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You know, I don't remember for sure. I could be, as that sounds very familiar. It's going into its third winter now. It's held up very well. I can't imagine using it floating on the water, though. I do like it suspended above.

I'm not an expert, but I do have an 18' round Coleman frame pool. I've drained below the intakes the last two years, and it's been perfectly stable, though I'm not sure if the shape would change that. I tried plugging my intakes the first year, but as soon as the water froze, it expanded the...

Thanks, Allen! The less I have to do at this point, the better. I'm over the pool right now. LOL

We've had an unseasonably cool August here in Indiana, and no one has used the pool for 6 weeks. With no warm weather in sight, I'm going to partially close the pool today. This just means I'll cover it, but keep it balanced and the pump going until we get closer to freezing. I use a mesh cover...

Thank you AJW I appreciate that!

I went to drain the pool a bit yesterday and add ploy-60 and saw some green in the glass of the sand tank. So I SLAMMED the pool and then backwashed some to get chlorine in there. Then it rained a ton which diluted the chlorine so I had to add more. I’ve got one more night then it’s going to...

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Time to close the pool! Water temp finally dropped below 60 and looks like we'll start getting some freezing overnight temperatures soon. The pool has been covered for the last month but I've kept the pump running, I did SLAM when I first covered it as I found a bit of algae trying to take hold...

Thank you Texas Splash!

We’re done with the pool until May. I’ve semi-closed it, meaning it’s covered but I’ll be maintaining balance and running the pump until the freeze comes. We use well water and my TA usually starts high. At the beginning of the summer I lower the PH to 7.2 every time it gets to 7.6. With the...

Newdude, you brush it together on top of the solar cover before removing? I’ve officially decided to give it at least another year, with a promise from my kids that they’ll learn some of the maintenance! Thanks for the tips!

Thanks! I guess I just wondered if the fact that it was bigger helps keep it cleaner? What do you think? Otherwise things could gather on the edges. I'm seriously thinking of keeping the pool now. I broke down and installed the over the wall skimmer I had bought a bit ago but hadn't installed...

Woodstock quick question, did you buy your solar cover bigger on purpose? Because I thought most say inside?

Thank you both! You’ve given me a lot to consider. Unfortunately it comes down to deciding if I’ll spend more money to make it work. It was an odd summer though, and probably not the best indicator of future summers.

Thank you both! Mdragger - I should try to use it more, but I'm not super interested in it truthfully. Though when I go in it the kids definitely want to me there too (which isn't exactly peaceful considering their best frenemy status.) As for the filter, I do have a 3000 GPH sand filter and it...

My questions are for those with Easy Set or Frame Pools in the 12-16’ range. I’m wondering what the upkeep effort is on a smaller pool in this range, and if a 9 and 12 year old would get any enjoyment out one? 1) How long does it generally take to clean one out, when it gets leaves and bugs in...

I just added a couple inches of water to my 18’ round AG pool from our well. The whole pool was filled with well water originally and of course we shocked then. But I’m wondering if I need to shock anytime I add water (since it’s from the well) or if keeping it balanced as usual is enough when...

Thank you magiteck! I just wasn’t sure if I could trust anything under the 30 line.

Hello, my testing tube is from the Taylor K-2006 FAS-DPD Test kit. Picture below. I've been adding stabilizer very slowly because I felt like it was just too high last year and I was using a ton of chlorine. I'd like to keep it between 30-40. Right now if I fill this test tube to the very top...

Thanks PoolGate, at this point if we have any freezing temperatures it should just be brief overnight dips, but I'll keep an eye on the weather and run the pump over night if that's suppose to happen. I'm not sure of the water temperature, I'll need to unclench the cover, but I'm guessing you're...

I think it's time to open my pool. We've had unseasonably warm weather already and I can see its starting to get greenish, also had a cover fail during a big wind and its got dirt in it now. I'm not excited to start pool maintenance so long before we can actually use it but it'll only get...

Thank you both so much, that was really helpful! And thanks for the extra link bover907, they were really informative. I'm just dying to close this pool and be done with it, but the water probably isn't quite cold enough yet, it was still 69-71 when I checked it last week.

I went and measured the lowest intake, its at 27", so even only draining 3" below leaves my 48" pool only half full.

Ok, I have read the post about winterizing your AG pool: Closing (Winterizing) Your Above Ground Pool - Trouble Free Pool but still have some questions I was hoping to get some help with so I can get busy getting the supplies I need to be ready to close! I have an 18’ round Coleman Ultra-frame...

Gregfsc - I've considered the leaf net too, though my biggest problem is bugs and I don't think it would help with that. I do think I'll likely get one for over the winter cover though that makes sense. you'll have to let me know if it works out for when pool is open. Next year I'm going to have...

Thanks! Is it better to keep it closer to shock levels while covered or just regular levels?

Our weather has turned cool early this year in Indiana, and the pool is hardly getting used. Meanwhile the maintenance of it has gone up. The cooler, windier weather means that I'm having to clean out bugs and leaves multiple times a day to stay on top of it. Pretty thankless when it gets used...