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  1. Taylorbay

    New liner - moving skimmer, pump, filter etc

    Hi All Got pool opened, water heating up nicely in the sun, then discovered a LEAK :-( its in the seem so we are replacing the liner (pool is 6 years old). Company that installed pool 6 years ago, came by, offered to install liner for FREE! See pic, this is where Skimmer, pump, filter etc is...
  2. Taylorbay

    Covers , Leaves & Sagging Again ?

    I’m not sure what to do?? Over the Winter we ‘lost’ basically all the water from pool (honestly it most likely got sucked out by pool cover pump) so now I have a basically empty pool (about 1’ of water in it) and a cover completely sunk into pool filled with water, leaves & debris. I thought if...
  3. Taylorbay

    Frogs !!??

    We had a bad pool opening this year, had a hole in the pool cover, still working on getting the bottom clean, water isn’t too bad, but one problem we’re having is no matter how many frogs I evict, every night there are so many more. I have a bad feeling they are living down inside the posts of...
  4. Taylorbay

    What is this part called?

    This red piece is at the bottom of my skimmer and when you push it in, shuts the water off to the pump/filter, pull it out and it opens it. I’ve lost the red piece and need to replace but cannot find because I don’t know what it’s calked. Help please
  5. Taylorbay

    1st bad opening

    So here’s my concern (then I’ll tell the why / how it’s happened) Above ground pool has about 12” water in it, I’m slowly pumping out water that’s left with hopes of ‘starting over’, keeping water as stirred up as possible hoping pump will suck out the ‘dirt’. So I’m not too concerned about any...
  6. Taylorbay

    Solar Sun Disc Storage?

    This year I tried out the solar sun discs, which are definitely easier to manage getting in & out of pool and do work in good sun. My question is , what's the best way to store them for the winter? Thanks all!
  7. Taylorbay

    Winter cover hold down - jugs, bags or cable?

    hi All Last year was our 1st year with a pool (above ground) so we used the cable/wench that came with the cover, we also used one pillow, then we added clips as the winds started blowing, then the pillow made its way from the middle to one end to the other end so on and so on. We spent about...
  8. Taylorbay

    Royal Entrance Steps - anyone use them before?

    Late last year I ordered new steps as I did not like the ones that came with our pool. I ended up getting the Royal Entrance Steps. The guy that is opening my pool for me this weekend says he will put them in. It seems to me that the steps aren't really sitting on anything other than the very...
  9. Taylorbay

    How to calculate amount of pea gravel/rock needed around pool

    We are about to enjoy our 2nd summer of our AG pool, last year we had it professionally installed and decided to do the landscaping ourselves, which we never got around to doing last year. i had some ideas but they didn't work out So... have a couple questions -- 1. pea gravel? river rock...
  10. Taylorbay

    Pool Water Temperature?

    I'm curious - whats your average & comfortable water temperature? We put our AG pool in this year, we have a lot of trees surrounding our property and while the pool area does get some direct sun during the day, my pool always seem way too cold, granted I'd rather have it cool than like bath...
  11. Taylorbay

    Winter Covers?

    Hi All I know its just August and a bit early but I tend to plan ahead. This is my 1st year with a AG pool and was wanting to know your opions on winter covers. I've read and read post after post by doing a search and here's what I'm sure of: 1. I'm going to try a leaf net over the cover as...
  12. Taylorbay

    Pool steps, riser too high?

    Hi all, very new here, we just got our pool set up, deck was finished today and I was so excited to get in the pool, I'd had some concerns about the pool steps as they seemed quite high (11" riser, which I've now read is the norm) as I had a stroke many years ago and well I have balance issues...
  13. Taylorbay

    New pool, new pool owner, now what?

    Hello, been reading as much as I can here, been reading Pool School. They put the pool up today, it's filling as I type, they'll be back tomorrow or Monday to get the pump going. I felt pretty good about being able to keep up a pool until I started reading and now I'm nervous as heck! I'm to...