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    Cleaning the liner outside of the pool

    Opened up the pool over the weekend and the outside of the liner is quite grimy, particularly the top white part of the liner. Any suggestions on whitening up the white without adversely affecting the water? I was thinking that I could use a mild solution of Simple Green or a similar APC on the...
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    Rigid PVC plumbing question

    I wouldn't put them in the ground either. I would want to pack it all up in the Fall, plus I just don't have the gumption to do that. I was thinking that after connecting to the pup, the piping would be solid and the pipe itself would not flex and move with the sides of the pool.
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    Rigid PVC plumbing question

    I have an 18' x 9' Intex Ultra Frame going on it's 3rd summer. Last week one of the cheap ribbed inlet hoses they supply started cracking and leaking. I replaced it with some flexible PVC hosing I happened to have, and it seems to be working. It got me thinking about replacing all of the factory...
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    7/12 pavers cracked, what should I be using under the legs?

    I used the Lowes/Home Depot pavers and almost all of them cracked. The next year I went with pressure treated wood, 16"x16"x2", and several of them eventually split. Last year I used these: https://www.pavingstones.com/products/hydrapressed-slabs/texada They were a little more expensive, but I'm...