Thanks for letting me join. We bought a small (12 foot) above ground pool for my daughter about 3 years ago and it’s been a learning curve 
I’ve got to grip with the basics but am now “improving things” as I go forward. New pump & filter using glass media this season along with an air source heat pump for cold British weather.
I’ve converted the small pump housing it came with to just a skimmer and all seems good with strong water circulation.
I’ve been using the basic test strips but now realise I need better information and am waiting on a proper kit to arrive, now that I understand more about the chemistry of the water etc. We do have very hard water where we live apparently.
I look forward to continuing to learn and hopefully I can give a bit of help back from my own experiences over the last few seasons.
Please excuse the tangle of hoses in the photo, that’s from test set up day and I will be making it a lot neater now I have everything sussed out
I’ve got to grip with the basics but am now “improving things” as I go forward. New pump & filter using glass media this season along with an air source heat pump for cold British weather.
I’ve converted the small pump housing it came with to just a skimmer and all seems good with strong water circulation.
I’ve been using the basic test strips but now realise I need better information and am waiting on a proper kit to arrive, now that I understand more about the chemistry of the water etc. We do have very hard water where we live apparently.
I look forward to continuing to learn and hopefully I can give a bit of help back from my own experiences over the last few seasons.
Please excuse the tangle of hoses in the photo, that’s from test set up day and I will be making it a lot neater now I have everything sussed out
