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    Pad under ladder and wedding cake steps?

    What are your guys opinions on protective pads under the ladder and wedding cake steps? Are they worthwhile? Thanks, Mark.
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    Is shocking necessary.........

    Is shocking necessary if I maintain the clorine in the recommended range? Pool store man told me I need to shock at least once a week to actually kill the bacteria. My pool is crystal clear but now I wondering if it is full of bacteria? Thanks for your comments. Mark.
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    Newbie question about pool covers

    Just installed AGP a couple of weeks ago. The deck should be completed this week. I need some advice on pool covers for when I close the pool. My deck will be completely around the pool. I was wondering how I was going to hold the cover down. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
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    Newbie question about pool covers

    Just installed AGP a couple of weeks ago. The deck should be completed this week. I need some advice on pool covers for when I close the pool. My deck will be completely around the pool. I was wondering how I was going to hold the cover down. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated...
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    Best steps for AGP

    Any recommendations for steps for APG? I'm thinking about the wedding cake style steps with the suctions cups on the bottom to hold them down. Do these cups actually work?
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    Will CYA harm liner?

    I added granular CYA to my skimmer yesterday and I noticed this morning that some of it has gotten by the sand filter and is sitting on bottom of pool. Will this harm my liner? Also, shouldn't the sand filter caught all of the CYA?
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    Backfilling an Above Ground Pool

    I recently installed an AGP on my sloped back yard. I built a 2 ft. retaining wall out of railroad timbers and backfilled with dense grade aggregage to sit pool on. After doing this, I still had to dig down approx. 2 ft. next to my house (within 4 feet of house) to level area for pool. Pool is...
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    Test Results

    I have a 21,000 AGP. Using the Taylor K-2006 testing kit, my tests results are as follows: FC= 0.5 CC= 0.0 TA=60 PH=7.7 CH=50 CYA= doesn't register yet, I added 3 lbs. of granular stabilizer last week and have used 3 tablets of tri-clor. My question is, should I raise the TA up a little...
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    Please Help.... Newbie!

    I'm a first time pool owner. Just got 30' AGP installed yesterday. Starting filling with waterhoses using city water. My problem is that my pool holds 22,000 gal. of water and I have been filling with hoses for 24hrs now and water depth in pool is only 1 ft. Looks like it will take 4 days...