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Hi all, Happy Friday! Struggling with something here. I have a 6900 gallon above ground Intex pool. It is 18' round x 54" deep. Over the years, thanks to this website, I've learned less is more with caring for my pool, and have not had any issues since I stopped using those stupid tri-chlor...

Hi all, I typically run an Intex 18’ x 52” pool in my backyard - and frankly got tired of the ground moving, the roots and general mud the thing caused - so I went out and had me a nice 20x20 pad poured. Came out great and slopes just under 1” over the 20’ for drainage. Also, all the...

Last year, we went with the liquid chlorine method for our pool (the 10% sodium hypo from Walmart). As the year went on, it became harder and harder to find with COVID and all that. Well, my local Walmart and Lowe's have started carrying my product of choice, Pool Essentials Chlorinating...

So this is one I’m sure you all have had to deal with - but not me. Today, I had my good friend over and his three year old to go swimming (he’s going through some personal issues and thought some pool time would help). Before, I had the wherewithal to bump FC up to 12ppm (CYA 50). His...

Silly me - got in the pool after mowing my yard (showering off before, of course) - then it ended up being everyone in the pool (kids and wife). We ended up staying in the pool until around 9:30 or so - enjoying a nice "night swim", Ended up going upstairs to get the kids cleaned up, showered...

Hi fellow pool friends, We are travelling out of town in the coming weeks for a few days. During this time, will be unable to chlorinate my pool. Given that I use liquid chlorine, not sure what I should do here. Would it be best to cover the pool, and basically get to shock level right...

I’m truly at a loss here...This year, we put up an 18’ x 52“ Intex pool (6900g +\-). It’s been up five weeks now. First fill was on the 3rd. I say first because I had to drain about half of it to fix a leg settling issue and refill it. Then, we’ve had monsoons of rain - 14” in ten days. Ugh...

Okay guys - I am at a loss for words here. Backstory - I have a 6900g 18' by 52" deep Intex pool - sand pump, all that fun stuff. When I filled it the first time (yes, the first time), I used the Clorox 100% CYA (4lb bag) and raised it to 50ppm based on the Pool Math app (2lbs 14oz). A week...

Good morning all. Today, I awoke to this glorious bright object in the sky - the SUN - after four days, and get this, 9.5" (yes, 9.5"!) of rain at my house. I've been draining water out of the pool left and right to keep it from overflowing, and kept filtering going 8 hours a day. This...

Hello fellow pool friends. This week, they are forecasting around 4” of rain for my area. Given I only have an 18’ round by 52” deep pool - what should be the best course of action here. Obviously a pool cover will be useless since there is no way to get it off without all that water mixing...

Lordy is been a rough 24 hours. nothing really wrong - just want to vent about what’s transpired over the past few days. Got my pool area leveled, filled and open two weeks ago. Fast forward to last night - kids were in the pool and we hear a pop / thud noise. Didn’t think anything of it (at...

So - pool is filled finally (YAY) and need to start off by adding CYA (I am DONE with those stupid tri-chlor tablets). I purchased a bag of Clorox 100% CYA from Wal-Mart, and per the TFP app, I need to add 41oz, or 2lbs, 9oz, to get to a CYA of 45ppm on my 6900g pool. I was reading to NOT...

Good day fellow pool friends. For the past two years, I’ve had one of those 14’ Summer Waves Elite pools - and rigged the pool filter to connect to an Intex Sand Filter Pump. Year One - pool was fantastic. No issues with pool chemistry or anything and was fantastic. Year Two - all heck broke...

Hi all, Been a lurker here for over a year, with lots of valuable info shared, but I have some questions... first off, I have a “temporary” wal-mart - 4’ deep x 14’ wide - summer waves pool hooked up to an Intex sand filter. Never once had an issue with algae - but this past week, I was...

Hi all, I need some help and/or advice. Last year, I put up a Summer Waves 14’ x 42” pool in my back yard (set up as a summer pool) and took it down at the end of September. I’m a little over six weeks away from putting it up again and have some questions. At the advise of many, I upgraded...

Hi all, New here - and new to pools all around. We "opened" our new pool this past weekend, and I put "opened" in quotes, because, despite opening it, we've had around 3" of rain since (booooooo). Anyway, our pool is the 14' x 42" Summer Waves pool from Walmart. It is filled a little less...

Good morning fellow pool friends, This is my first post, but have been lurking and reading for quite a while. This past weekend, my wife and I finally purchased an above ground pool for our back yard. We purchased the below from WalMart (I know, I know, but it had good reviews and price point...