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  1. redhed100

    Help Please :)

    I have had the pool since 2010, above ground, 18 foot round. Vinyl liner, replaced in 2022, Filter sand replaced in 2022. This is the worst pool opening we have had so far. It is in Mid Missouri, this spring has had cold spells, more than usual. It is still pretty chilly and just now warming...
  2. redhed100

    I am having to start over.....

    Hi, We have a hole in our above ground liner. Soooo we have to start completely from scratch with the water. When we got our pool 5 years ago, the installers started the water chemistry as part of the deal. It wasn't long after that I had issues and started doing my own research. That is...
  3. redhed100

    Winter Covers and a couple questions

    First, Yes I read the pool school article. 18' Above Ground Pool First question, it says to lower the water level 6 inches below the skimmer. I am going to ask the dumb question, how do you lower it below the skimmer? Do you siphon it out? I really don't know or I wouldn't be asking...
  4. redhed100

    Green Pool

    Ok, I was doing so good - this is my first year of having a pool, and then I got algae. So I went to the pool store and the lady there sold me 3 gallons of shock and I used them according to what I have learned here and what she told me. It is now day 4 since I started adding shock and the...
  5. redhed100

    Totally Green - Me not the pool

    Ok, maybe I missed it, and I apologize in advance, but I need help. We just purchased an 18' above ground pool. We are having it installed where a pool was before. It was not there when we moved in 12 years ago, just the circle where it used to be. When I talk to these pool store people...