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You know, I don't remember for sure. I could be, as that sounds very familiar. It's going into its third winter now. It's held up very well. I can't imagine using it floating on the water, though. I do like it suspended above.

I'm not an expert, but I do have an 18' round Coleman frame pool. I've drained below the intakes the last two years, and it's been perfectly stable, though I'm not sure if the shape would change that. I tried plugging my intakes the first year, but as soon as the water froze, it expanded the...

Thanks, Allen! The less I have to do at this point, the better. I'm over the pool right now. LOL

We've had an unseasonably cool August here in Indiana, and no one has used the pool for 6 weeks. With no warm weather in sight, I'm going to partially close the pool today. This just means I'll cover it, but keep it balanced and the pump going until we get closer to freezing. I use a mesh cover...

Thank you AJW I appreciate that!

I went to drain the pool a bit yesterday and add ploy-60 and saw some green in the glass of the sand tank. So I SLAMMED the pool and then backwashed some to get chlorine in there. Then it rained a ton which diluted the chlorine so I had to add more. I’ve got one more night then it’s going to...

Thank you!

Time to close the pool! Water temp finally dropped below 60 and looks like we'll start getting some freezing overnight temperatures soon. The pool has been covered for the last month but I've kept the pump running, I did SLAM when I first covered it as I found a bit of algae trying to take hold...

Thank you Texas Splash!

We’re done with the pool until May. I’ve semi-closed it, meaning it’s covered but I’ll be maintaining balance and running the pump until the freeze comes. We use well water and my TA usually starts high. At the beginning of the summer I lower the PH to 7.2 every time it gets to 7.6. With the...

Newdude, you brush it together on top of the solar cover before removing? I’ve officially decided to give it at least another year, with a promise from my kids that they’ll learn some of the maintenance! Thanks for the tips!

Thanks! I guess I just wondered if the fact that it was bigger helps keep it cleaner? What do you think? Otherwise things could gather on the edges. I'm seriously thinking of keeping the pool now. I broke down and installed the over the wall skimmer I had bought a bit ago but hadn't installed...

Woodstock quick question, did you buy your solar cover bigger on purpose? Because I thought most say inside?