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Here are my readings. Temp 30.6c Salt 3200 PPM Chlorine 3 PPM PH 8+ TA 140 ppm CH 390ppm CYA=35 First year running a salt cell that is reporting the salt incorrectley, be that as it may I am experiencing scaling on the pool walls "vinyl" and as you can imagine it is playing heck on my plates...

Don't use 3 stabilized tabs on your pool, even though it has been tough to purchase bleach..just don't do it. I switched over to the 3 inch tabs when this "flu" began because chlorine bleach was in short supply, now here I am draining half my water because my CYA is over 80. Good news, is that...

We took the plunge last week and pulled the trigger on a late season purchase of a new Calypso 52" AGP Specs: 7" Top Ledge Krystal Kote Sealant Resin Bottom Trakcs Aluminum Alloy Service Panel 19" Sand filter and 1.75hp pump. LED Light on skimmer Prefabbed Cove and Pad for the bottom. We...

Here is a video detailing how I setup our new 16x48 Intex Pool. Intex pool rises from the ashes - installing and leveling - EP-72 - YouTube This pool replaces a summer escapes pool we had for two years that the strap broke on.

Greetings, I have been slamming my pool a couple of weeks now, pump running 24x7, but I dont understand why the water does not want to clear up. Here are my readings. FC was 6.5 at 4pm yesterday, and tested at 5 at 10am this morning with no added bleach. PH=7.8 TA=130 CH=80 CYA=40 I have...

Hard Plumb of the skimmer to the pump with shutoff valve and union coupling in the event I need to disconnect the pump. New Intex control valve and return, elected to keep the Intex hoses on this side. Custom connector, end of Intex hose removed, then a pvc-elect adapter to connect to...

Greetings, I currently have this model pump Amazon.com : Intex Krystal Clear Sand Filter Pump for Above Ground Pools, 2800 GPH Pump Flow Rate, 110-120V with GFCI : Swimming Pool Sand Filters : Patio, Lawn Garden It works well, but takes forever after a spring opening "green pool" and SLAM to...

Question Recently finished a slam on the pool, check my sig below for specs. The water is clear, but if you run your hand under the waterline and over the walls of the pool there is some sort of scaly white substance on the pool walls, it feels rough to the touch and when it flakes off it...

Greetings, I let my pool sit over the winter here in South Texas. It was a smelly swamp when I started to clean it last week. Had a bearing going bad in my 2 yo 3/4hp pump, it was noisy but it ran. I started slamming the pool and got it from a smelling green to a milky blue in a couple of...

Ok so I got the pool up and level, hooked up my 16" sand filter and 3/4 hp pump and all is working well. Following the TFP method and pool is clean and water sparkling clear. Been swimming in 85-90 degree water for weeks. I went to vacum the pool the other day, this pool comes with a skimmer...

Just wanted to show some differences in the Intex vs Polygroup Pro series of pools for those of you who are curious. I will keep this album updated so you can see the progress of the install. Wish me luck. Here you can see the new horizontal beam on the left and the orig Intex beam on the...

So last year I had the pool up, it was about 2 inches out of level. I drained it to clean it at the end of the year "after failing to keep the algae under control" and we had a wind storm which flipped the pool over and bent some of the T joints and some of the horizontal members. Rather than...

Years ago before I knew about TFP I owned a 24ft AGP that a friend gave us. I was constantly adding Chlorine-Muratic Acid-More Chlorine-More Muriatic acid etc etc etc. My liner in that pool lasted only 2 seasons before it began to dry out and crack and eventually leak. Mind you it was out in...

Greetings, Just wanted to show off my install of the Hayward Skimmer on our Intex pool. Here we go. [attachment=2:3azh0xzk]skim-1.jpg[/attachment:3azh0xzk] With the cover off showing the weir lowering to let water in. [attachment=1:3azh0xzk]skim-2.jpg[/attachment:3azh0xzk] And from across...

I received my new 3/4 hp pump in the other day and got it all connected yesterday, other than a minor leak around two of the threaded fittings "I did not wrap enough teflon tape around the threads" it is working fine. [attachment=2:303289jp]pump1.jpg[/attachment:303289jp] The filter is a 16"...

Greetings, Getting ready to use my old Hayward 16" sand filter. I have emptied the filter by opening the drain, removing the pump valve and sticking a hose into the sand and washing it. It has now been empty about two weeks with only the sand in it "no water" would this be good enough before...

Greetings, I have an old Hayward sand filter-pump combo I bought from Leslies about 6 years ago. It had a Hayward 1HP pump that has seized bearings on it, what I was hoping to do was to use the old sand filter and base and purchase a Doheny's 3/4 hp pump to go with it. Problem is I dont know...

Greetings, Just wanted to share my experience with you concerning filters. Let me start off by saying my chemicals are spot on and have been since the first week of setting up our pool, do to this excellent site :) I read up on filters, while I cant afford a sand filter this year I wanted to...

Greetings, Been using the BBB method since setting the pool up and have had crystal clear water. I keep my FC around 3-5ppm at all times. My PH is a little high at 7.8 but I like it there. CYA=35 Bather load, 2 people for about 1.5 hrs each day. The only thing I changed was the filter I use...

Greetings, Just wanted to share a conversation I had the other day with a pro installer. We hired a contractor to come and dig a level base for our pool a couple of weeks ago, he got it pretty level so we setup the pool till the end of the season "Sept" and filled. It is a bit out of level but...

Greetings, New pool and have not added CYA yet so it is at 0. Will be adding 32oz over next few days via sock method to get to 40 I understand this can take a week or more to get the levels up? Yesterday I tested for FC and it was not even registering, I added 5 cups of 8.75 bleach and tested...

Greetings, A ran across a post a few days ago in this forum where someone had show the custom water level they had made using a couple of boards, some hose with colored water and some rulers mounted to the board to check the level around their pool foundation. If anyone can point me to this...

Greetings, Just got my 16x48 pool setup and full of water. Going to use the BBB method for maintaining the water. I have some questions: 1: Stuck with the stock paper filter unit provided with the pool until I get my sand filter and pump from my old AGP adapted to the new intex. The question...

Greetings, Just finished getting the ground excavated for our 16x48 intex Ultra Frame pool. We have black clay here and lots of rocks in our soil. When the soil is dry it is hard like concrete, however when it rains "not that often in South Texas these days" the soil can turn into gumbo. I...