Pool Supplies Canada. I have bought a 1.5 hp two...

Just wondering if there is a sticky somewhere about what us folks who get very cold winters have to do? Thanks

Hello I just bought a 1.5 hp two speed carvin shark pump and a Carvin Sherwood 160 cartridge filter. The pump has 1 1/2 inch fittings and the cartridge filter has 2 inch fittings. I assume they sell/make adapters I can use to gat eveything down to 1 1/2 inch? Thanks

I live in Northern Ontario, Canada. We had a 14 foot round Coleman pool for the last 5 years or so, and I have used the HTH 6 way test strips and liquid bleach, I would add CYA at start of each season based on pool math and I would do an adjustment to PH at start of year. I also would add an...

Please advise as to best way to prep a base to put our new 21 foot round pool on. My situation: We had a 14 foot round coleman pool and I had a spot cleared and pretty level for this pool (not 100% level). I added sand after I leveled the dirt. So now we are going to install a new 21 foot...

Hi All: We bought and will be installing a 21 foot round AGP to replace our old 14 foot round coleman pool. In our old pool. I used liquid high strength chlorine bleach. I talked to our vendor today, and he suggests using chlorine pucks with cya. He mentioned a feeder can be used for these...

Hello all: We live in Northern Ontario Canada, so short season with long cold winters. My Wife wants a pool, our 14 foot Coleman was thrown away at end of last season as I thought it had reached the end of its life (had 4 or so great summers out of it!!). Any way, we missed out on smaller...

Just curious if CYA levels drop with time? Also, it sure seems to take a long time for CYA to dissolve.....I am doing the sock hanging infront of return jet method suggested by a member here.

OK: Just filled and installed a new 16 x 4 AG coleman vinyl pool.......roughly 5700 gallons. Cartridge filter and 1500 gph pump. Any way, I have a floating chlorine DUAL ACTION puck in the pool currently (roughly 28 hours in pool so far). MY PROBLEM: I have no "good" test kit until I...

I just bought and installed a coleman 16 x 4 foot round AG pool. It is Vinyl with steel frame and uses a cartridge filter in the pump. Any way, I bought a floating chlorine dispenser and after a few calls I was told to run the DUAL function chlorine/cya 3" pucks. Someone pointed me here, so I...