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I’m sorry if this should have been in the above ground section but i took a chance. Will be installing an above ground soon and wanted to know thoughts on doing a sand/cement troweled bottom? I hate those sand bottoms with the footprints and dents etc lol. I’m a concrete finisher by trade so...

Hey guys , first things first lol FC about 18, CYA about 45 PH 8.5 TA 20? ( get to it below) moved, house has 24 ft above ground pool, just got into opening it. Had to drain most of it because they had CYA of well over 100. I drained 95 %, refilled. everything ”looking “ good , but cant get...

Hey everybody it’s been a while since I’ve been on here and I’ve had a move recently and my new home came with a pool with a system 2 DE filter. I started opening the pool and fired up the filter and loaded it with the E I didn’t notice much of a pressure change however the next day I did...

ok i just opened my intex above ground yesterday, we had lots of rain. thismorning i come out to do chem check and theres a water boatman or backswimmer(think its a backswimmer) doin his thing in the pool! i DO NOT live near water sources.how does thisnhappen? is it normal? i had same pool all...

I know this may be crazy but im gong to attempt to put a main drain in an easy set this year. last year i replaces my inlets with diretionals , and every day when i came home from work any garbage in the bottom was all balled up in a neat little pile in the center, do to the whirlpool action my...

ok this will be my second year with an intex ring pool. i want better filtration , and i am a very handy? mod type guy lol . im thinking of getting one of the better cartridge filters, like a small hayward or pentaire, and just using the intex filter i have ( i think its 1200 gph ) without the...

Hi guys and gals i have a buddyof mine that has a DE filter he kept from an above ground he had. He said i can have it if i want it. Im all for it as im completely obsessed with clean water. But i juzt dot know ifthere are any downsides to a large filter. I will be getting a larger intex next...

I guess my question has two parts. 1) should there be any chlorine loss each night? And if so, what would a normal range be? Would a large loss possibly indicate a potential problem? Thank you for all your help so far guys this truley is a safe space for dummies lol

I have an intex 10 x 30 easy set pool. Intex website says capacity is around 1050, " 80%". i am not sure what this means, are they not counting the ring? i dont know anybody that fills their poo to 80 percent lol. anyway on the pool math calculator it puts me around 1500. im just wondering if...

I guess my question mainly is in regards to ph. When you have achieved your "balance" ......can you expect any sort of consistency? As in once i have gotten the balancing act down a bit lol......should i expect the Ph to be constantly changing? Or should it stay a while until somthing throws...

Hi folks! New guy here and to pools, i have a small intex easy set , ive had it up about 3 weeks now and am finally dilaed in as far as testing adding chems etc.. my issue is it seems like my PH keeps rising . my other chemistry is good. but it seems like when i get home im adding a littile...