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I got lucky, and noticed a leak when it was minor, and the pool only had 2 inches of water in it. So, food coloring looked like it was going to work, and drops placed around the perimeter DID all head to the correct end of the pool, but that did not help, as I saw where the puddle under the...

I have the same type of legs, and I used 2 1-foot lengths of pressure-treated 2 x 8s side-by-side, under the legs. I took a great deal of care in leveling things, and I used sand under each 2 x 8, removing and adding sand to the holes dug to get them level and even with the surface under the...

Per the title, I have an Intex above-ground "Ultra-Frame" pool with supports around the edges that look like this: The bottom of the "U" sits on the ground, and the two top sections plug into a pipe that runs around the circumference of this "bag of water" pool. After 4 years, I have some...

I guess the (mostly philosophical) question was overlooked - I was asking about the ORDER in which one should adjust various factors. I was always under the impression that TA was to be brought into line first, then pH, and only then FC. But what can one do in parallel, without working at...

So, put 4,500 gals of city water into an above-ground pool, added my salt for the SWG, and took some initial readings: pH: 8.2+ (Taylor chems, darker pink than the max reading on my gear, which is 8.2) FC: 0 (Taylor DPD) Alk: 40 CYA: less than 40 (lowest reading on tube) So, added what "Pool...

Solution: Bought a 100% plastic ladder from a fellow who bought a pool kit, but had built a deck around his pool, and did not need the standard ladder. Darn thing weighs a ton, and is far more bulky, but it is also far more sturdy. Metal ladder to be recycled as scrap

The patient is an Intex above-ground pool with SWG, 3rd of 4th year of operation, presenting significant surface corrosion on the ladder section at the waterline. Last year, I wire-brushed all the corrosion off and repainted with Rustoleum, but corrosion reappeared. If this were a boat, I'd...

Yes, the BeeGees sang it best - "Grease Is The Word..."

I guess I should add that if the "Low Salt" alarm persists after one has removed the corrosion, and ohmed out the connections from circuit board to cell plug and found them to be acceptable, then the clear answer is that your cell needs replacing, only about $45 delivered. I have to say that I...

A "Low Salt" error causes Intex SWGs to shut down, and refuse to make chlorine. Mine gave me 3 such errors on successive nights. There are multiple videos purporting to "fix" the issue, by hot-wiring the metal-plate cell directly to the transformer, and bypassing the timer and all the...

The only pool-math listed SWG under "Intex" shows the "Krystal Clear" and lists it at .63 lbs / 24 hrs.' There are at least 2 "Krystal Clear" models, with model numbers on the front of these units. The "Model ECO6110" is the 0.63 lbs / 24 hrs, while the "Model ECO5110" is 0.24 lbs /24 hrs...

So, things were not as bad as they seemed. Added Clorox, per "pool math" in an attempt to simply get from FC-3 up to FC-16, and most of the Clorox from a still-sealed gallon jug got eaten by this invisible, undetected algae. So... Added 30 oz Clorox Tuesday Night, and ran the pump and SWG...

Added 30 oz of Clorox, per the "pool math" calculation, but the result after a few hours with the pump running was not an FC of "7". It was "5" using a 10ml DPD test. Over night, with only the pump running for a total of 12 hours, the 5K gallon pool sank to "4", again using a 10ml DPD test...