Recent content by temelie

Thank you for your insight.

Last week-end I made a DYI solar heater from 5/8 black irrigation tube. Th system is a separate circuit from the pool pump. Its pump is submersible and I am planning on turning on and circulate Friday thru Sunday before we expect to use the pool. The pump is manual and likely not rated to sit...

Finally ready to post some pictures. Pool is up and filled for a week. Still trying to figure out the SWG/pump schedule. Also enrolled my wife to do water measurements daily for two reasons: 1-get all chemistry balanced, 2 - getting used to the measurement process. Salt, CYA in, helped...

Adding to cowboycasey suggestions. I have installed one of these inside of pre-filter assembly, with wire out thru the draining plug. I had to drill a hole thru the plug as the provide plugs were too small. https://www.amazon.com/Perma-Cast-PB-AG-Above-Ground-Bonding/dp/B01BHV3DWC

This will be a weird question. What does everyone mean by "triple tape" the foam? one slice of tape centered on the seam and two others centered on the first slice edges? How about the other/bottom side of the foam. Does it need any ? I have been working on the pool electrical (trenching...

Thanks @cowboycasey, for some reason I was looking only for XPS. So these are better than rubber squares...

Hello everyone, I wanted to start a thread and post about my adventure in building a more serious AGP than a little kiddie we splashed in last year. Last December I purchased an Intex Ultra XTR 12x24 with salt water system. Pool is still in the box until I have a proper ground base. Base is...

Hello everyone, Just joined this site a few weeks ago after seeing how much useful information it has. I have never owned a (proper) pool. Last year we had a kiddie inflatable that we used to soak in when it was 100F. Started building an Intex XTR 12x24. Will start a thread in Just Getting...