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old steps/ladder broke, realized it is cheaper to buy a new one than pay craigslist prices. however, as I shop I keep seeing "pool step mats". These seem like a good idea to save the liner, but also seem like a great place for algae to hide. what do you all think?

Trying to get the pool opened, fighting leaves, have water from swamp to cloudy blue now so making progress, YAY! However... I'm looking at the plastic steps/ladder and I don't want to put it back in my water. They are old and thus the plastic is not smooth anymore, I can literally see the...

Ok, got the pool up in the nick of time and should be finished filling tonight for my son's party tomorrow. :whoot: Question: I have a salt water generator from my old pool, but it is going to take some finagaling to plumb it in to the new one. If I hook up the system that came with it...

we are going to be installing a 26 foot frame pool (intex/proseries type). My husband insists that we are supposed to have 6-8 inches of sand under it! I'm reading and everything I see says 2-3 inches. the site was excavated for a 30' metal wall pool so there is a 32' diameter hole in the...

hi all, I haven't been active on the forums for a few years. We've been using our intex for several years now and last season bought a much (MUCH) larger AGP used. Funny story, was looking at two ads on Craigslist, one for a 24', the other for a 30'. Decided that 30' was bigger than we really...

Hi again folks, I drop in during pool season each year (this will be my third season) and since it is getting warm here, here I am! This year we "upgraded" from our 12' easy set to a gigantic 15'x42" metal frame. :whoot: Hey, don't laugh! we got a great deal on craig's list and hubby is so...

:shock: So a couple days ago I stopped by the local rec warehouse to pick up some sodium test strips, they had them, I bought them, no problem. I got home and opened the pack and as soon as I turned the bottle over to read the directions, what do I see? a big old 8/08. I noticed and...

1. the only reason I'm adding shock (dichlor) is to get CYA 2. this is a new fill (had to empty to replumb for new pump/filter/swg) so current levels are 0 3. I'm confused about the shock. according to the pool calc I am working with 1400 gallons, (I know, very tiny) so the calculator says...

I sent hubby to the pool store for cya which I thought from reading was part of the ingredients of dichlor and they sold him "quick shock" with ingredients of sodium dichloro-s-triasinetrione, dihydrate. is this the right stuff?

i'm about to order the complete test kit as recommended in pool school, but since I have a swg on the way, i guess i need to order the salt test strips as well. there are only 10 in the pack, is one pack enough? how often will i be testing the salt level? eta: this is what is says in the...

Hi, I'm back from last year and about ready to set the pool up. We have a little intex soft-side, and last year all I did was keep it up with bleach (1000 thanks to this site!). This year I was considering going a little bit bigger, but (and this will be more funny to mommys out there who have...

I'm confused.... does aerating raise or lower the pH? I was sure I had read that it lowered it, and now that I'm doing searches, it looks like it raises it. thanks,

jsut mulling things over in my mind... thanks to this site, my husband is very impressed with my ability to keep our glorified wading pool clean and usable all summer and has mentioned several times that we can upgrade to a larger pool next year (also, he wants this one to try some...

Hi, I've been doing household bleach in the pool for a few weeks now (since I found this site) and it has worked great, water has stayed clean and clear. My pool is just a glorified wading pool (intex 12' by 30") with a 530 gph filter pump. I keep the filter going almost constantly and rotate...

Hiya, I found this site when I was sarching for ways to maintain a kiddie pool using household bleach--it just made sense that I *should be able to do that, ya know? So far, I've found SO much great info here and read through most of the Pool School articles. Our pool is just an overgrown...