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Whew! I know that’s a lot of requirements. Ive done some googling and nothing has come up. I have a few spots where the kids splash a ton of water outside the pool and need some ground cover that can handle it. My worst spot is in the shade all day. I’d love some kind of ground cover that can...

Has anyone figured out a hack to get an intex pump to turn on remotely? This is the pump I have: https://www.amazon.com/Intex-Krystal-Filter-16-inch-110-120V/dp/B07F3FBT2Z/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=intex%2Bsf60110&qid=1675194411&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.ac2169a1-b668-44b9-8bd0-5ec63b24bcb5&th=1...

What plant can survive spring/summer under plastic and come up in the winter? I have pool solar panels sitting on my lawn in the spring/summer. I remove them each winter October 1st-April 1st. I’m am sick of staring at a combination of dirt and weeds. Is there something that can survive under...

End of season wrap up for the 15 ft blue bubble solar blanket on the above ground intex. Not sure If I should toss and get a new one for next season. I'd say about half of the bubbles are showing moisture inside. What percentage of peak insulating do you think has been lost? If it's time to get...

I have FAFCO panels I bought used. I got the repair kit that comes with a speedball cutter and the rubber cones from AMAZON. The problem I am having is to push them in hard enough to not leak bends the poking tool it came with. So I used a rubber mallet and a chop stick but even that is not good...

Today, I decided to support them and pay for the service after using it for 2 years and had a question about the app. When I went to email support @pool calculator. com it bounced back. I know it's completely silly think they're just going to steal my credit card info after putting in all this...

The pool was a VERY deep green. I dumped an entire gallon of 10% "pool" bleach over the course of 3 days. This morning I did half a bag of HTH shock/calcium hypochlorite (bag says for 13500 gallon pool. mine is 4000). Just tested it at 5pm using the DPD test in the TF-100 test kit and got a...

I have quite the collection of wood shipping pallets I’ve been hoarding for no good reason. I usually have my 5 4x10 panels sit on the grass to warm the pool. I was thinking for this season I might try raising them off the grassy ground on the pallets. Would this help heat the pool faster? My...

I just installed a new bigger/stronger/faster pump a few days ago and I am not seeing the massive heat gains I was expecting. I don't know where I got the idea that moving water faster through the panels will create more heat. So what say you? Does more water going through my panels give me more...

I have an intex 15x18 pool. The pump it came with struggles moving the water through 175-200 feet of 1.5inch pvc pipe then through 5 4x10 solar panels and a slight incline. I currently have a second intex pump that comes with the easy set pools on the return just to get some extra flow. It still...

I have 5 4x10 solar panels that I moved to a sunnier location 2 days ago and the pool is still struggling to warm up. Pump had been on for a few hours when I went out to touch them and found that 2 were cool and 3 were warm to the touch. That tells me that somethings off. But what is it?

I got 5 used 4'x10' solar panels for a song on Craigslist. I want to build a simple frame over my deck and mount them up there (I don't trust myself to mount them correctly on my 100 year house's roof). I want to find a budget option for the hardware needed to keep them up on the frame. I've...

I want to hear music under water. I'm an audio engineer and I've used transducers to make plate reverbs before. These are basically speakers that instead of having a cone they attach to a surface and then vibrate that surface. In this case I want to attach the transducer to the liner on my AGP...

The pool is still in the box and will be set up in about a month and run until the end of September/Early october. Here's the pump it came with...

I am prepping the ground for my 16x49 Intex graphite pool and doing my research. I see lots of talk about foam and sand and gorilla pads. What do I actually need under the pool and what is just for feel? Are there other things I am missing? I am leveling the ground myself. I was going to get...

My fence faces south. I was wondering if I could mount my solar heater panels in a row along the 6 foot tall south facing fence. They would not be able to be placed side by side where the tops and bottom pipes would connect because the fence will not be at least 10 feet tall. They would be...

I bought 5 4x10 Aquatherm panels used on craigslist for my above ground pool. They've been sitting on the ground all summer and have been doing fine for my 3000 gallon intex above ground. They only get about 4 hours of direct sunlight a day. But the roof get's far more direct sunlight. The...